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Originally Posted by Easy 6
He's certainly built like a Spags DL at 6'6 295, and considering his paltry career sack numbers... wouldn't run defense have to be his only real calling card?
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It's not.
He's been seen as more of a rush player; an under-tackle sort when he was getting some positive press. A lazy, indifferent tweener who didn't have the speed for edge or bulk for DT when is getting LESS positive press.
The Vikings actually had two really good run defending DTs last season with Bullard and Phillips. Tillery was brought in as a rotational pass rusher from the interior. And ended up losing snaps as the season progressed to Jalen Redmond who was a pretty jaggy UDFA.
Ultimately he's just something of a tease and has been most of his career. He's pretty much survived this long on draft status and the occasional flashes of good play. He looked like a pretty credible 'third year breakout' sort of player back with the Chargers (when most of us became familiar with him and he built his reputation). But he regressed the following season, got dumped, hasn't really rebounded from that level since.
I wouldn't expect much from him. Maybe he puts it together after 6-7 years in the league in his late 20s...but he'd be a pretty rare occurrence in that regard.