I_C_Deadpeople Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 In my mock i picked "Pick is in" in this spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Zachary Carter DE out of FL Admit I wasn't looking at DEs so I know nothing about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gupps Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Zachary Carter DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Called a “tweener DE/3tech”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBR Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 I’ll be honest. No clue who the hell this dude is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 27. ZACHARY CARTER | Florida 6042 | 282 lbs. | rSR. Tampa, Fla. (Hillsborough) 4/7/1999 (age 23.06) #6 BACKGROUND: Zachary “Zach” Carter was born and raised in North Tampa, Fla., and started playing pee wee football for the Bay Area Raiders at age 7. At age 9, he stopped playing football to focus on baseball and basketball. After returning to football in the eighth grade, Carter enrolled at Hillsborough High, where he was a twosport letterman. He saw varsity reps as a freshman, when he started the final five games at offensive tackle in 2013. Carter started on both the offensive and defensive lines as a sophomore and registered 73 tackles and 3.0 sacks. As a junior, he saw reps at tight end and tackle on offense and was unblockable at defensive end with 76 tackles and 5.5 sacks. Carter played more defensive tackle as a senior and led Hillsborough to an 8-2 finish with 56 tackles and 6.5 sacks to earn 2016 First Team All-County and Tampa Player of the Year honors. He also lettered in basketball and averaged better than 11.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game over his final three seasons as a power forward on varsity. A four-star recruit out of high school, Carter was the No. 3 strongside defensive end in the 2017 recruiting class and the No. 23 recruit in the state of Florida. His recruitment took off during his junior season, and he collected more than 40 offers, including national powers like Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State. However, Carter grew up dreaming of playing for the Gators and signed with Florida, becoming the school’s top-ranked defensive recruit in the 2017 class. His older brother (Frank) played offensive guard at FCS-level Jackson State (2014-16). Carter skipped Florida’s 2021 bowl game and accepted his invitation to the 2022 Senior Bowl. YEAR (GP/GS) TKLS TFL SACK FF PD INT NOTES 2017: Redshirted 2018: (9/0) 8 1.0 0.0 0 2 0 Blocked FG 2019: (13/2) 31 7.0 4.5 1 2 0 DE 2020: (12/11) 36 9.5 5.0 0 2 0 DT; Led team in TFL, sacks 2021: (12/12) 32 11.0 8.0 1 2 0 DT Total: (46/25) 107 28.5 17.5 2 8 0 HT WT ARM HAND WING 40-YD 20-YD 10-YD VJ BJ SS 3C BP COMBINE 6042 282 33 1/2 10 1/4 80 3/8 4.99 2.87 1.68 27 1/2 9’2” - - 19 (no shuttles — left hamstring) PRO DAY 6040 287 33 10 1/4 81 5.00 2.66 1.69 - - 4.56 7.34 - (stood on Combine jumps, bench press) STRENGTHS: Moldable frame with adequate length ... accelerates quickly and gets into the chest of blockers ... transfers the energy from his first two steps into contact and leverages his body to generate movement ... hands are a blur ... has an array of rush moves, including an efficient arm-over and swipe technique to slingshot past blockers ... quick to fire through gaps and reset his vision to find the ball carrier ... uses length to lock out, read, and contain the edge in the run game ... wins with extra effort, and his motor stays cranked ... versatile, with experience up and down the defensive line from the A-gap to outside the tackle. WEAKNESSES: Narrow rusher and doesn’t have the body flexibility to bend the edge ... average explosion and inconsistent snap anticipation, a bad combo for a defensive lineman ... doesn’t have natural pass rush instincts ... flashes a variety of rush moves but struggles to efficiently patch them together ... physical hands can knock him off his rush track ... finds himself out-flanked in the run game ... late to unwind from blocks and must improve his shed skills ... lack of flexibility hurts his ability to break down in small spaces, leading to missed tackles ... below-average production and averaged less than three tackles per game as a college starter. SUMMARY: A two-year starter at Florida, Carter was used up and down the defensive line in former defensive coordinator Todd Grantham’s scheme, spending most of his time as either a three-technique or five-technique. His pass rush efficiency and backfield production improved each season in Gainesville, with 20.5 tackles for loss over his final 24 games. Carter is at his best with a runway, where he can rush head-up with physical hands to generate power, extending into blockers and putting them on skates. He has quick read-and-react ability in the run game, but powerful blockers can out-leverage him, leaving him late to shed. Overall, Carter is limited in the ways he wins as a pass rusher because of his stiffness and undeveloped counters, but he is a high-effort, quick-footed athlete who is well-versed with various defensive techniques. He projects as a rotational base end in the NFL. GRADE: 6th