Eagles Film Review: Fans will need to be patient with Jalyx Hunt

With the 2024 NFL Draft over, it’s time for some movie rooms on the Philadelphia Eagles’ rookie class. I’ll try to get to all 9 draft picks and a few UDFAs over the following few weeks. A great deal of scouting reviews will say very related issues, so I’ve tried to incorporate movie clips to again up every little thing and I’ll speak 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 couple 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… get pleasure from!

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Strengths

+ Because the above suggests, Hunt is a legitimately nice athlete. He’s actually fluid and you may 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 to be.

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

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

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

+ He flashes the flexibility 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 onerous and performs with a excessive motor always.

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

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

+ Motion expertise in protection are actually robust. This can be a enormous motive why Fangio preferred 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 recreation and typically seems to be 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’d count on too usually. That’s why he’s fairly inconsistent on movie, as a result of when he actually instances the snap effectively you possibly can see him fly.

– He seems to be a bit too upright with nearly too lengthy legs at instances. There are occasions he seems to be extra like a security or off-ball linebacker. He can get moved typically simply as a result of he’s so upright.

– I don’t assume he’ll have the ability to drop his hips persistently sufficient, sink, and flatten to get upright until he modifies his stance barely and will get decrease. He seems to be too upright.

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

General

Nicely, I attempted to search out each little bit of movie I may of Jalyx Hunt. I nonetheless don’t have any thought what to make of this choose. I like it and hate it on the identical time.

It seems like an enormous threat on the potential upside as a consequence of his traits when higher gamers have been accessible, 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 otherwise from different gamers. He’s a weird mixture of size, velocity and quickness. However he doesn’t actually seem like an EDGE at instances! He seems to be like he’s nonetheless athletic sufficient to play security at instances, and watching him drop into protection is basically cool.

I don’t need to come over as too pessimistic, however I feel he’s a good distance away from contributing as a move rusher. The traits are there, however he wants numerous work. I don’t assume he’ll contribute as a move rusher for no less than a yr, and at 23 years previous already, it’s potential that a part of his recreation simply doesn’t develop an ideal deal. However the traits and athleticism are there. The potential is apparent. I might have beloved this choose within the 4th spherical, however the third simply feels a bit bit dangerous to me.

Nevertheless, I feel 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 strains 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 choose indisputably, and he seems like a participant who has been drafted for a really particular function which I’m fascinated to see develop. I guess 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 assume 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’s motive for optimism. If, and it’s a reasonably large if, he manages to grow to be an above-average move rusher, then he shall be probably the most versatile EDGE rushers within the league as a result of you possibly can’t educate his athleticism and size. I feel followers will must be affected person with him although, as a result of I’m not anticipating quite a lot of quick influence in terms of speeding the passer. Versatility and the flexibility to drop into protection is nice, however realistically, in the event you can’t rush the move as an EDGE then you’ll battle to get on the sphere an ideal deal.

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