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Originally Posted by Hoover
Tanoh Kpassagnon is a pass rusher trying to become a linebacker. Carter is a lineback who needs to work on his bend. HUGE difference IMO. Carter is not the project that Tanoh Kpassagnon is/was.
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The more and more I re-watch Carter, the more and more I think he is a project. He had a nice 40, but he plays reactionary and he just doesn't look to have that great of lateral agility. He also doesn't have that great burst off the snap. He really struggles to disengage from blocks and I question his strength. There was way too much tape of him struggling with TEs and FBs, much less tackles. He also struggles with bending at the corner. He doesn't ever seem to have a rush plan and mostly just runs into the tackle.
What I did like about Carter was that he looked relatively comfortable in space. He's still a bit unorthodox and gangly, but he could get out with TEs with moderate success. He also has some speed to close when he decides to use it.
At this point, I have to wonder if he really offers you much more than his teammate, Davin Bellamy, who is slotted to go in round 6. I was on him early, but have drastically fallen off his favor after going back to the tapes post-combine. I'd be a fan in the late 3rd/4th as a player you spend a couple years developing, but he's not a guy I see making an impact year one, and I doubt even year two.