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This guy needs seasoning, but should be a real force by the end of the season.

Absolutely-
And its such a treat to watch the detailed breakdown by somebody who knows their shit on DL play.

The Packers rarely get a shot at a DL talent like Wyatt - but the draft class was boosted with COVID refugees and Wyatt had some red flags for behavior.

The talent really shines through and I think he'll be a 6 - 7 sack guy this year Mainly because everybody else in the pressure package demands more attention than him and he can beat enough guys 1 v 1 to get home.

I think he gets significant snaps next year as both Reed and Lowry will be FA's.   Maybe they resign one of the two, maybe neither, but I doubt they sign both when they have Wyatt, Slayton, and Clark.   

Plus, they may look to extend Clark in 2023 taking up DL cap space, so they young guys on rookie deals will need to contribute more.

@mrtundra posted:

It will take a couple seasons for Wyatt to get to the playing level he needs to be at to be a consistent starter, for our D Line. Same happened to Gary. What's not helping Wyatt, now, is that Slaton is playing so well--and that's a good thing!

What also isn't in his favor if he's slow to develop is he's a 24 year old rookie. Kenny Clark had already earned a huge new contract by the time he was 24. 

Packers currently have the 27th best (that is 6th worst) rushing defense in the NFL.

Wyatt is a 24 year-old rookie who was billed as being ready to contribute right away to a team that was supposedly competing for a Super Bowl.

Through 7 games, however, Wyatt has played a grand total of 47 defensive snaps.

It is not like Lowry is exactly setting the world on fire in 2022, so is the #28 overall pick in the draft not seeing the field a Wyatt or a Barry thing?

Devonte Wyatt turns 25 in March. He is not even 4 months younger than Rashan Gary.

Wyatt has flashed in several games this season.

He was also the Pack's highest rated defender by PFF on Sunday (87.7 an elite level play FWIW) and has the highest PFF score among the top 5 defensive lineman for the season.

But Wyatt played just 9 snaps (out of 50) against the Bears.

The team is 5-8 and Dean Lowry and Jarran Reed are hardly locks to be on the roster next season.



Is there any reason a 1st round rookie who has shown promise like Wyatt should not get 20+ snaps during the final 4 game of the season?

Wyatt was PFF's second-highest rated Packer defender versus the Rams last night. He flashed on back to back plays and was credited with half a sack.

Wyatt has a higher PFF score this season than Kenny Clark, Dean Lowry, or Jarran Reed.

Yet, Wyatt played just 9 snaps last night.

I get the hesitation to give a waiver wire pickup like Rudy Ford snaps over a first round pick like Savage, but Wyatt is a first round pick and Lowry and Reed are not young, not under contract next season, and not very good.

Come on Joe, time to let Devonte Wyatt play.

@PackerHawk posted:

Yes, every time I saw him on the field something pawsitive happened in the pocket.

Only thing I can think is he's either got a serious conditioning problem or they only trust him in very specific situations for now.

I can think of 1 more thing.   The coaches stick with their guys too long.   Lowry over Wyatt is almost as bad as Rogers over Nixon.  

@BrainDed posted:

I can think of 1 more thing.   The coaches stick with their guys too long.   Lowry over Wyatt is almost as bad as Rogers over Nixon.  

Disagree on the levels of "bad" personnel decisions. Dean Lowry doesn't make mistakes. He' s not an elite enough athlete to make splash plays, but I would guess he's always where he's supposed to be and doesn't make killer mistakes. He's a guy you like to have on the roster as a rotation DL.

Amari Rodgers made killer mistakes and didn't seem to run routes correctly. There was no defensible reason to have him back there returning kicks. If he were equivalent to Lowry, he'd be the guy that never fumbled, fair caught the ball when necessary, and caught the ball and ran straight ahead for 6-8 yards when it was a returnable kick. The frustrating thing was that Nixon is better at being a "solid" returner in terms of just ball security and has an upside that is obvious as soon as you see him return the first kick.

Disagree on the levels of "bad" personnel decisions. Dean Lowry doesn't make mistakes. He' s not an elite enough athlete to make splash plays, but I would guess he's always where he's supposed to be and doesn't make killer mistakes.

Yeah, shoved into the secondary. If that’s where he’s supposed to be, I think I get their run defense issues.

@Goalline posted:

The buzz around him sounds like the stuff we heard about Christian Watson earlier in the year. That he was getting open, but the ball wasn’t coming his way.

Wyatt seems to be playing at a high level after a slow start, yet his reps remain limited. NFL coaches are hard to understand sometimes.

I won’t deny, I was shocked at how bad Wyatt looked at times in preseason and early in the year.  I saw a guy that was losing physical battles at the line of scrimmage decisively.  

What is starting to show though is some pretty fantastic quickness for a 300 lb. guy.  At the very least, he has shown he should get more playing time in true passing situations.  His quickness should help in terms pressuring a QB going forward.

Next year and going forward, he needs to really work on technique and strength for playing the run because he was pretty poor at that to start his career.

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