Worse draft in the Burrow Era

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(Yesterday, 12:54 PM)Sled21 Wrote: While I realize these are highlights, which don't include lowlights, what I see is a linebacker who once he makes contact, makes the tackle and is not carried 8-10 more yards downfield because he's yanking at the ball instead of wrapping up. While I like Pratt, and always have, his last two years he has cost us a lot of yards by not securing his tackle prior to attempting to punch the ball out. It seems once Knight makes contact, that's as far as the runner is going to go. I'll take it.

Germaine Pratt was a better tackler coming out of NC State then Demetrius Knight. It was Pratt's best overall trait while he didn't have alot of length he was like a magnetic to ball carriers and ALWAYS took the defender to the ground.

Knight has a better understanding of what's going on in front of him than Pratt did. As a former QB you can see him react to the checks/shifts and he also quickly recognizes the pass protection in front of him and triggers as a blitzer.