Yeah but nobody was looking for him to rush upfield, right? I thought the purpose of him coming in was to clog up the middle of the line. I get that being quicker off the snap would help with establishing leverage but so would an extra 30 lbs.
Exactly.
Right but the slow first move could be coached. I thought the space eating run stuffer was what we really were wanting out of him.
No need in dying over being overweight for football. Can Mazi play MLB, Levon Kirkland style?
Agreed.
I don't believe Dallas ever saw it that way. The front office has said often before that you can find NTs later in the draft because they are just one- or two-down players. I believe they thought Mazi had a lot of potential to be a powerful, disruptive player who could succeed at 3-tech, and possibly believed losing weight would get him there. I hope they scrap that idea and let Mazi just work on becoming an NFL 1-tech. Find a disruptive 3-tech who is actually a 3-tech instead of a projection.
His claim to fame is blowing a huge lead in the super bowl, wearing his hat backwards, and being likable with his players. How that makes him a good defensive coordinator I don't understand and will never understand. His defenses absolutely suck. I can't even believe he's getting head coaching offers. If we don't get turnovers we get absolutely gashed. And 210 lb linebackers aren't going to cut it in the nfl. They never have and they never will. And neither does Dan quinn.
Ugh. Quite the vote of no confidence for a 1st round pick.
He was such a swing and a miss he wasn’t even serviceable. Anytime he was on the field he was a liability which is why he got so few snaps.
