Sentences with phrase «as edge rushers»

But I doubt he is going to hit a growth spurt and get any taller, and guys who show up to the combine weighing 250, knowing teams are looking at them as edge rushers, generally have a hard time gaining a whole lot of weight.

As you might recall when breaking down the all the previous edge rushers to this point, I kept harping on the fact that none of them were really all that great at actually turning the corner as edge rushers.

The Broncos never used him as an edge rusher in the games I watched, instead stationing him more toward the middle of the line.

Even on plays where he didn't necessarily get pressure or hit the quarterback, I still saw Spence getting clean wins as an edge rusher repeatedly.

When I started watching Landry's tape, I was really confused about why he spends so much time directly attacking a tackle as an edge rusher, but the more you watch, he always gets his hands straight into a guy's numbers, almost never allowing the lineman to dig into him first and get him off balance, and he uses a whole range of body motion with those hands to get linemen flat - footed and then expertly disengages and explodes after the ball.

Though unproven as a EDGE rusher.

On any given play you might see Campbell anywhere from a one technique in the A gap as a nose tackle to a wide nine as an edge rusher.

I don't evaluate true linebackers, so I can't really tell you if he is a first - round talent there, but I will say that I don't see him as a first - round talent as an edge rusher.

But he is not quicker, and that was what it comes down to as an edge rusher.

Not exact matches

Marichuy, when I first bought my house and only had one pet, something used to sit on the edge of my bed as I took a catnap when I didn't have to rush off to school after working 8 hours.

After a few years of creating pressure off the edge Alabama shifted him to a more traditional linebacker role, but he can utilize his pass rush experience as a blitzer at the next level.

Lastly, I would trade all 3 sixth rounders and the 7th to move up as high as possible (low 4th or high 5th) and take the best available S, DL or Edge rusher.

For edge rushers trying to turn the corner, that means they need to get around the offensive tackle as tightly as possible, around that seven to eight yards of depth to make sure that the quarterback can't step up away from their rush.

Back when I named Falcons edge rusher Vic Beasley as my Hoss of the Week for Week 5, he was still in the process of shaking his haters off.

I think the most pressing for this draft would be another Edge / speed rusher player to ultimately rotate with OV / potentially take over as the long term piece across from Martin as well as OL.

I see Chubb as being the only edge rusher taken to this point; while 6 -LRB-?!?) QB's are off the table.

As of now, the Bears» starting edge rushers come Week 1 will both be injury - prone players.

But, as I have argued in other threads, the interior line class is deep this year while the edge rusher position is not.

An impact edge makes the defense so much better, teams wouldn't be able to double Buckner and the edge opens the middle as the Niners could rush four and bring pressure.

As Roaming Bear said above, I wouldn't mind the Bears taking two edge rushers or maybe a OLB and DE.

Then the peasants who were with him and the others, the hard ones of the end of the line, squatted quickly behind him as he knelt, and gave him a rushing push and he was over the edge without ever having been beaten and you heard him crying loud and high as he fell.»

As for edge rushers, we're already paying $ 17 million for one and spent a 1st on another last year.

However, I wouldn't quite say that at 6» 3 and 286 pounds, Allen will ever end up playing as a stand - up edge rusher all that much on the next level.

The next minute, he might be lining up as the left edge rusher and beating a right tackle clean on a rollout.

But they need Edge rush just as badly, the drop - off after Landry is huge, & they reportedly like him a lot, so I don't see him getting past them, & I think he's a perfectly justifiable pick at # 9.

The other combine numbers for an edge rusher aren't as important to me unless the testing is wildly different from what's on tape.

A # 2 CB or a DE, even an RDE who is better at setting the edge than rushing the passer, would help this team almost as much.

He'll hope to improve those odds this weekend as he attempts to elude Sacksonville's elite edge - rushers.

Of course, the most detail - oriented edge rushers know that sometimes blitzes don't quite go as planned, so it isn't always smart to just continuing rushing upfield haphazardly once they see the quarterback starting to climb the pocket.

It's a small thing, but as much sense as it makes and as obvious as you would think that would be, I still see plenty of edge rushers flying up the field and giving quarterbacks lanes to take off running if the blitzer isn't able to bring him down.

Landry was most effective as a pass rusher when he came off the left edge, so I would expect which ever team eventually drafts him to he line up over there most of the time.

A quick look at NFL salaries will show you that league executives value edge rushers listed as OLBs much higher than they value off ball linebackers, but the 5th year option system is behind the curve here.

As you can see, in order for the option to hold much added value for a linebacker he must either be one of the best in the league, or be an edge rusher.

Anyway, I sincerely hope that this came across as just an honest critique of Takkarist McKinley's projection as an NFL edge rusher, rather than mean.

I'll go back to top - 10 pick Leonard Floyd again, who never topped 6.5 sacks in a season at Georgia (but beat that number as a rookie) because he wasn't used as a full - time edge rusher.

There are almost as many snaps being played by our backup edge rushers as Calais took last year, one of those backups contract is ending, one has done nothing, and Campbell is over 30.

He didn't even get an EDGE rusher that draft and people were mad as hell over it.

Then there are the other top - 10 edge rushers who were a tick below them (according to our data) and are a tick below them in the NFL as well.

But watching the tape, he plays with speed and instincts — rushing off the edge, or as a run - stopping linebacker.

What Oscar & David needed to do was watch more tape and see how Sweat played when he was allowed to play as a true Edge pass rusher.

The only thing that I'm «projecting» with Sweat is how he would hold up physically if he is used overwhelmingly as a LEO / Edge rusher in the NFL.

Obviously, they didn't do that, as Oscar's comment that he «never» saw Sweat make a play where he did a speed rush & bend around the edge to get to the QB.

He has a ridiculous get off & speed off the edge which is the lynchpin of his game & early on would be best used as a situational pass rusher.

However, when we look at the similar - size players that were regarded as high or higher than Landry, we can see that all of them have carved out a role as a 3 - down edge rusher (Miller, Mack, Beasely).

Yes, Landry isn't quite on their level as a prospect, but he nevertheless compares better to the top percentile of edge - rushers than the random 6» 2 250 - pound pass rusher drafted in the 7th.

The Saints should be thinking edge - rusher in the first round as they don't possess a second - round pick.

I've gone as far to compare Solomon to Detroit Lions DE Ezekiel Ansah, not just because of the dreads, but because his rush off the edge is eerily similar.

With Leeds players obstructing the keepers line of sight at first and then rushing out to the edge of the box, the former Hammers keeper just couldn't keep track of what was happening as Pablo Hernandez curled the ball into the net.

As I lean over the edge of Boston's seawall, I try to think through the chain of events that could lift the waters up and send them rushing through the hilly park behind me and back toward Faneuil Hall.

As I rushed out the door I made sure to wear a matching red Valentino handbag with stud details to give my look some edge.