I don’t think he was a dumb player at all. To me it was obvious he was running away from one on one head to head tackle situations. He only wanted to run and chase because he knew he would get run over. He couldn’t even budge the tackle dummy at the end so he certainly wasn’t going to willingly fill his gap and wait to get trucked.
No, he had no instincts and no technique.
He failed on many outside runs because it took so long for him to even recognize which direction the play was going.
- It's not as if getting to the outside helped him avoid blocks.
Many of the plays where he got run over by an OLineman, were because he waited and let the Lineman come to him.
- The OLineman was able to get a running start before hitting Jaylon. No LB can take on that type of block with a 70 pound weight difference.
- Stack and shed LBs have to come to the blocker in order to get under their pads. If they just stand there, it's impossible to stop a 320 pound OL running full speed.
If you really watch, on many snaps a player is generating power with 1 leg when they take on or make blocks.
- Watch Tyler Smith this preseason. It was very obvious with him when he was extending with 1 leg to overpower defenders.
- For defenders, it is very similar to the 1-arm extension move that most pass rushers often utilize.
- Reggie White's famous hump move was often done with all of his weight on 1 foot. It didn't stop him from tossing 320+ OLineman to the ground.
