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My wooden nickel on the Senior Bowl talk...
Kiwi did not play in the game, all the "domination" came in one-on-one drills in practice. By that standard, DTs Gabe Watson and Broderick Bunkley were stars for their ferocious line play, instead of ghosts who disappeared in the actual game when forced to contend with the rudimentary blocking schemes of an All-Star game. Ty Hill drew raves in practice even as WRs turned him inside out, but he was a star in one-on-one drills against QBs not named Tom or Peyton, kicking in the JATO rockets and getting back in position to make a play.
I thought Lawson looked poor in practice, but in the actual game you could see that he had a nose for the ball and made good decisions about where to position himself to contain the QB.
Fergusen dominated everybody in one-on-one drills, but in the game, Daryl Tapp and Mark Anderson each gave him trouble, enough for me to discount any comparison to Walter Jones and say he is as good as Matt Light, with a little more upside.
Kiwi may be great or average or a bust, but based on his Senior Bowl, he's a complete unknown.
Kiwi did not play in the game, all the "domination" came in one-on-one drills in practice. By that standard, DTs Gabe Watson and Broderick Bunkley were stars for their ferocious line play, instead of ghosts who disappeared in the actual game when forced to contend with the rudimentary blocking schemes of an All-Star game. Ty Hill drew raves in practice even as WRs turned him inside out, but he was a star in one-on-one drills against QBs not named Tom or Peyton, kicking in the JATO rockets and getting back in position to make a play.
I thought Lawson looked poor in practice, but in the actual game you could see that he had a nose for the ball and made good decisions about where to position himself to contain the QB.
Fergusen dominated everybody in one-on-one drills, but in the game, Daryl Tapp and Mark Anderson each gave him trouble, enough for me to discount any comparison to Walter Jones and say he is as good as Matt Light, with a little more upside.
Kiwi may be great or average or a bust, but based on his Senior Bowl, he's a complete unknown.