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frash.exe

By frash.exe,
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UNCrules2187 Mentor

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Miami getting ready for Coples?

Phillip Merling was a DE that they signed to a tender just a few weeks ago.

The guy was a bust, plain and simple. He was drafted in '08 and has 66 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Not in one season, in his ENTIRE CAREER. Guy had 3 tackles last year.

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CRA Grand Master

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When did Hurney say that ? link please.

Sirius NFL radio last week. Said Otah was furthet ahead in his rehab and could do more than Beason. Said with Beason you have to be careful bc he wants to do too much too soon.

No link. Just both are still rehabbing. Otah was closer to his finish line. He wasn't implying Beason was behind or anything.

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Cox is pretty good at getting a push into the pocket with a bull rush, but he usually loses his momentum and gets stood up, or falls down. If he were a worthy top 10 pick, you'd see him getting around the o-lineman at the end of his bull rush, or driving the o-lineman right into the QB.

If you watch the Fletcher Cox vs Alabama youtube video, you'll see something very entertaining. Alabama LG Chance Warmack versus Cox on a few plays. Cox has nothing on Warmack, and after watching that video I actually wanted to see what round Warmack was projected be going in this draft. It turns out he has decided to return to school. In my opinion Warmack would have been a first round pick if had come out in this draft.

The Warmack versus Cox matchup was interesting to me because it was two top quality players going against one another head to head. It's not some terrible player looking like garbage against Cox. What does that reveal? Anyway, Cox tried his bull rush on Warmack, got some penetration, and then Warmack stopped him cold. Cox had plenty of time, but couldn't get around Warmack at all on that play. That added to my opinion that Cox probably won't get many sacks at the NFL level, and will need the DEs to get the sacks. You can see Cox bull rush Warmack at 1:27-1:34

Let me just say this. If you guys think DeCastro is good, Warmack is twice him in ability.

I'm not going to really hold it against Cox because he couldn't successfully get around a mammoth like Warmack. Though, I do agree with the premise of your post. Either way, I just hope he'll be able to provide some rush up the middle to prevent QBs from stepping up nonstop against us.

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@nfldraftscout: Hearing renewed talk that two teams in Top 10 have "serious interest" in LSU DT Michael Brockers.

Maybe panthers are interested, maybe they view him as someone who could come in and contribute right away

:D I hope so. Cox is only 1pt higher than Brockers on the ESPN Big Board, not much difference. Brockers was always the upside guy in this DT class. They may prefer his bigger frame and 322lbs this kid is that monster in the middle.

The scouts always tell GM's and FO to "stick to your board" and they already showed Brockers that he was high on theirs. I can't wait.

To me this Kuechly talk could be an attempt to get somebody to bite.

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