Eagles Film Review: Kelee Ringo found the perfect landing spot

With the 2023 NFL Draft over, it’s time for some movie rooms on the Philadelphia Eagles’ rookie class. I’ll attempt to get to all of the gamers and a few UDFAs over the following few weeks. There are a great deal of scouting studies that can clearly say very related issues, so I’ve tried to incorporate movie clips to again up every little thing and I’ll discuss concerning the participant’s match with the Eagles on the finish of the piece. I watched the all22 on a number of rookies, however I can’t share these clips alone Twitter accounts (or I danger getting blocked), so I’ve used just a few different accounts right here. Let’s go!

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+ Unbelievable dimension and body with good athleticism. He’s jacked and appears like a hybrid security/linebacker at instances. Superb athlete who examined effectively.

+ Unbelievable deep velocity to hold vertical routes alongside the sideline.

+ Superb when the ball is within the air. Can knock the ball out of the palms of the receiver or choose it off with the flexibility to catch the ball at its highest level.

+ Has the scale and size to press receivers on the line of scrimmage and in addition pressure them near the sideline. Can disrupt the timing of routes.

+ Good tackler within the open subject and performs with good hustle and pursuit. Very comfy setting the sting if required too.

+ Performed in a protection that performs numerous zone-match protection and he didn’t appear to have issues processing this.

+ Solely 20 years previous. Doesn’t flip 21 till June.

– Little too gradual out and in his breaks and his hips look somewhat stiff at instances. Higher in press than in off-coverage due to this. It confirmed up in drills on the mix.

– Typically turns and runs too early and might’t transition shortly sufficient towards the ball. This implies he offers up numerous comeback routes.

– Ought to be higher at urgent receivers on the line contemplating his dimension and physicality. He’s too inconsistent at urgent at present.

– Will get beat downfield too typically and doesn’t run as shortly as his time suggests.

– Offers away too many penalties, and may be grabby when the ball is within the air.

I used to be pretty high on Kelee Ringo and had him as a late 1st/early 2nd grade however the NFL clearly had numerous considerations and he fell to the beginning of day 3. The considerations are fairly apparent on movie, I simply thought the upside was fairly excessive for a 20-year-old too. That is what I stated about him pre-draft:

Ringo is likely one of the most athletic and jacked corners to have come out shortly. He appears to be like like a linebacker at instances and is extraordinarily bodily on the LOS together with his palms. He has all of the traits you search for as a tall, athletic rangy outdoors nook. Nevertheless, he additionally offers up just a few too many performs and doesn’t play as shortly as his 40 time suggests at this level. He has work to do however the upside is excessive.

Eagles Ideas: 30 is somewhat too early for Ringo based mostly on the movie, however I wouldn’t thoughts in any respect if the Eagles took an opportunity on him. He may sit behind Slay and Bradberry and if he hits his ceiling, he might be an excellent nook in a 12 months or two. The upside is value a shot based mostly on the Eagles’ present roster.

At this level in his profession, Ringo is mainly a incredible athlete who’s excellent at working vertically outdoors the numbers however struggles outdoors of that. I feel he’s a little bit of a increase/bust choose, which is why I feel the Eagles are the right touchdown spot for him. If Ringo was requested to start out early (as many early draft picks are), I feel he would have actually struggled and it may have induced him to lose his confidence. Nevertheless, he has an opportunity to sit down and be taught behind some excellent veterans and develop earlier than getting an opportunity to start out. I additionally suppose he can be a great match in additional of a zone protection the place he can press receivers on the sideline however cross them off once they go inside. Quite a lot of his actually poor protection reps are the place he’s in man protection with a receiver who breaks inside.

If he manages to develop some components of his sport, there may be nothing stopping him from being a high-level outdoors cornerback as a result of the athleticism, dimension, and velocity mixture are incredible. He could be an absolute steal if the 4th spherical if he does enhance. If he does not develop additional, I feel there’s a likelihood that he transitions to security as he has the physique kind and tackles very well. I gained’t speculate whether or not he can play security or not (and the Eagles ought to completely not transfer him till he’s had at the least 2 years to develop additional as a cornerback) as a result of I simply haven’t seen him do it. However that is positively one thing to think about if he isn’t enhancing after a few years. If this transfer doesn’t work out, on the very worst you’ve got an OK backup cornerback that you just took within the 4th spherical, who may most likely be a matchup piece in opposition to particular receivers who win with dimension and velocity on the skin. For a 4th spherical choose… what’s to not like?! I feel it’s a incredible choose no matter whether or not he develops right into a full-time starter or not. He was value buying and selling up for and taking an opportunity on.