Darnell Wright Pass Pro

They are predicting Broderick Jones will have a rough time in his first NFL start.  I think I’ll watch the game.  I enjoy studying these guys, too.  BTW, I agree with you that Borom did a pretty decent job blocking Chase Young.

Your best college players, even that go to the best college teams and play the top teams still rarely go head to head all year against future pro talent. How many teams have 2 future pro's on the DL, how many have 3 future pro's at DB, how many have 2 lb future pros? 

DE's  also rarely have to deal w/future pro OT's, and they can be switched to make sure they get the weaker of the two OT's to pad their stats. There are 4 maybe 5 teams that are stacked w/multiple future pro's on their teams, that's why it's so difficult to judge college to pro transition. And also why some qb's are harder to judge. A QB w/a a few pro OL and even 1, let alone 2 future pro WR's will put up insane numbers, they'll have all day to throw and their guys are going to be open. 

I do listen to people that played or were scouts or have contacts to those. Wright is looked at as a future all pro, and possibly better than that. He needs learn how to be a pro, there are things a guy like Wright has learned in college that he'll have to unlearn in the pro's. Wright is a big strong athletic beast, in college he could dominate the other player in just about every way. In the pro's he's not going to be bigger, stronger, more athletic then the other guy. He has to have good technique every play. If he  can learn that he'll be an absolute beast for a decade.

Never get to high or low on players early on, even the ones that have strong years as rookies. Once teams have a full year of tape on a player, they will counter what they do. 
Hell Mac got countered 1 year after he got to Chicago, and it was as simple as flowing the qb and rb away from his side of the ball. Unlike what people claimed he wasn't always double/triple teamed, often it was just shift the pocket to the other side. 
Saw someone breakdown the Bears v DC game, and it showed a lot of positive signs. But it again points to why PFF is an unreliable source for grades. A lot of what Wright did was push his guy behind Fields and fields then has a clean pocket to step into, throw to, or run. PFF would have this as a "hurry" or "pressure", don't remember their terminology. But he did what he was supposed to. There were also times he gave ground but kept Fields clean until the ball was thrown. That's still doing his job, even if he was "beat". 
His once sack given up the edge set him up perfectly. let him get into him, he then grabbed the front of his jersey/shoulder pads, ripped him down and side stepped past him; he did not just get beat w/a quick step from the start. The guy breaking the film down said Wright stopped moving his feet for a moment and the DE beat him bc of it. Gabriel said Wright just has to learn better technique when blocking, and most young OT's do. He mention that Wright is a freak, no doubt he didn't have to worry about technique as a college player b/c he was just bigger and stronger than everyone else, as well as being athletic.
HS and college is easy for future pro's. I went to school w/a guy that played OT w/the Jets and Dallas. He was the 2nd tallest guy in school as a freshman, and wasn't "lanky" like most 14-15 year olds that tall. The only guy taller than him was the 7ft Jr who was the basketball teams center, and he wasn't significantly less built than that guy. He gave up basketball his jr year b/c he knew he was getting a full ride scholarship for football and had a path to the pro's. Dude was literally born with it. And he wasn't one of the special guys in the pro's, he wasn't going top 10 or in the 1st. How easy was it for a guy like Wright? 

My comment is intended to go way beyond Wright's performance.

I assume that the consensus on the board at this time is that the entire coaching staff has to be canned.  And that they are basically bad coaches, poor teachers, lousy motivators, etc.

If this is true, you cannot accurately evaluate most (all?) of the newer acquisitions, because they are likely to be poorly prepared, etc.  If you see a DB out of position to play the opposing formation correctly, you have to ask yourself "why were they there?".  Were they there because that was their actual assignment, because the gameplan had them looking for other things, or because they suck?

I am not trying to defend any specific player.  Although I did watch all of Wright's college game day videos I could find, and I still think he was a great pick. But it's kind of like arguing with PFF offensive line blocking ratings.  If the rater has no idea as to the play call, actual scheme, actual assignment, etc how can you accurately grade their block in a given play.

Just my $0.02