The NFL just said the problem with Perkins was not that he was playing out of position

so what was it then

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so what was it then

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He wasn’t playing “out of position” because that inherently implies there is a position for him

There is no position on an NFL defense that makes sense for his limited skillset

His only avenue to an NFL roster is through special teams, which isn’t a promising possibility for a guy with ethic issues

He's a good college player but thats it. Fans placed unreasonable expectations on him because he played over his head a few times before other teams knew what he was. Then fans get upset that he wasn't a generational talent.

He doesn’t have a position. He has a single valuable skillset, rushing the passer, but the size differences in the NFL means he couldn’t do it on a consistent basis and directly lined up against NFL tackles. He lacks coverage skillsets for pro or college. He can tackle the ball carrier in college enough, but he’s a poor quality tackler and his size will be a huge detriment at the next level. And he’s completely capped out on size, he can’t grow anymore on his small frame

I think he could be an in the box strong safety in NFL. But team scheme fits would be really low, most teams are playing both safeties high right now and in coverage majority of the time. It’s not in demand

Was he though? What was he pretty fricking good at?

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he was a pretty fricking good college player

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not really. He had a handful of amazing plays. The majority of his snaps he looked terrible. He was regularly taken advantage of and attacked by other offenses. Y'all just remember the 10 good plays he had and forget the hundreds of bad ones.

Two different coaching staffs gave him every opportunity at multiple positions to prove he was a good college player. And he couldn't do it consistently.

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He's a good college player but thats it. Fans placed unreasonable expectations on him because he played over his head a few times before other teams knew what he was. Then fans get upset that he wasn't a generational talent.

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Our fans do that with a lot of players then convince themselves the players need to be vilified for not living up to the expectations others set for them

Well, the draft isn’t over and there have been plenty studs who haven’t been picked yet.

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so what was it then

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He's a tweener that has no real position.

As others have said, he had a couple of good games as a true freshman that got the hype train rolling and fans could never understand why he didn't return to that once opposing teams started scheming around him.

A lot of this has to do with his rankings as a recruit, if he was some random Mississippi three star, the hype would've died out long ago.

I'm sure he'd make a fine Popeyes manager. I'd be a customer