Weaknesses
- Plays upright from the second level too often.
- Doesn't appear to be a very quick processor from inside.
- Early play quickness limited by excessive thinking.
- Lacking patience necessary to decipher misdirection.
- Loses pursuit leverage and occasionally overflows cutback lanes.
- Needs to become more aggressive taking on blocks.
- Gets outside shoulder covered more than he should.
- Inconsistent reading lane choices and blocking scheme.
Basically, he's Jaylon Smith. Slow to diagnose and react....... easily fooled on misdirection....wrong lanes ect. I'm not sure this defense can have 2 LBs like this........
Positives: Athletic, disciplined run-and-chase linebacker with solid size. Agile, fluid moving laterally, and gets tremendous depth on pass drops. Efficient, instinctive, and goes sideline to sideline covering a terrific amount of area. Remains disciplined with assignments, effectively reads the action, and takes proper angles to plays.
Quickly picks up coverage assignments, stays with backs downfield, and plays to his 40 time. Fluid in his hips, possesses good change-of-direction skills, and really stands out in coverage. Effectively uses his hands to protect himself and is rarely off his feet.