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Again, it’s tough to really see what’s going to happen with rookie second-round pick AJ Epenesa. There’s that rotation on the D-line, so he’ll get out there, certainly. But how much? The way Epenesa preforms during padded practices will play a big part on the defensive line. He could even cause a guy like Trent Murphy to be a cut candidate, but that’s just speculation.
Frazier essentially said so far, so good for the rookie pass rusher. His attention to detail caught the coach’s eye.
“You could see that when we got on the field and began to do our walk throughs. He was paying attention; he was on top of the details of all the things we had taken him through. That encourages you as a coach. He’s a guy who’s a fast learner, and he can translate that from the classroom to the field. Now until we get the pads on and until we start moving around and doing some things, you really don’t know how much he or the other rookies are going to be able to help you in 2020. But we’ll find that out in the next few days,” Frazier said.