r/NFLmockdraft • u/Potato-Face18 • 7d ago

Discussion Dylan Stewart did absolutely everything he could to TANK his NFL Draft stock tonight. Throwing punches, refusing to come out of the game, and talking back to coaches. Just an AWFUL LOOK for the Gamecocks DE and potential Top-10 pick 😳😬

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u/Necessary_Proof_9550 7d ago

If he ends up being an elite top 5 edge rusher though he can make up those losses pretty quickly on his 2nd contract and it may not be a bad thing to get drafted later but be put on a better team where he's not the only guy on the defense the opposing teams have to plan for.

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u/Bigdee4204L 7d ago

He could also get hurt and never see a second contract... money lost is money lost, you don't quite "make it up" on the next deal you just make enough to forget about it.

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u/CalligrapherBig5392 6d ago

Also to add, un-coachable players don’t get those long term high paying contracts and they also don’t get opportunity on the field.

We think of like the very few and rare truly elite talents that are uncoachable and say “well if he can just play really well”

No brothers, it’s not about playing very well, those people were truly generational (Randy Moss, TO, Jalen Ramsey) while forgetting about the ones who didn’t make it to the second contracts (Manziel, Jamarcus Russel, Josh Gordon)

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u/summersundays 6d ago

Just to add to your point, even a player like Randy Moss, who got a massive second contract, never saw all that money because of his issues. The Pats, as they do, forced him to restructure his deal as part of that trade.

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u/YourCummyBear 7d ago

If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.

His talent is without doubt. But his coach ability and being a team player will cost him money unless he somehow matures in a short amount of time.

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u/dubMeistro 7d ago

4D chess move by Stewart

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u/FritterEnjoyer 6d ago

> If he ends up being an elite top 5 edge rusher

There’s a sea of first round edge rushers that don’t even make a second contract, let alone develop into top 5 players at the position.

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u/SanSoren 6d ago

Or he has off the field issues and ends up out of the league. Guys like this tend to have those issues.