Twitter: Vander Esch coming on strong late in the season

[Risen Star]

 

[AKATheRake]

Lmao! I would say the last 2 games he's starting to look interested again.

He's getting into tackling again.

 

[lukin2006]

Just in time for Jerry to over pay … I hope not.

 

[CATCH17]

They haven’t really played him much really.

He was getting like 10-15 snaps a game for most of the season.

I think they want a bunch of Wilson’s, Kearse, and Neal’s at linebacker. Just some big safeties.

 

[Hawkeye19]

He realized he better put out some decent tape or his chance to acquire generational wealth will pass him by lol

 

[JohnsKey19]

Lmao! I would say the last 2 games he's starting to look interested again.

He's getting into tackling again.

Yeah, funny how he suddenly looks like he's not averse to physical contact. This could be a case of him doing whatever he could to show teams he could make it thru the entire season without getting injured. Whatever the case, not interested. Hopefully he gets a nice contract elsewhere.

 

[Captain-Crash]

he knows he can play hard for two more games then he can head on home and dream of what new team he will be on.

 

[Havic]

I am ready to move on from him.

 

[AKATheRake]

Yeah, funny how he suddenly looks like he's not averse to physical contact. This could be a case of him doing whatever he could to show teams he could make it thru the entire season without getting injured. Whatever the case, not interested. Hopefully he gets a nice contract elsewhere.

Business decisions up until the last 2 weeks for sure.

He's doing what his agent tells him to do. Most players do.

The team knows that.

 

[Captain-Crash]

does the CFL have any wolf mascots? asking for a former player. *howl* *swipe*

 

[Creeper]

I would sit LVE. He made it through 16 games without getting injured. It would be awful if he got injured in game 17, a meaningless game against the Eagles.

 

[tcc0808]

LVE will sign wherever Quinn ends up...

 

[UncleRico]

He was great against Cardinals, was flying around like his rookie year. He’s playing to get re-signed.

 

[Captain-Crash]

he was out there running around more than anybody. oops wrong guy

 

[buybuydandavis]

Not surprised that he can play well. Sad that it won't be for a future with the Cowboys. Seemed like a he'd be a perennial star for us. But that was before I knew we drafted a LB with a neck issue. Next time, let's do that at FB.

 

[DanA]

He's gone from a liability to competently doing his job which is great. I still think he's atrocious getting off blocks and wonder how much of it is Gallimore giving him a cleaner second level to negotiate into position.

 

[xwalker]

They haven’t really played him much really.

He was getting like 10-15 snaps a game for most of the season.

I think they want a bunch of Wilson’s, Kearse, and Neal’s at linebacker. Just some big safeties.

Your posts have Greg Zuerlein type accuracy...

Snap Count info for Vander Esch:
Week .... Snaps ..... Snap% .......... Opp
1 ............ 14 ............ 22% ............ TAM
2 ............ 37 ............ 52% ............ LAC
3 ............ 44 ............ 76% ............ PHI
4 ............ 40 ............ 57% ............ CAR
5 ............ 31 ............ 46% ............ NYG
6 ............ 28 ............ 52% ............ NWE
8 ............ 33 ............ 50% ............ MIN
9 ............ 51 ............ 65% ............ DEN
10 ............ 20 ............ 37% ............ ATL
11 ............ 49 ............ 72% ............ KAN
12 ............ 53 ............ 61% ............ LVR
13 ............ 39 ............ 56% ............ NOR
14 ............ 28 ............ 41% ............ WAS
15 ............ 33 ............ 52% ............ NYG
16 ............ 41 ............ 68% ............ WAS
17 ............ 57 ............ 74% ............ ARI

 

[tm1119]

They haven’t really played him much really.

He was getting like 10-15 snaps a game for most of the season.

I think they want a bunch of Wilson’s, Kearse, and Neal’s at linebacker. Just some big safeties.

You don’t actually watch the games do you?

 

[Section446]

Soon, he'll be paid in the top 5 at his position, Jerry loves average talent.

 

[xwalker]

He's gone from a liability to competently doing his job which is great. I still think he's atrocious getting off blocks and wonder how much of it is Gallimore giving him a cleaner second level to negotiate into position.

No, fans are confused because Quinn has him playing a different style than he played previously.

Quinn uses him as a Stack & Shed LB.
- That's basically the equivalent of a 2-gap DLineman.
- To play Stack & Shed a LB must stay center on the blocker (usually in interior OLineman).
- Because OLineman weigh about 310 to 320 and LVE weighs 255, he must give up ground to maintain positioning.
- With Stack & Shed, the LB must avoid getting trapped to either side of the blocker until the ball carrier has committed to that side.

LVE playing Stack & Shed allows Parsons more freedom to play as a Rover and not have to maintain specific gap integrity.

Neal is the coverage specialist LB and replaces LVE on 3rd and medium/long type situations as well as other likely passing situations.
- Neal generally plays Run & Hit, not Stack & Shed.

For whatever reason, LVE is running better now than he was early in the season.
- He is actually above average in coverage as a LB.