Good solid pick. Certainly addresses a need. He was picked 2.47 and he was 2.49 on our Board, so matches our value, one of our guys. “Nubin is a two-way Safety, which everyone wants today: he can cover and he can tackle,” said Wonder. “He can also cover the TE. Look, he’s not an Ed Reed centerfielder.. hey, he is a mid Round 2 value. And I wish he’d be a little bigger. But he’ll be able to gain 10-12 lbs, and if works, he can be a solid starter for a long time. His comp (ceiling) is Saints solid guy Malcolm Jenkins, who actually had 3 years in the Pro Bowl.”
Wonder continues. “Nubin is a willing tackler. He is 6’2” so he can handle the weight, which he’ll need to tackle TEs.”
Wonder recognizes what Schoen has done- he got the best player on the board at 1.06 and he had to either address RB (Trey Benson) or Safety (Nubin). “No way I am paying McKinney $17M so Nubin is a good answer. Heck, I only liked two safeties in the entire draft and they found one of them. There was a big dropoff after those two (S Javon Bullard 2.58), so that was wise because they needed to get that done. And Nabers has more football and breakaway speed than Jamarr Chase. He is going to scare the sh*t out of people with a QB who can get him the ball.”
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