THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[mvossman]

Agree with your assessment, but I'd like to add one minor nuance:

Most of the good, notable 3&D names over the past 20 years or so have taken a while before reaching maximum effectiveness. Our own DFS, Ariza, KCP, etc, etc, etc. When you think about when those guys became sought after players, my strong feeling is that it happened in the age range of say 28 to about 35. 

If Green can reach that level of understanding with the mental things and play like a vet soon, there's insane and rare value in that level of player coming in a 22-26 year old, athletic package.

Yeah, looking at some others like Covington and Green (guys who I really wanted here at various times) really didn't start playing at a high level until mid to upper 20s.  That does put Josh ahead of the curve and makes it strange to me that folks were so quick to give up on him when he was still showing progress.