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Originally Posted by Direckshun
Ta'amu's tape is good.
Chapman's is better:
I think Ta'amu would be perfectly fine in our system, but he'd take a bit to learn it. Ta'amu shoots a gap a lot in that tape posted earlier in the thread. He plays like a 1-gap NT, but I think he could probably pick up the 2-gap.
Chapman, however, plays exactly like a two-gap. Watch him.
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Chapman looks good for sure. But damn... 315 is awfully light for a two-gap nose. He could absolutely be a Ratliff as a one-gapper, but I just don't see a guy like him holding up very well against double teams from professional interior linemen on a weekly basis.
I have no idea what his frame can hold before he starts to lose strength and burst, but he needs AT LEAST 10 more lbs to be counted on legitimately for what we'd ask him to do.
Also, I'm a bit wary of that knee surgery he just had.
Those two factors together put Ta'amu at the smallest notch above Chapman for me.