cowboycane
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I mean, I love Rousseau, but nothing wrong with being skeptical of a Miami underclassman being able to build on a breakout season.
See: Calais Campbell
See: Calais Campbell
Dont mention itWow!!! Great info!
Two years actually
Freshman season - 38 tackles 12 TFL 8 sacks
Sophomore season - 54 tackles 23.5 TFL 13 sacks
Clowney was already, and still is, an elite run defender. He didn't need much development which is why people were telling him to sit out his junior year.
Cans are okay, but bottled beer is still better. You should change to a bottle, you deserve it.I'll throw an empty beer can at him. Of course after I pound that beer.
I didn’t want to get too violent lolCans are okay, but bottled beer is still better. You should change to a bottle, you deserve it.
He has 0 NFL seasons with double digit sacks... he isn't elite anything. which is evident to him being a free agent still.
Well of course. Those teams wouldn't have hesitated to start him. I think he, Roche, and Brevin will get this thing going again. I'd love for Blades to ball out too.If Greg played for OSU, Bama, or Clemson he’d be talked about like a top 3 pick. Anyway, I hope he balls out and goes top 10. We need to get our NFL U pipeline going again.
I think UM fans are so jaded by 18 years of failure too many can’t see what they’re looking st in Rousseau. IMO he’ll be the best player from UM since Sean Taylor. Not making a sack prediction because it’s silly but I won’t be surprised if he holds his production. What I want to see is progress overall, development of pass russ moves and technique, and sealing the edge effectively. Just be a true DE and play inside on passing downs as needed. IMO Rousseau is a special talent and will go on to some great things if he keeps his head in it.Hot take: Greg Rousseau will not lead the team in sacks this year. Not because he won’t be better but because he’ll be focused on by opponents a lot more. There’s going to a lot of chances for other guys to eat because Rousseau is going to command so much attention. It’s also a good thing that they move him around inside and out. It’s much easier to neutralize a guy who lines up in the same spot every down.
Speed is pretty overrated for ends, imo, vs. quickness, agility, length, hand strength and ability to disengage, technique and knowing how to stay in position to your point. Rousseau has all that and can cover ground in a hurry with his long strides.What's a great pass rusher? I view it as a guy who gets to the QB regularly and regularly disrupts plays in the backfield. I don't think it's just blazing speed and blowing by the OT and running yourself out of the play. One of the things Greg does so well is he controls his rush and never seems to get too deep. He uses those pterodactyl wings to snatch the QB up from all sorts of weird angles and from what, at times, seems like 10 yards away.
Agreed. He had a few plays last year where he threw an OL off him using upper body strength and I thought I was seeing a young Reggie White. Actually went back and watched white and bruce smith film just to remind myself what DEs can do. Sometimes folks think athletes today are always betrer than whoever came before. Definitely encourage folks to watch old white and smith tape. Goats.Most of his sacks came from hustle and length. **** guy can trip-up a QB from the parking lot.
Hopefully he'll be the one DE that actually learned some pass rush moves while he's here.
I think he's deceptively strong (as ****).
Uses his length well to keep O-linemen out of his chest.
Hustles like a madman.
Is extremely athletic for someone who's 6'6".
And his ability to relate to the QB's location during his rush is his best asset IMO. ("QB-rush-relation")
Some guys simply don't find the QB as well as others. Doesn't sound difficult but so many guys run past the QB, can't track him while he's moving around the pocket, etc. Some D-linemen get their eyes/attention locked onto the blocker and lose track of where the QB is. The good pass rushers rush the QB as if the O-linemen isn't even there. They basically look through him. That's GR in my opinion.
That's what I'm saying. He has one of the fastest first steps I've seen here in a while.his get off is fine. mel kiper is a ****.
"Bend" is the most undersold trait of a Rush DE. I would like to see him have a bit more of it.Speed is pretty overrated for ends, imo, vs. quickness, agility, length, hand strength and ability to disengage, technique and knowing how to stay in position to your point. Rousseau has all that and can cover ground in a hurry with his long strides.
I didn’t want to get too violent lol
Ah brings me back to my hockey days. I miss it. God **** virus...