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steelclan
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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:33 am |
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I constantly hear the complaint Timmons struggles to shed blocks. My question is which MLber playing right now sheds blocks consistently?
Willis & Bowman have an excellent and underrated dline led by my favorite non-steeler Justin Smith
Ray Ray has Cody & Ngata
Cushing has an outstanding & young dline
Harris has a big & underrated dline
Jackson had Phil Taylor
The vastly overrated Mayo has Wilfork
Farrior had Hamps & one amazing season from Hokie
Not to suggest any of the above cant shed blocks, it just seems like an overused/outdated theme to me and without biguns up front covering them up I truly wonder which MLB would still consistently make plays?
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:08 am |
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Its outdated as washing your hands after a shit.
Its the most important aspect of defensive football.
Beating blocks goes way beyond the play of linebackers.
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steelclan
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 12:24 pm |
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FC wrote: Its outdated as washing your hands after a shit.
Its the most important aspect of defensive football.
Beating blocks goes way beyond the play of linebackers. I am aware of above thanks. I asked for an example of a MLBer that continually sheds blocks to make plays.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:04 pm |
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steelclan wrote: FC wrote: Its outdated as washing your hands after a shit.
Its the most important aspect of defensive football.
Beating blocks goes way beyond the play of linebackers. I am aware of above thanks. I asked for an example of a MLBer that continually sheds blocks to make plays. Cushing, Beason, Willis, Harris, and Posz have all been extremely good at getting off blocks to make plays. David hawthorne is another (Seattle) along with Stephen Tulloch. All do this to varying degrees, some better than others, but most better than Timmons. Timmons is a lot better at running around or past blockers than most _________________ 
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:49 pm |
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LB's beat OL with instincts, speed, and leverage. Its about getting to the spot first and using proper technique
anyone who thinks a 240 LB is going to hulk slam a 330 lb OG is only fooling themselves
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 4:12 pm |
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Iron_City wrote: LB's beat OL with instincts, speed, and leverage. Its about getting to the spot first and using proper technique
anyone who thinks a 240 LB is going to hulk slam a 330 lb OG is only fooling themselves Very true, Its a lot about angles, instincts, and technique (eg. ripping through the guard to get to the B gap) But if you're sitting in the middle with guards coming free and clear consistently, as a MLB, you're fucked. No matter who you are.
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:34 am |
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ReigningSteel wrote: Iron_City wrote: LB's beat OL with instincts, speed, and leverage. Its about getting to the spot first and using proper technique
anyone who thinks a 240 LB is going to hulk slam a 330 lb OG is only fooling themselves Very true, Its a lot about angles, instincts, and technique (eg. ripping through the guard to get to the B gap) But if you're sitting in the middle with guards coming free and clear consistently, as a MLB, you're fucked. No matter who you are. i would say this about sums it up, lbs can scrape off of blocks and still make the play but if OL gets a clean shot at the lb and lines him up the lb has no chance 90% of the time, those guys and just too big and too strong to be shedding aside, there are no levon kirklands in the nfl that i have seen in a long time, DL is very important to the lbs success and our DL had a down year last year, timmons was great in 2010 and the DL played great that year
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