Sentences with phrase «good at linebacker»

Michigan has recruited well at linebacker the last two years and has good depth at the position, but McGrone has the ability to see the field next season.

Not exact matches

Well, a couple years ago, I was given as a joke (at Princeton, I think) an extra-extra-large tee - shirt, one of those pieces of clothing only a linebacker could wear with comfort.

This conference does not have many slam - dunk stars at tackle or cornerback, but appears well set at end, linebacker, and safety.

Horn, who had been starting at outside linebacker, actually had a better chance to make the NFL.

This was better than the prior two year's drafts which had busts in the first round at right tackle / guard (Fluker) and two busts in the second round at linebacker (Teo and Attaochu).

At 1:18 a.m. on Aug. 30, senior Terrell Farley, one of the best outside linebackers in the country, was ticketed by Lincoln police on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

Well we all know by now that Rex Ryan doesn't give a fuck, so he went ahead and put Coples at outside linebacker in his 3 - 4.

Now, at 220 pounds, he is one of the AFL's better middle linebackers and calls defensive signals for a unit that on occasion is the strongest in the league.

He played so well that he was named an All - Pro at two different positions — defensive end and outside linebacker — something that was unprecedented in the history of the NFL.

That Monday practice, [then - LSU linebacker] Duke Riley went over to [athletic director] Joe Alleva and said that football practice was the best practice we've ever had at LSU.

Jags linebacker Telvin Smith recovered the fumble giving the Jaguars good field position at the Colts» 46 - yard line.

We'll see pretty quickly how well George's attempts at depth in the front six pay off, as the Rockets lose their top three tacklers on the line and top two at linebacker.

We have no cover linebackers, no good deep safety, no solid pass rusher, average running backs and at least 3 weak links on the offensive line (the only O - lineman I would keep are Jones and Fluker and Fluker is a free agent).

Browns need a linebacker (either one will do), and I was just in a bad position, where there were better guys at other needs every time I picked.

I wholeheartedly endorsed him being the top pick, and felt strongly that he would fit well in Houston at outside linebacker and create a «dynamic duo» with J.J. Watt that would give opposing offenses fits for the next decade.

The better question is, how many shutdown defensive backs can step in at linebacker and immediately fill a gapping void?

Jets four - year linebacker Demario Davis explained: «You look at the really good teams, the great teams, the dynasties in NFL history and they have that feeling that no matter what happens in a game, they will win it.

His immense talent — the best linebacker of the Saban era at Alabama — is offset by a litany of off - the - field questions, underlined by his infamous dismissal from the combine two weeks ago.

A surge like this usually coincides with good fortune, but PSU had an unreliable offensive line, and injuries were so bad at linebacker that the only player there who saw action in all 14 games was a walk - on.

After all, if you have a really good running back, he's going to get the ball most of the time, but you need at least three good linebackers to try and stop him.

That he was a bench jockey and, at 5» 8», demonstrably too small to play linebacker were two more good reasons for him to remain respectfully silent.

The best thing we can do is scoop the best TE left at 16, hope that cortland Sutton is left in the secondl, and after that look for O - line depth and fill spots that are less important like trying to find another linebacker to put next to mosely but again its not a necessity we can let these young guys play develope and see where it takes us

I wouldn't be super upset if we take Nelson at 5, but there is a pretty good reason NFL teams almost never draft guards, or centers, or middle linebackers in the top 5.

Still, with Hundley in his third year as starting quarterback, and with well - placed seniors on the defense — Owa Odighizuwa on the defensive line, Eric Kendricks at inside linebacker, Anthony Jefferson at safety — there was supposed to be enough veteran leadership and experience on the roster to make UCLA the favorites in the Pac - 12 South and supposed darkhorse contenders * in the national title race.

