I watched his highlights and he looks like a create a player on a video game.
Heās soooooo much fun. Gonna be a fan favorite for sure.
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I hope we run some Flexbone with Vaki, Gibbs and Monty all in there. I think we will. That would be a headache for opponents.
And I mean the alignment rather than option itself. Although if we want to motion out JG, Monty was a HS QB.
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our return man, most likelyā¦as well as a fly-down on coverage units.
Yeah i was going based on my predraft data. He did meet with offense only. While i think they will be smart and limit him to one room as a rookie, he does have high fbi. He could pick up multiple positions. It is just a matter of how soon.
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My hope is he is essentially our new Jamal Agnew + the new Will Harrisā¦
Guy that can pretty much do anything, in game on the fly to get us out of the game. Big injuries at CB, NB, S, ST, SlotWR, RB, etc.
Weāve got Vaki to get us through.
Anything more than that, Iām going to be thoroughly impressed. Especially with the Eric Weddle compsā¦
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Not sure if Iām the one thatās confused, but I see Vaki as competing with Netflix for RB3 and teams. I think thatās how he hits the ground and barring a need to play him on defense he only winds up there if he flames out at RB. This is going by what Brad said, heās going to āmajorā at RB and ST.
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I guess Iām expecting him as more of RB4, NB2, S4
I donāt think he knocks Craig off the roster
But with Chase Lucas & Will Harris gone. I hope he can take their spot
As well as ST where he is first and foremost going to have a slot of snaps to eat.
Him & Rakestraw i would imagine
Dave Meggett-type player?
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Thatās pretty ambitious for a rook my man.
I donāt think they are going to cross train him. I could easily be wrong. But I donāt think thatās the plan. He mentioned something like they viewed his value as a RB higher than his draft spot, that had he majored at RB he might have been a much higher pick. I think they want to roll him out to compete for RB3 and to fill a big role on ST. He canāt be in that many rooms, he wonāt have time to work at S near as I can tell. Again, just going by Bradās statement. Maybe Iām missing somethingā¦
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My beat mock draft (i showed you this last night) ended up being my second to last one.
I thought this one was silly too because i traded down for a top playerā¦ but if you erase the trade and extra pick the rest is kinda cool. I also knew the last 2 wouldnt be on the board and was correct.
1 player at the exact pick and 2 other players in the wrong rounds by a mile.
April 11th 5:50pm timestamp
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Very ambitious. But first and foremost his role is Special teams.
Secondly his role is versatility.
Agree with you, it will be a lot to throw at a kid. But you can only dress 45 for gameday
Love have a guy like him on the roster , dude that can play anywhere.
Thatās why Will Harris stuck around for so long
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I guess we need to watch full games of Vaki againt USC (200+ yards) and Cal (150+ yards).
I knowā¦ pac 12 doesnt historically like to play defense.
But he balled out in those games.
Ive only seen highlights
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Special teams may change a bit with the new kickoff ruleā¦
Belichick predicts more big guys with less run up.
Still have to have punt coverage guys though.
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Thatās actually a great point, hadnāt thought of that.
Bill Belicheck, guy seems to know a bit about football huh?
Still can see Vaki on Punt Coverage, Kick Returner, Punt Block/Return, and canāt have all big guys out there so Kick off team too.
JRM, Rodrigo, Vakiā¦ 3 nice staples on ST
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Speaking of dorsey, i would be interested in seeing him try some snaps at RB he has some good vision on the returns he had but overall i think he and vildor will be long gone before they matter againā¦ maybe on ps
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Any thoughts on Vaki playing at the fb spot? As a safety he is big on contact and man having his vision/recieving ability means i no longer have to stomach cabinda
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Jacobs, Sutton , Will Harris - gone
Vildor, Dorsey - P Squad
We have completely redone the DB room.
Iād still resign Tracey Walker for a vet safety backup though for cheap
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To me, 1 under reported attribute of Vaki, if all goes well, would be to ADD a roster spot, game day, by eliminating the need for another player to provide backup that Day, or even on the roster, ultimately. Vakiās ability to play multiple positions may allow the Lions to carry an extra OL/DL/CB somewhere else.
Hopefully, Vaki gets a chance to throw or receive a Pass in Punt formation. Heās got great hands and destroyed USC in 2023 as a RB, LIKE EVERY other PAC-12 team did against a putrid USC Defense. One of the WORST USC Defenseās of all-time, IMO.
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