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Originally Posted by srvy
Could be as simple as a year seeing the speed of the NFL he isn't confident in his acceleration to cut and get around the corner.
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I think he's pressing the LOS to get the LB (or is that a safety?) to commit.
It was a staple move when he was at LSU. The play would be designed as something of an RB option and he'd press the line to make the LB think he was going to go middle. Then he'd bounce it outside after the LB committed and either the LB would get stuck in the wash or his angle would be so steep that he'd get sealed off by a blocker getting to the 2nd level.
If you make your cut too soon, the LB can read the cut and get downhill to snuff it out. I think he's trying to do something of a press/jump hop and maybe he's just not confident enough in that ankle to really give it a hard bounce so he quit on the move halfway through.
He's better than this. We know he is. Something's not right and it's just really hard to say what it is.
The concern, though, is while I'm confident he's better than he is right now - I don't know just how
much better. He might be mediocre even when he's healthy. I just haven't seen much from him to get excited about in quite some time.