Round 1: David «Flip» Wilson, Ereck Flowers, Eli «Mama's Boy» Apple, Prince «Of Zamunda» Amukamara Round 1 success: 7/11 Round 2: Marvin «Teligmann» Austin, Clint «Square Peg» Sintim, Reuben «Box of Rocks» Randle Round 2 success: 8/11 (his best round) Round 3: Chad Jones, Owa O - Diggy, Jay Bromley, Damontre Moore, Jayron Hosely, Jerrell «Rorshack» Jernigan, Ramses Barden, Travis «Lady» Beckum, Jay «That One Sack» Alford Round 3 success: 1/12 (his worst, and I'm putting Darian Thompson and Webb as zeros for now...) Round 4: Brian Kehl, Philip Dillard, James «Teddy» Brewer, Ryan «Start the» Nassib Round 4 success: 4/11 Round 5: Avery Moss, Mykkele Thompson, Nat Berhe, Devon Kennard, Cooper Taylor, Jon Goff, Mitch «Death Metal» Petrus, Rhett «Linebacker / RB hybrid» Bomar Round 5 success: 2/10 Round 6: Adam Koets, Andre Woodson, Robert Henderson, DeAndre Wright, Adrian Tracy, Greg Jones, Tyler Sash, Jaquian Williams, Matt McCants, Bennett Jackson, Geremy Davis, Jerrell Adams Round 6 success: 0/12 That's right — Jerry Reese whiffed 12 times at 6th round picks.

The Green Bay Packers had one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, Aaron Rodgers, lined up at linebacker during Friday's...

And as good as Zettel and company are, to maintain last year's high level, at least a couple of younger players — Cothren, Sickels, linebackers like Jason Cabinda, Koa Farmer, or Troy Reeder — will be asked to perform at a much higher level.

With depth at both receiver and defensive back (backups for these units and linebacker frequently make up a good portion of a team's coverage units), PSU's coverage has no excuse to rank in the 100s again.

One of the best pass - catching tight ends in the country, Herndon was slated to be a huge advantage for Miami versus a Clemson team dealing with significant injuries at linebacker.

Nevada set national offensive records that stood for years, and Bull Cyclone was a standout at center and linebacker, good enough to make the Shrine All - Star game in Honolulu, where he intercepted three passes.

After McGowan's departure last spring, several players expected to be standouts on this year's team at Brookside — especially quarterback Quincy Glasper and junior linebacker Jalen Williams — transferred out as well.

As a sophomore lastseason he had a team - high 112 tackles for the nation's top - ranked defense.Hall's field vision, says defensive coordinator Bud Foster, is as good as thatof any linebacker he has coached in his two decades at Tech.

The average NFL linebacker gives up a passer rating of 104.0 when thrown at, but Kuechly was over 30 points better at just 73.5, thanks to snagging three interceptions, breaking up another three passes and allowing just one touchdown from 62 targets.

But after a pass interference call gave Notre Dame a second - chance at the two - point conversion, defensive lineman Michael Walsh and linebacker Irv Spencer tackled Thomas well short of the end zone.

Losing Luke Kuechly for any significant period of time to his latest concussion issue will be a big concern for this team, but when he has been in the lineup they have once again had studs at each level of the defense, with maybe the game's best linebacker corps in the middle.

Their current linebackers also aren't good at diagnosing plays on either RPO's or straight play - action, as you saw with Elandon Roberts, and opponents will continue to exploit that weakness.

The Wolverines have good depth at linebacker, thanks to the last two recruiting classes.

The plaintiffs include at least 10 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as well as the family of Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau, who committed suicide last year.

Carson: Well, you know, I got drafted to play here with the Giants and playing middle linebacker, which is at the time, it was a position normally reserved for white guys because white guys, you know, it's a thinking man's position, (laughter); but you know, that's what it was referred to as — a «thinking - man's position», because in essence, you...

I had a concussion in high school, I had a concussion — and I played linebacker in high school and then played only as a quarterback in college — but after my second concussion, the last game of my senior year in college, I was being looked at by the neurologist, the doctor at Yale, and he asked me if I had any aspirations of going onto play, and I said, «No, I don't» And he said, «Good, two concussions is enough.»