Video: Solomon Thomas Putting in Work

[Jipper]

Apparently nobody will ever beat the dancing of Barry Switzer at the pre 95 party

 

[Rayman70]

Law is a good dude but consider the source. He creates vids for a living . My gosh, Thomas is on the beach or whatever it appears going thru drills . That means absolutely nada. I like the player though, like that we added him. But now I'm just waiting on Oxnard to see how we look in pads. Nothing matters til then.

 

[Rayman70]

Btw, soon as I saw the thread Title I was like, what? Twerk? Lol .

 

[fivetwos]

I heard he wasn’t great against the run, but who cares about that anyway?

Just get a lead on bad teams and run up the score for stats. Stay relevant.

 

[jwitten82]

Oops.

I mean, he's at work. "At work" is like t'werk ...

Get your mind out of the gutter.

Wth, no bro...just no

 

[Praxit]

...dude has quickness and good foot placement. Will see about upper body strength in TC.

 

[gimmesix]

I heard he wasn’t great against the run, but who cares about that anyway?

Just get a lead on bad teams and run up the score for stats. Stay relevant.

Right. I don't think we got him for run defense. I think we got him to be that intermediate down-and-distance DT to primarily get after the passer. I think we'll team him with Odighizuwa in those situations.

My belief is our first-down, shorter-yardage DTs will be Mazi and possibly Toia, although because I don't know how Toia is going to turn out, Odig (who we're paying a lot) could be the primary with Mazi and Toia rotating with him at the two positions on those downs. I really don't expect to see Thomas in those situations unless we play him as a big end.

My bet right now would be DE Kneeland, DT Mazi, DT Toia and DE Turner in those situations, understanding that that is only about 30 percent of the snaps.

The rest of the time if will be DE Fowler/Ezeraiku/Williams, DT Odighizuwa, DT Thomas and DE Parsons. In some passing situations, though, we may put some of the DEs inside as pass rushers.

The only thing I can't figure out (if it works out this way) is what we do with Parsons on those early-down, shorter-yardage situations. Maybe he just plays at end and we use a player like Turner to give him a few of those snaps off. (I wouldn't have a problem limiting him to those 70 percent of other snaps, though, to keep him fresher.) I think if Parsons does play in those situations that he should play linebacker to keep linemen from leaning on him.

Of course, the main problem with that early-down lineup is that teams often choose to pass in those situations and that group of DL doesn't have much proven pass rush ability. Maybe Eberflus won't even rotate them that way. He may just play his best pass rushers (and Mazi) and rotate the others in to give them a break. It just seems we have a distinct delineation between run stoppers (Mazi, Toia, Kneeland in particular) and pass rushers (Thomas, Fowler, maybe Eze). Parsons and Odig might be the only ones good against both and their size works against them and allows them to get worn down.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Stilltheguru made the mods change the thread title because he felt misled when he didn’t see Thomas twerking.

 

[Whyjerry]

Best shape of his life no doubt. Best shape ever.

 

[Pass2Run]

Stilltheguru made the mods change the thread title because he felt misled when he didn’t see Thomas twerking.

Yeah, some people don't see the humor in it. I've been saying the word since before it became popularized.

Twerk to me has always meant "at work."

Oh well.

Still glad to see Thomas has some quickness to him. He's always been a pretty good athlete.

 

[buybuydandavis]

I think when we show up, we have the ability to bully and overwhelm teams up front.

The center of the oline is like that.

Yet we don't do anything at RB again except more of a gadget player than a between the tackles RB.

Don't get me wrong. I like the Blue pick. But just not a between the tackles RB.

 

[CWR]

I think when we show up, we have the ability to bully and overwhelm teams up front.

On paper, this team has a lot of promise and athleticism all over the roster.

We have first round picks basically as back ups. This is going to be a legit team, in my opinion.

I'd also like to see more of this sand work even out at Oxnard and at the Star. Solomon Thomas is still an athlete.

As much as I hated last off season, I've really really liked what we've done in total, this off season. I think this team will compete and may be a pleasant suprise.