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One of the best and most technically sound LB's to play the game, and noted as one of the top position coaches who has been promoted every where he goes... yeah, it's not a stretch to say he's arguably the best person to coach LB's in the game.

 

Here's a good write up on him that includes some great gifs of his play (positive and negative):

https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2...w-about-titans-fifth-round-pick-dandre-walker

Not really sure where the hate for him is coming from. He's exactly what you want in a 5th rounder. He fell in the draft due to an injury that didn't allow him to post measurables, he shows good instincts and leverage in the tape, needs to work on his technique some, but can play special teams early on while he learns the craft.

We're not counting on him to start anyways, and he could absolutely grow into much more.

 

“Best person to coach LBs in the game”...That’s awfully high praise for Vrabel.

Why can’t someone just say “excellent teacher”?

 

I was just about to post this article. Not sure why the dislike for him or the pick is either, seems like good value in he 5th. A prospect many on here wanted in the 3-4 rounds.
From that article he kept pressure on Tua in that game, a QB many on here want to draft next year.

I like the pick and hope he contributes for us.

 

You like the idea of this pick

You wont end up liking this pick tho

I'm telling you guys D'Andre is soft

 

It's like you take the strength of a player , then make it out to sound like a weakness. Walker is a high motor and energy player. Not saying he's great, but he'll hit anything

 

He spends more time on the floor than a mop

 

Yes I like the pick

 

I'm putting up the tape so people can see the good, the bad, and the ugly.

What's important here is to look for traits, not just plays, but also how he handles various roles and responsibilities. For example, I see what Brave is talking about. One play early on, Williams pulled and was blocking Walker to the ground. He kind of dives sideways and manages to trip up the rb. Most of the time in the NFL, this is just the OLB getting pancaked. There's also a few times he gets blocked out of the play. On at least one occasion he's blocked 5 yards off the LOS. On a goal line play...it looks like a TE stymies him and they score running right next to where he is.

On the pass rush side, he doesn't seem to have a rush plan and just sees what happens. He'll need to develop this more because he's not a super dynamic athlete. He'll need to learn to use his length to bull and convert speed to power and improve his hand usage.

On the good side, he's an active player. He gets some pressure looping around the outside or catching an OL off balance and quickly countering inside. He seems to have the desire to make the tackle. Versatility is a good thing, but sometimes also slows down a prospects development. For example, sometimes he makes run fit mistakes. In the LSU game, he took on a pulling OG as the ouside force defender and took on the OG's inside should (opening up the outside). Fortunately his teammates cleaned it up but that will be giving up a huge play in the NFL.

I see some good things and some not so great things. But he's a good athlete, has decent production, has length you can't coach (especially for his size) and he seems like a leader on the D. He's also a standout st guy.

If he can be a standout special teams guy, he could be active on game days if he's that much of a difference. But most likely, his long term success will be at OLB if he can learn some more techniques, string them together in a pass rush plan. In the meantime, he's a pretty good blitzer and could find more early success rushing the passer this way (as a blitzing) LOL!

http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/...-calculated-we-explain-our-quarterback-rating

 

And this is one of the most overlooked or most misunderstood aspect to what's going on. Everyone's focused on Mariota...and they should be to some extent...but Mariota will do it and we go into Phase 2 or Mariota doesn't and we go back to the drawing board with phase 1...drafting another guy.

What's phase 2? When you no longer have the cap space to sign all of your players and you have to start letting talent walk out the door. How do you replace them? with mid-late round draft picks and comp picks! Hit on as many of them as we can to save our cap space for our stars.