Eagles Movie Evaluation: Followers will must be affected person with Jalyx Hunt

With the 2024 NFL Draft over, it’s time for some movie rooms on the Philadelphia Eagles’ rookie class. I’ll attempt to get to all 9 draft picks and a few UDFAs over the subsequent few weeks. A great deal of scouting experiences will say very related issues, so I’ve tried to incorporate movie clips to again up all the things and I’ll discuss in regards to the participant’s match with the Eagles on the finish of the piece. I handle to get the all22 on a number of rookies, however I can’t share these clips by myself Twitter accounts (or I threat getting blocked), so I’ve used a number of different accounts right here. Let’s go!

Beforehand on this sequence: Quinyon Mitchell / Cooper DeJean

I knew nothing about Jalyx Hunt so I needed this one to be fairly in-depth… take pleasure in!

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Strengths

+ Because the above suggests, Hunt is a legitimately nice athlete. He’s actually fluid and you’ll see the previous security/receiver in him. He’s ridiculously lengthy and explosive.

I do know he’s unblocked right here, however simply look how lengthy and fast he seems.

+ He has snaps the place he flies out of his stance and exhibits excellent preliminary burst and acceleration. His closing velocity is excellent too.

+ He can bend the EDGE and has good flexibility to sink and dip beneath tackles.

+ That is very inconsistent, however his size hand utilization may help him win inside.

+ He flashes the power to cross the face of offensive lineman with fast burst. That is the place size helps him too.

+ Actually good in pursuit. Nice velocity to chase down from the bottom. He hits exhausting and performs with a excessive motor always.

+ Actually good arm size, and has first punch to stun offensive tackles at occasions.

+ Mixture of athleticism and arm size makes him a helpful weapon on TE stunts.

+ Motion expertise in protection are actually sturdy. This can be a large motive why Fangio appreciated this man. He’s extraordinarily pure when dropping into protection, particularly when requested to cowl the flats.

Weaknesses

– You knew this was coming… he’s extraordinarily uncooked. He doesn’t have an actual move rush arsenal at this level, and when linemen get their palms on him the rep is normally over. There’s no actual counter-move.

– He will get moved too simply within the run sport and generally seems very gentle in run protection.

– He does this factor the place he takes a false step or rocks again on the snap and doesn’t generate the burst you’ll anticipate too usually. That’s why he’s fairly inconsistent on movie, as a result of when he actually occasions the snap properly you possibly can see him fly.

– He seems slightly too upright with virtually too lengthy legs at occasions. There are occasions he seems extra like a security or off-ball linebacker. He can get moved generally simply as a result of he’s so upright.

– I don’t suppose he’ll be capable to drop his hips persistently sufficient, sink, and flatten to get upright except he alters his stance barely and will get decrease. He seems too upright.

– He didn’t face lots of nice competitors throughout his time in faculty. He’s additionally fairly previous for a multi-year challenge, as he has already turned 23.

Total

Effectively, I attempted to seek out each little bit of movie I might of Jalyx Hunt. I nonetheless don’t have any concept what to make of this decide. I adore it and hate it on the similar time.

It looks like a large threat on the potential upside attributable to his traits when higher gamers had been obtainable, however you possibly can’t assist however be fascinated by the potential upside. Hunt is without doubt one of the most fascinating athletes I’ve watched. He strikes in a different way from different gamers. He’s a weird mixture of size, velocity and quickness. However he doesn’t actually appear like an EDGE at occasions! He seems like he’s nonetheless athletic sufficient to play security at occasions, and watching him drop into protection is actually cool.

I don’t wish to come over as too pessimistic, however I believe he’s a great distance away from contributing as a move rusher. The traits are there, however he wants lots of work. I don’t suppose he’ll contribute as a move rusher for a minimum of a 12 months, and at 23 years previous already, it’s doable that a part of his sport simply doesn’t develop an important deal. However the traits and athleticism are there. The potential is clear. I might have beloved this decide within the 4th spherical, however the third simply feels slightly bit dangerous to me.

Nevertheless, I believe he’s instantly the Eagles’ finest EDGE rusher at dropping into protection, and he’ll present the Eagles with extra versatility and unpredictability when he traces up within the Eagles’ 5-man entrance. That is one thing the Eagles lack on the roster proper now. This can be a Vic Fangio decide indubitably, and he looks like a participant who has been drafted for a really particular function which I’m fascinated to see develop. I wager the coaches and scouts had some arguments about this one!

Personally, this wouldn’t have been my choice within the third spherical, however I do suppose on the very least you will have a freaky athlete who can instantly contribute on particular groups, can drop into protection, and may hopefully develop as a move rusher over time. He hasn’t performed EDGE for very lengthy, so there may be motive for optimism. If, and it’s a reasonably large if, he manages to become an above-average move rusher, then he can be one of the crucial versatile EDGE rushers within the league as a result of you possibly can’t educate his athleticism and size. I believe followers will must be affected person with him although, as a result of I’m not anticipating quite a lot of rapid influence in terms of speeding the passer. Versatility and the power to drop into protection is nice, however realistically, should you can’t rush the move as an EDGE then you’ll battle to get on the sphere an important deal.

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