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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Yes, we DO!
He's not a pass rusher. He's a TWO-DOWN player. His job is to absorb blockers.
If he doesn't absorb blockers and allows them to block downfield, he sucks ass.
If he absorbs blockers, the linebackers and safeties make the tackles.
Either way, no one will ever notice his presence unless he ****s up.
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those are his responsibilities, not his ceiling.
Just because he is a two down player right now, doesnt mean he is permanently that. Maybe the team is using this year to evaluate its other dlinemen as well as him and sees that Gillberry is pretty talented as a pass rusher, thus helping us as a team.
Some 5-tecs have 2-3 sacks per year...some have 6-8 about every year. Some average 25 tackles and some average 45-60. Some simply absorb blockers and some "demand" the double team. Some are smart enough to slide down the line to stop screens and stretch plays, some dont ever learn to read it properly.
nobody knows what his ceiling is at this point because he wont reach it for a couple years.
If he doesnt come out next year like a much improved player, then we should seriously worry, but in his rookie year you cant expect much.
Its like Dorsey last year and this, he got pushed around constantly last year and this year is much much stouter.
Put a real Nose guard next to him and some real backers behind him and he will start to look a lot more like what we want to see I think.
time will tell