He flys all over the field resulting in making plays and missing tackles. He's bizarro AJ Hawk.
He flys all over the field resulting in making plays and missing tackles. He's bizarro AJ Hawk.
That might be a good thing.
Gary Cooper and Dennis Hopper - our new linebacking generation.
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I was going to say Cecil Cooper and Ty'Ron Hipster, but I like your nicknames better.Originally Posted by Fritz
The missed tackles rate likely explains things like his PFF rating. He's enough of an athlete with a 7.4 RAS to cover plenty of ground; I'm not worried about that. It's whether he can fix his tackling issues.
I assume it's a fundamentals thing and not a physical limitation, and you'd expect Florida and Missouri had coaches teach players this.
Basically he fixes his tackling, or he doesn't see the field much on defense. A 22% missed rate is unplayable.
What about Coopers 13%...is that okay?
I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.
I suspect his successful tackle rate would immediately go up if he sat back and reacted. They seemed to want him to disrupt rather than error free safe football.
I suspect they Packers will expect the same and live with missed tackles.
It did cross my mind that really fast players can get themselves in more awkward situations because of their speed and miss tackles. Let’s not go assume Gute knows it all on defense. He’s strung together a few stinkers of drafts and now some great ones. But he doesn’t always know what he’s doing either.
It’s a red flag. Coopers is a little less of a red flag for me because he’s all world fast and I’m sure a bunch of those misses wouldn’t have even counted as attempts for most guys.
Formerly known as JustinHarrell.
He might be a bust, and I don't think he'll ever be a good tackler. He might also have enough speed and aggressiveness to make you for that weakness.
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