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Originally Posted by AustinChief
ARE YOU ****ING SERIOUS? I love Tamba Hali.. but do you REALLY think he is anywhere near Woodley's range? If you do.. stop watching football and pick a new sport. Jesus Christ... don't be an idiot just to try to prove a point...
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I never said he was Woodley, nor did I ever compare him to Woodley. Jesus...take a lude.
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Graham is head and shoulders better than Hali and if you can't see that than we have nothing more to talk about.
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Really? And how is that? Hali was a first team All-American coming out of college that had 11 sacks and 17 tackles for loss his senior year as a 6'3", 265 lbs. defensive end in a 4-3 format. Was Big 10 POY.
Brandon Graham was an Honorable Mention All-American with 9.5 sacks and 20 TFL as a 6'1", 265 lbs. defensive end in a 4-3 format. Was Runner Up Big 10 POY.
Hali, over the past four seasons, leads the NFL in forced fumbles.
Head and shoulders? I seriously doubt it, and with Graham's lack of height, there are going to be a lot of teams that will pass him over. He's more of a Dumervil than anything else and he doesn't have that insanely quick first step of Dumervil. He'll struggle against LT's at the next level and he doesn't have the feet/back peddle to be effective in the pass.
I know he's your boy, but geez, there's no reason to get that defensive.
BTW, here's a 2006 pre-draft analysis for Tamba:
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An experienced pass rusher, Tamba Hali might be the most polished of all defensive ends in the 2006 NFL Draft. He is a natural athlete with good size and speed to match up at the next level. Hali sprung to the top of the draft board with his phenomenal senior campaign. He is a leader and a workhorse. Hali has put up big sack numbers and was a main reason for Penn State’s success this past season.
Tamba Hali is an outstanding defensive presence and will really put pressure in the backfield. While he doesn’t have the best overall height, he has a good reach to get around the mammoth tackles in the NFL. Hali, with impressive workouts, could vault himself into the top 10 and one of the top defensive linemen taken.
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You could literally replace "Tamba Hali" with "Brandon Graham" in that article. They are the same type of player, with the exception of Hali having several inches in height over Graham.