SeanBruschi54
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So it seems to be that people who know me and who like to talk sports with me and etc have the wrong general idea about the type of player we are getting.
Some people look at the Stats and say "hes a sack machine that will tackle" They look at his 28 sacks in 3 seasons (the last 3) and his 239 tackles and figure hes a run stopping blitzing OLB.
I truly believe and hope no one here hopes for this man to reach similar sack stats with the Patriots. Because quite frankly it just wont happen. He comes from a blitz happy team that capitalized on his one stregth, his speed at attacking the QB.
With our team he might not even be considered a OLB, sure he might play and start the games off at that position but i realize he'll be utilized more often than not in various positions throughout our LB scheme. Maybe one play OLB the next ILB, after on 3rd downs he can put his hand down on a nickel scheme. The possibilities are quite endless. Hell he could even pull a Don Davis and go safety on us.
The point of this thread is this mans true presence wont be shown in the stats. He'll be a dominating force enough in our game that teams will have to play around him ala Seymour. The stats wont show him to have a great year but i can guarantee it now that he will make a presence that is more noticeable than anyone else on this team. Outside of Brady.
Just wanted to see what every ones general consensus was about our new key player.
Some people look at the Stats and say "hes a sack machine that will tackle" They look at his 28 sacks in 3 seasons (the last 3) and his 239 tackles and figure hes a run stopping blitzing OLB.
I truly believe and hope no one here hopes for this man to reach similar sack stats with the Patriots. Because quite frankly it just wont happen. He comes from a blitz happy team that capitalized on his one stregth, his speed at attacking the QB.
With our team he might not even be considered a OLB, sure he might play and start the games off at that position but i realize he'll be utilized more often than not in various positions throughout our LB scheme. Maybe one play OLB the next ILB, after on 3rd downs he can put his hand down on a nickel scheme. The possibilities are quite endless. Hell he could even pull a Don Davis and go safety on us.
The point of this thread is this mans true presence wont be shown in the stats. He'll be a dominating force enough in our game that teams will have to play around him ala Seymour. The stats wont show him to have a great year but i can guarantee it now that he will make a presence that is more noticeable than anyone else on this team. Outside of Brady.
Just wanted to see what every ones general consensus was about our new key player.