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Associated Press thinks Ruben Bain

frostycane said:
The reality is, the media and even T a&m themselves think there’s this huge gap between teams in the SEC and everyone else and that because you play in that conference you are just better than the rest.
However, in an alternate universe called reality the gap between 95% of the SEC and the rest is negligible at best. As proven out on the actual football field.
Look at bowl game results, OOC games, etc etc. if you actually look at rankings there are times where mid level teams will take multiple spot jumps in the rankings just week prior to a game with Bama or UGA and do this after a win vs juggernaut Savannah st.
We will see on Saturday if the SEC gap actually means anything. I don’t think we will see it.
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I like this situation.
It's an opportunity for our boys to shut some mouths.
 
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DTP said:
It’s been the same story with Bain since he was in high school. If he was 2” taller he would have been an easy 5 star player. I have never seen a defensive lineman more ready to play immediately than he was. He was more technically sound as a freshman than 90% of the third and fourth year edge players. Elite hand strength, elite leverage, elite bend for a guy who’s not lean. He could just ignore his run responsibilities like the A&M kid and pad his sack numbers but that would make him a less effective player.

Watch the games and just focus on him. Watch how many times he abandons his pass rush to pick up a check down or read a screen or draw. He doesn’t always make the play but on plays that are designed to get the defense to blindly rush upfield, having one guy smart enough to read what the offense is doing can slow down the ball carrier enough to allow other defenders time to swarm.

All the years we complain about defenders not setting an edge or guys getting out of their rush lanes and allowing running quarterbacks to break long runs. This dude does everything correctly. He makes the entire defense better even if his sack numbers are average. I would take him over Greg Rousseau (also a great player) 10 times out of 10
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100% agree. OC’s scheme those type plays so Bain has to pick them up to take him out of the rush equation which opens lanes for the Dline to eat. He’s more valuable than most realize. NFL scouts are seeing it and salivating.
 
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