When the and play in LVIII this Sunday, it'll be a clash between teams who made it there with, of course, quality quarterback play, stellar skill-position talent, and stingy defenses.And there are prospects in the 2024 whose games resemble those vital components of the Super Bowl 58 participants. This article provides those stars and their draft-cla s counterparts.Let's dive into which prospects primed to be picked in April have stylistic similarities to a few of the marquee names who'll take the field Sunday.elow Starting with an eyebrow-raiser. Fiske isn't currently a highly touted draft prospect. Jones was invited to the 2016 draft -- and somehow fell to the second round. Stylistically, these two were almost identical on film.Jones was a long, somewhat sleek interior defensive line prospect who enjoyed a super-productive career as a dynamic, pa s-rush-move extraordinaire at Mi si sippi State. He won with a ridiculous first step, long arms, and deceptive power. At the 2016 combine
Cris Carter Jersey , Jones measured in at 6-foot-6 and 310 pounds with 34 1/2-inch arms.Fiske doesn't have anywhere close to Jones' length and was nearly 6-foot-4 and 295 pounds with 31-inch arms at the Senior Bowl. Like Jones though, Fiske fires off the ball at damn near the speed of a blitzing linebacker, has a loaded arsenals of karate-style moves to beat blockers at the point of attack and lit up that stat sheet with 18.5 sacks and 34 tackles for lo s in his final four seasons in college. Genuinely freaky athletes with high motors are worth their weight in gold on the interior of a defensive line today. Kittle was a rugged low-volume receiver who starred in the trenches as a blocker at Iowa. Watching his film felt like he had the physical attributes to be a better pro catching the football than what he demonstrated in college -- mostly because the quarterback play was average at best with the Hawkeyes.Sure enough, after going in the fifth round in the 2017 draft, Kittle has cemented his legacy as an elite three-down tight end. Now,
Danielle Hunter Jersey as the focal point of Georgia's pa sing offense, Bowers had a much different collegiate experience. On the field, the way he moves with urgent power through contact, gets open with sharp cuts, and battles defensive ends and linebackers as a blockers is eerily reminiscent to Kittle. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount
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Dan Chisena Jersey speed to win over the top of defenses. While there'll be a learning curve in the route-running department, like what's transpired with Aiyuk, Nabers has the rare physical gifts to become an All-Pro at the next level. Hargrave was this somewhat mysterious prospect from South Carolina State who played with unhinging hips and lightning-quick explosivene s upfield. Once the small-school label was off, Hargrave hit the ground running in Pittsburgh but was always in the background. With the , Hargrave got more opportunity and, unsurprisingly, blo somed. It led to him signing a ma sive deal with the 49ers last March. And his disruptive ways have continued in San Francisco.Hailing from the University of Texas fresh off a Playoff berth, Murphy will be picked to go higher than Hargrave was but feels strikingly similar on film. He's an electric mover up the field and works tirele sly to win through blockers with speed-to-power conversion and an occasional pa s-rush moves. Franklly, "smaller" super-athletic one-gap interior rushers like Hargrave paved the way for someone like Murphy, who's likely to be well under 300 pounds at the combine, to
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