Sound like very good special teamer ace.
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Are we done for the day? Sorry stuck working outside and hard to follow on my phone
How is he more of a S than RB? I donāt get it. I just heard heās more of an RB than S. Are they really going to play him at two positions?
No
It will be D
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got a 6th and a 7th left
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Yeah, hard to keep up. I think they still have two 6ths, and a 7th?
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https://www.thehuddlereport.com/blog/?p=3972
Sione Vaki DB/RB Utah
by Drew Boylhart ā¢ February 28, 2024
STRENGTHS
Sione is a Defensive Back with the skills, athletic talent, and high football IQ to play more than one position on your defense or offense at a very high level. He shows the quick feet to change direction and he has an excellent burst to the play. He is an excellent tackler and shows leadership skills through his mature play on the field. Sione plays with a controlled aggressiveness that is seen only in impact players. He has the athletic talent and foot speed to run down players from side line to side line when playing off the line of scrimmage or on the line of scrimmage. Sione has the eye/hand coordination to make interceptions on defense as well as catching the ball down the field as a running back on screen plays and wheel routes or a potential slot receiver. He is a tough running back with the ability to gain those tough yards when most will be stopped. Sioneās high football IQ and athletic talent allows him to be able to play more than one position for his college team. Nevertheless, I believe that his impact position at the next level will be at the running back position. He is an every down running back who can run between the tackles or outside the tackles, catch the ball down the field like a receiver, and is an outstanding blocker in the backfield. Then againā¦heās a dam good safety too.
CONCERNS
As far as being a safety, it just depends what a team is looking for in a safety. He has to show at the combine that he can be used in single coverage situations or most teams will think he is a situational player and a special team player only because he lacks the length most teams are looking for nowadays. I believe that if he gets on the field as a safety that he will never come off. As a running back, most teams will struggle believing he is as good as his film shows him to be. Heās the real key, the value of both positions will affect his draft status more than his lack of any skill set or experience playing either position.
BOTTOM LINE: 2.18
As far as Iām concerned you draft Sione and worry about what he position he will play later. He is an excellent football player on both sides of the ball so overthinking is truly the worse thing you could do when selecting him. I rate him high because I see his potential at the running back position and as a WLB in a 4/2/5 defense along with his ability to play the safety position. That being said, there are a lot of coaches that will not know how to use him on either side of the ball. Nevertheless, do not let Chiefs Andy Reed draft this kid or for that matter, Dolphins Mike McDaniel, they will find a way to use his talents and teams that pass on him will be very sorry they did. As a running back I feel his impact will be equal to being picked in the 1st round. As a safety it all depends on the system teams are using, as far as the round he would most likely be selected in. Nevertheless, once he gets on the field he will impact no matter what side of the ball you decide to use him on. Look for him on Robās board my guess, in the later rounds because of the value of both positions he is projected to play in.
So they picked a RB to play defense?
Read the post above this with Drew Boylhartās analysis
They picked a safety that can play RB, and is a KR ace
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Well in our defence things like this happen alotā¦look at the Browns, the picked a sex offender to play QB!
A Multitaskerā¦Heard good pub on him prior to the Draft. Someone the Lions were seriously investigatingā¦Kudos to the Scout for uncovering this potential situational piece and special teams future Aceā¦Back-up Safety, hopefully.
Heās a career safety who had to fill in at RB this year due to injuries and was great.
The truth is heāll be our #4 RB, our #3 S, and probably our kick returner under the new rules too
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Seahawks get Pritchett, he was one of my primary day 3 targets at CB.
I mean, ok. But still saying his best position is RB, and saying heās got 1st round talent at RB, and heās limited at S. I guess weāll see how this works out.
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Just think of him as a weapon. On offense, on defense, and on special teams.
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I hate the pick. Too crowded for a DB, and is very limited, and too far behind the RB depth chart. Looks like a special teamer only. But hey, maybe heās the next Puka!..lol
Remember when the Patriots to a super quick and athletic QBā¦to play WR and the guy became Pro Bowl WR?
This dude could end up being a slot receiver for us 
I am just gonna trust Brad has a plan on this one
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Hope the Reporters introduce a Split Screen projection with Holmes massaging the Bull, which TE Matt Stover did out on the farm in Real-Time, with Holmes explaining his new Marshmallow theory to the football writers!!!..Would be hilarious!!