'14 TX DE Solomon Thomas (Stanford Verbal)

[connect the dots]

Shit. Oh well. Smart move on his part. Can't fault someone for picking Stanford.

I agree, but I would like to know why Notre Dame wasn't under consideration until the very end of Solomon's recruitment. Important to maintain connection to the Coppell program.

 

[IrishLax]

Going to be so awesome playing against him for 4 to 5 years...

 

[Irish#1]

 

[aubeirish]

Going to be so awesome playing against him for 4 to 5 years...

Yes, but then again I look at our O-line depth and i'm just not that worried anymore.

 

[beryirish]

.

 

[dublinirish]

skipping senior year to go pro apparently

 

[ND Fan Vancouver]

Thank god. He was a nightmare to play against. He's gonna be a great player in the NFL.

 

[beryirish]

That's a big win for ND...keep'em coming.

 

[BoredIrish]

Wait a second.

I thought BK said Stanford doesn't lose juniors to the NFL???

 

[PANDFAN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stanford DT Solomon Thomas announces he will enter the NFL draft.</p>— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP/status/816710156113346574">January 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[dublinirish]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/25/49ers-are-shopping-solomon-thomas/

been a huge NFL bust considering where he was drafted

 

[GrangerIrish24]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/25/49ers-are-shopping-solomon-thomas/

been a huge NFL bust considering where he was drafted

But for one night, he controlled our line of scrimmage.

 

[Luckylucci]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/25/49ers-are-shopping-solomon-thomas/

been a huge NFL bust considering where he was drafted

Yea, San Fran put a lot into the DL through the draft with Armstead, Buckner, and Thomas (3 straight 1st rd picks). And as of today, only one of those guys looks worthy of their draft position. Buckner had a breakout season but Thomas and Armstead are just average DL up to this point.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Yea, San Fran put a lot into the DL through the draft with Armstead, Buckner, and Thomas (3 straight 1st rd picks). And as of today, only one of those guys looks worthy of their draft position. Buckner had a breakout season but Thomas and Armstead are just average DL up to this point.

It's why I think they should go Q Williams. I think he and Buckner can coexist

 

[Rizzophil]

I hope they trade him to Green Bay for a ham sandehich

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Yea, San Fran put a lot into the DL through the draft with Armstead, Buckner, and Thomas (3 straight 1st rd picks). And as of today, only one of those guys looks worthy of their draft position. Buckner had a breakout season but Thomas and Armstead are just average DL up to this point.

Bruckner has been better than one breakout season.

 

[Luckylucci]

Bruckner has been better than one breakout season.

Not surprised a Niners fan has that as the takeaway I was giving him credit as last year was a really good season and went a long way in justifying his lofty draft status. However, without that, he was the #7 overall pick. In his first 2 seasons, he started 31 games, in which he had 9 sacks and 12 TFL's, total. Not what I'd call a "hit" drafting that high. Solid tackle numbers but you expect more when drafting that high. Now, last season was a "breakout" season in which he had more sacks (12) and TFL's (17) than the last two seasons combined. Probably the definition of a breakout year.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Not surprised a Niners fan has that as the takeaway I was giving him credit as last year was a really good season and went a long way in justifying his lofty draft status. However, without that, he was the #7 overall pick. In his first 2 seasons, he started 31 games, in which he had 9 sacks and 12 TFL's, total. Not what I'd call a "hit" drafting that high. Solid tackle numbers but you expect more when drafting that high. Now, last season was a "breakout" season in which he had more sacks (12) and TFL's (17) than the last two seasons combined. Probably the definition of a breakout year.

I hear that and by just looking at the numbers I would agree with you. Saying that his first two seasons he was very disruptive, but was not hitting home as of often as we all would have liked. So I can understand that this past year was a breakout season as in becoming an elite player.