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Micah is as pure as mothers milkJerry's paying for a War Daddy but he drafted one by accident.
Micah is as pure as mothers milkJerry's paying for a War Daddy but he drafted one by accident.
No reason to hate to say thatI hate to say it but I don't think LVE will be around much longer.
I think he was a bull frog.Forgive my ignorance, but who the heck is Jeremiah??
"Never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine....."I think he was a bull frog.
Should know this because he was my good friend.
"Never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine....."
The layman's want Parsons to remain at DE.
Yeah that's true too. If you make him a full-time end you eliminate his versatility.
Just rush the passer the majority of the time. Don't become an off ball LB just because Lawrence and Gregory are back. That's all I ask.
DJ has a legit scouting background.
Spare me.
As awesome as Parsons plays at EDGE, is he really built to last the length of a career at that position? I'm not saying I have the answer, but isn't that a legitimate question?
Can he build up the weight and still retain his quickness and speed?
I would hate to see his career ruined by the type of injuries you get as a "tweener" type of D-lineman. Also, wouldn't we want to use him in the run defense as well? Wouldn't he be better suited as the MLB to achieve this?
Using him exclusively as an EDGE may be robbing the team of his maximum potential. I think they should use him at MLB with the exception of a half dozen plays a game at EDGE. Best of both worlds?
There is NO way they want Parsons ONLY at DE. You want the flexibility to move him all over the defense and you want him right in the middle at linebacker on first down.
All they would do on 3rd and longs is move Lawrence to DT and they can put Parson at end if they like. Or they keep Lawrence and Gregory at end and blitz Parsons right up the middle.
Could you explain WHY that would be "crazy and incorrect"?This is like the 3rd time someone has posted this…in what world is taking on blockers as a DE more physical than MLB? If your point is that he might be a little too small to effectively play the run, I disagree, but that at least makes sense. But the idea that he would get beat up more playing DE than MLB is just crazy and incorrect.
I'm not interested in using Micah in a way that best fits Lawrence and Gregory. I'm interested in maximizing the potential of a special player like Micah and filling in around him. He's the priority not them.
Next season how about keeping Parsons as a full-time edge rusher (he could well be the best one in the NFL, some think he is already i.e Greg Cosell) and finding someone else to play linebacker (high in the draft)
Randy White was a DT in college. He was actually switched to MLB which was a failure. In his 3rd season he returned to his natural position and made the Pro Bowl, the first of nine consecutive seasons.Randy White was drafted as a LB, switched to DL and became a HOFer.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.Randy White was a DT in college. He was actually switched to MLB which was a failure. In his 3rd season he returned to his natural position and made the Pro Bowl, the first of nine consecutive seasons.
Could you explain WHY that would be "crazy and incorrect"?
My explanation is that a MLB has more room to evade a blocker and still make the tackle whereas a DE must engage the blocker, really no choice. Also, wouldn't a guard be responsible, most of the time to take on a MLB? Aren't guards typically smaller than OT's? Wouldn't a MLB typically be blocked on running plays but not passing plays whereas a DE will always be blocked?
DE's drafted in the first round between 2000 and 2015 averaged 75.7 starts in their career, the equivalent of 4.7 seasons. ILBers drafted during the same time in the 1st round averaged 109.8 starts in their career, the equivalent of 6.9 seasons. Doesn't that demonstrate the difference in durability between the two positions?
It's like circumcising that mosquito baby.Micah is as pure as mothers milk