Pearce is another one of those pass rush prototypes everyone falls in love with because of his measurable attributes, but why didn’t he dominate more against amateur competition?
Those guys like that need to check all the boxes for me to use a high pick on them, and dominating collegiate level play is a major one.
I don’t want to draft a phenom athlete; I want football players.
How many guys like him have succeeded, or rather, lived up to their first round status at the next level? It’s rare.