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Originally Posted by htismaqe
True.
Yet another reason not to put too much hope into Allen Bailey. He was drafted by the same guy that drafted Alex Magee.
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It's not really Bailey that I'm more interested in seeing in a more expanded role, it's Catapano.
He's relentless in his effort, showed better burst and pass rush moves than Bailey even though he was just a rookie, and he's intelligent enough for the coaches to trust; plus he's jumped up to 290 in order to hold up better against the run. At worst, Catapano will become our main 3rd down interior pass rush specialist to help out Poe.
Teams would neutralize our pass rush in sub packages by doing one simple thing.
They would have their tackles cheat on the inside to always force Hali and Houston to take wide rushing lanes. They would then double Poe on the inside and then leave our 4th guy, usually Bailey and sometimes Jackson, 1 on 1.
That is the guy that has to win the majority of his match-ups; neither Bailey nor Jackson were ever able to do that on a consistent basis. Catapano never really got a shot at it and only really played in that Chargers game where he was able to produce.
My big issue with Bailey is that, even now, his get-off is still so damn slow; he has almost no snap anticipation at all. In college, he was consistently the last guy off of the line at the snap of the ball and was almost always a step or two behind his teammates; that problem still exists for him in the NFL.