Draft grades

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Vigil does seem to have good instincts and gets himself around the ball and is a sound tackler. So he does make for a good depth guy. But you have to hide him in coverage, especially against the more athletic TEs, because he's just too limited to ever be capable of keeping up with them.

Thus you never want him as anything more than depth. If you put him on the field, then your other MLB (Zach) must be the one matched up against the stud TEs like Ertz.

Spaight is faster and quicker than Vigil but seems to be a mental disaster. Hamilton gives you more athleticism and thus has a higher ceiling than both. Still wouldn't match him up against good TEs yet, but there's hope he could eventually do OK because the athletic ceiling is just higher.

Spaight's not long for the 53, and thank God. If he hasn't figured it out yet, he's just not going to.

I agree you don't want Vigil to be your starter.

But I'm not sure I would deem him not capable of ever becoming a decent covering LB.
He ran a 4.68 at his pro day.
That's not fast, but that is not crazy slow for a LB either: Mason Foster ran a 4.75 and is decent in zone coverage, he made some really nice plays in coverage. (Kuelchy ran a 4.58, Alex Ogletree 4.70, Demario Davis 4.61, Avery Williamson 4.66 to name a few good ILBs - Zach Brown ran a 4.50, which is why his inability to stick to his assignment in coverage is inexcusable).

Zach Vigil is 6'2" 240lbs, as long as you're not asking him to cover Gronk in man coverage one on one, he can develop into a really good back up/decent starter when needed IMHO.