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Originally Posted by BlackBob
I get all of this. I know DJ is a better player.
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Can we please get this as his signature?
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Originally Posted by BlackBob
If Michael Turner is running straight at one of them, who do you trust to make the fundamental tackle and bring him down? Siler or DJ?
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If Michael Turner is running right at you, you do NOT try and hold your ground and form tackle. He'll break your clavicle. He has the size to do it, and he's RUNNING with you STANDING STILL.
DJ, smartly, would not try and "hit and wrap up." He would - as he does often - take out the runner's ankles. He's been doing it since UT, and it's how he ends up taking down so many runners in the backfield. He goes for their legs. I love it. I prefer it. Not everyone can do it effectively, but he can.
Now, what if it weren't Michael Turner? What if it were Darren Sproles? or McFadden? Forte? Mathews? Deangelo Williams? Any of the other runners that will just juke Siler out of his jockstrap and run around? Yeah...I'll still take DJ - because he won't lose those guys in the open field.