The article at the top of this thread is interesting. I do appreciate it. I remember a scout expression "
If they don't bite when they are pups, they don't bite as dogs." I am not sure that is the case here.
I am not trying to steer the Rams draft. I am just trying to understand why they are bringing in a player. I agree with you that elite pass rushers go early in the draft and the Rams do need one in rounds 1 or 2. I want to have a good read on all pass rushers expected to go in the first and second rounds.
The idea of having two outside linebackers who have legitimate 4.4 speed sounds great. That is a lot of speed off the edges.
Chop Robinson was the No. 4 edge rusher in the 2021 recruiting class. It seems he is at the same rank going into the NFL as he was going into college.
Gator makes a good point. It is about disruption from pass rushers.
Chop had 10.0 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, 1 FF, 2 PD, in 2022. That combined with the pressure information is interesting. It is not that Chop is in a position to be completely drafted based on potential. He has had productivity.
42.7 percent of his tackles the past two seasons came in the backfield.The article at the top of this thread noted Chop had a higher-pressure percentage than Verse last year.
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"When looking at things like pressure rate is where Chop Robinson starts to grade out more favorably. He actually had a 17.6 percent pressure rate last season, generating 26 pressures on 148 pass rush snaps. This was much closer to Verse who was at 16.7 percent respectively."
Chop did look quick in Bowen's clip.
Some of Chop's over running sacks might mean that he can help create clean up sacks for others and maybe that can improve with coaching as has been suggested.
I like the information from Cosell that there were third-down snaps when Robinson lined up inside at 3-technique. Maybe Chop and Hoecht move around on third down. The versatility of the two could help Shula be creative with pre snap shifts.
