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Originally Posted by Mavericks Ace
How much of Poe did you see in college?
He was constantly told to go get the passer. That was his job. He wasn't seen in college as a 3-4 nose. He was seen as a 4-3 1 technique.
He was compared to Warren Sapp for christs sake.
His ability as a nose tackle is just because he is special. He is Vince Wilfork when used correctly.
Tyson Jackson was never asked to be a run stuffer in college. He also didn't play the 5 technique in a 3-4 in college. He was much like Dorsey, a dt in the 4-3 where his job was to rush the passer.
He is playing more to that now. Not just looking to stop the run.
No matter how you look at it, he was overdrafted. Im not arguing that.
But, drafting a guy that high, and asking him to do something he was never asked to do, is asking for trouble.
period.
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Really? You were watching C-USA football back when Poe was in College? Excuse me if i don't accept you as some Poe expert, it's a little hard to believe. The knock on Poe was that he was one of the least productive college players in recent draft memory and Crennel chalked that up to the variety of schemes and assignments he was expected to play in.
I don't care what scheme Jackson was accustomed to playing in, the guy was manhandled and looked bad. Period. End of story.
43 or 34, doesn't matter. If you're getting your ass blown off the line of scrimmage and being run on and unable to hold your ground 1v1, no scheme is going to change that.
You've been a Chiefs fan for 8 games. Please don't come in here and tell me about how players were playing 3-4 years ago.