Round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Jamie_B said: Zachary Carter DE out of FL Admit I wasn't looking at DEs so I know nothing about him He's a dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schneiderbengal Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 If you think Joe is gonna get better, how many times are we punting in a game? 2 max? We'll expect to go for it anytime is less then 4th and 6 from our own 40 and out. And saying he's guaranteed a won't bust..is foolish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Just now, BBR said: I’ll be honest. No clue who the hell this dude is. I do....doesn't seem like a great pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Carter considered sitting out the 2020 season due to concerns about COVID-19 after friends of his family passed away from complications. After sitting out some practices, he decided to play and eventually led the Gators with five sacks and tied for the team lead with 9.5 tackles for loss among his 36 total stops in 12 games (11 starts). That success extended into the 2021 season, starting 12 games (32 tackles, 11 tackles for loss with eight sacks, two pass breakups) before opting out of the team's bowl game to prepare for the NFL draft. The Tampa product played in nine games as a redshirt freshman in 2018 (eight tackles, two pass breakups) and started twice in 13 appearances the following fall (31 tackles, seven for loss with 4.5 sacks). Carter contributed on special teams, blocking a kick in in both 2018 and 2019. He switched from jersey No. 17 to No. 6 as a senior in 2021 as a nod to former Gator and current NFL pass rusher Dante Fowler Jr. -- by Chad Reuter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Will give Duke the benefit of the doubt here but he may be a reach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 The bottom line is that the team that does the best at disrupting the opposing QB is going to win the AFC Championship. 11 teams in the AFC can score 30 points every week. Who can hold them to 20 will be the team that wins the league. We just addressed that with three picks who will all contribute towards that goal over the next five years. They will all help us afford those contract renewals of Burrow, Chase and Higgins on the Offensive side of the ball. What we do with our LT depends upon his ability to improve. We may let him go if he has another injured season and/or has an average season. He's still very young, so I imagine we resign him. It's just going to be a difficult negotiation as he won't deserve Top-20 money, and he'll probably ask for top-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 He’ll be a steal by this time tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 This had to be the correct pick. Addressing the D-Line was absolutely the correct decision and they thought this player fit this spot based on their plans for the next several year better than anyone else. I can't emphsize enough that the Bengals have been hitting grandslams the last 2-1/2 years with their decision-making, so this has to be the right choice, regardless of outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Welcome to the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals, Zach Carter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Where's the money going to come from to pay Burrow, Chase, Higgins and Jonah Williams? From the expiring contracts of some Defensive players, such as Bell, Waynes (already gone), Apple, Reader (if we don't resign him, too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Wish we took Matt Araiza instead. And I don't think you need to wait until later rounds if you think it's someone that can help now. I think he could be our future for a decade or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 We still need to address DI, as Carter is more of an EDGE, at least I think he will be for us, though we do move our guys all around. With these three picks, our Defense has gotten a lot faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Speed on Defense always wins over size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griever Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Jeez, how many TEs do the Jets need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 There's one clear goal of this draft.....make life difficult for opposing QB's, and with the number of quality ones that will face us every game, I like the idea of putting together a Defense that is as good as the Browns' Defense. We already led the NFL/AFC in a number of Defensive categories, and now we just got a heck of a lot faster. Cherry on the cake would be to sign Bates to a long-term contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingspoint Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Shoutout to Steven Jackson. Should have been a Bengal, if not for the idiot Marvin Lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 28 minutes ago, Gary said: Wish we took Matt Araiza instead. Agreed. It's hard to argue he wouldn't have been more impactful for sure. But let's hope he lasts until we pick in RD 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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