Is Mark Anderson a poor man's Manny Lawson?

[proline]

He's got good size, good speed, athleticism, and nice quickness. I haven't seen him play, but I heard him on an interview with ESPN a couple of days ago and they pointed out that he did get a sack on Da'Brick in the Senior Bowl.

 

[speedkilz88]

He is being scouted as strictly a DE from the reports I've seen. Isn't suppose to have the coverage/agility needed. He might get more notice from 3-4 teams if he falls to a value area of the draft. He also has a rep for pinning his ears back to rush the passer and abandoning his run responsibilities. PFW says he isn't a great athlete and doesn't change directions well.

 

[VoR]

He's got good size, good speed, athleticism, and nice quickness. I haven't seen him play, but I heard him on an interview with ESPN a couple of days ago and they pointed out that he did get a sack on Da'Brick in the Senior Bowl.

He might be a poor man's Wimbley, but not a Lawson clone.
Lawson's a freak.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Since Manny Lawson has not proven he can handle the NFL, maybe the question should be turned around.

Perhaps Lawson is the poor man's version of the other guy.

 

[proline]

He might be a poor man's Wimbley, but not a Lawson clone.
Lawson's a freak.

You might be right ... I haven't seen Anderson play. But he did beat out Lawson in the broad jump and the vertical jump, and his times weren't much worse, especially in the shuttles. He also weighs a bit more than Lawson.

Here is a comparison of their scouting reports. They sound very similar.

Mark Anderson scouting on rivals.com

Manny Lawson scouting on rivals.com

 

[CrazyCowboy]

He's got good size, good speed, athleticism, and nice quickness. I haven't seen him play, but I heard him on an interview with ESPN a couple of days ago and they pointed out that he did get a sack on Da'Brick in the Senior Bowl.

I heard that also and in addition, he sounds like a really nice character kind of person........may be a sleeper.

 

[dbair1967]

He might be a poor man's Wimbley, but not a Lawson clone.
Lawson's a freak.

Lawson is also a stick and reportedly his weight has dropped to 233 (Don Banks)

David