Anthony Chickillo

[PSU Cane]

Chick wasn't an elite athlete to start with but had decent speed to the QB as a HS senior (as referenced by the Under Armour comment. However, since coming to UM he has put on some serious size/weight that i feel has slowed him down a bit and made him a little more stiff....which helps to hold up against the run when he plays over the right tackle but hurts his pass rush. He's a solid effort guy that still gets into the backfield and hopefully he'll continue to improve with technique/strength to add more rush.

 

[UMcanesfan420]

It's blowing my mind how everyone all of a suddenly doesn't expect that much from Chickillo.


I'm pretty sure Golden and Chick expect more. Nobody said it was going to be easy.


He had a bad game. I fully expect him to bounce back. We do need to do some things to help him scheme wise if he's getting doubled and whatnot. I think as freshman like McCord develop we'll see some things. At least that's what I'm hoping.

 

[The []_[]]

It's blowing my mind how everyone all of a suddenly doesn't expect that much from Chickillo.


I'm pretty sure Golden and Chick expect more. Nobody said it was going to be easy.


He had a bad game. I fully expect him to bounce back. We do need to do some things to help him scheme wise if he's getting doubled and whatnot. I think as freshman like McCord develop we'll see some things. At least that's what I'm hoping.

This. Idk about you guys but i expect an all ACC year or pretty **** close to it from Chick..

 

[FlipT]

Not a speed rusher so he's only going to disrupt so much, if he gets to double digit sacks it just means the secondary has improved because he is more of a coverage sack guy.

 

[ARJB]

Most people have had unrealistic expectations for him. You've got to realize that he's not some athletic freak, he's a hustle player. He has above-average technique. He's better as a run stopper than as a pass rusher. He was the only player on our D-Line that they actually had to be somewhat concerned about. You want him to be a player that stands out and makes plays happen? It just isn't going to happen, he's not that kind of player. He's a steady, consistent player.

I totally agree with what you are saying, but we heard all spring and summer that he was unblockable, and not sure if it was scheme that dictated his play as we thoguht they would run the ball more, I just thought he would be in the backfield more.

No, we never heard that he was unblockable, we heard that he was doing what he had to do. Blame yourself for the expectations you had for him. We do this for every **** player, build them up so high and then when they play at the level that they're actually at, we get ****ed off about it. It's ridiculous.

How is it ridiculous to expect a 5* recruit, who outplayed a J. Clowney at the under-armour game, to get some pressure on the QB? I understand he's not in the same class as Clowney in terms of explosiveness off the ball, and O. Vernon would have been that player for us, but I expected more from him that what I saw against BC.

Was I expecting 3-4 sacks, absolutely not, but I did think he would be in the backifield more than he was, and if am ridiculous for believing he can be that type of player so be it.

Let me try to explain this to you. In the Under-Armour game (btw, using an all-star game in high school as a basis for how a kid should play in college is dumb) he was going against Bobby Hart if I remember right. Bobby Hart was slightly weak, and only 17 years old. Chick had great technique for a high school kid, as well as very good strength and size, something that most high school OT's aren't used to going against.

Chickillo's game isn't getting pressure on the QB. He's more of a contain player. He typically shows good football intelligence, but he's just not going to beat tackle's 1 on 1 very much right now. He certainly could develop that in time, but right now he just isn't. I told people earlier that I expected roughly the same amount of sacks from Chick this year as he got last year, a guy can only get so many coverage and hustle sacks in a year. Personally I think he's comparable to a smaller Justin Smith in the pros. Certainly a very valuable player, but not somebody who's going to rack up a lot of sacks as your primary pass rusher.

Oh and saying that Vernon would have been Clowney for us...Vernon had 1 more sack in his career than Clowney had in his freshman year in a better conference. They are completely incomparable.

 

[Canesfan1899]

Most people have had unrealistic expectations for him. You've got to realize that he's not some athletic freak, he's a hustle player. He has above-average technique. He's better as a run stopper than as a pass rusher. He was the only player on our D-Line that they actually had to be somewhat concerned about. You want him to be a player that stands out and makes plays happen? It just isn't going to happen, he's not that kind of player. He's a steady, consistent player.

I totally agree with what you are saying, but we heard all spring and summer that he was unblockable, and not sure if it was scheme that dictated his play as we thoguht they would run the ball more, I just thought he would be in the backfield more.

No, we never heard that he was unblockable, we heard that he was doing what he had to do. Blame yourself for the expectations you had for him. We do this for every **** player, build them up so high and then when they play at the level that they're actually at, we get ****ed off about it. It's ridiculous.

How is it ridiculous to expect a 5* recruit, who outplayed a J. Clowney at the under-armour game, to get some pressure on the QB? I understand he's not in the same class as Clowney in terms of explosiveness off the ball, and O. Vernon would have been that player for us, but I expected more from him that what I saw against BC.

Was I expecting 3-4 sacks, absolutely not, but I did think he would be in the backifield more than he was, and if am ridiculous for believing he can be that type of player so be it.

Let me try to explain this to you. In the Under-Armour game (btw, using an all-star game in high school as a basis for how a kid should play in college is dumb) he was going against Bobby Hart if I remember right. Bobby Hart was slightly weak, and only 17 years old. Chick had great technique for a high school kid, as well as very good strength and size, something that most high school OT's aren't used to going against.

Chickillo's game isn't getting pressure on the QB. He's more of a contain player. He typically shows good football intelligence, but he's just not going to beat tackle's 1 on 1 very much right now. He certainly could develop that in time, but right now he just isn't. I told people earlier that I expected roughly the same amount of sacks from Chick this year as he got last year, a guy can only get so many coverage and hustle sacks in a year. Personally I think he's comparable to a smaller Justin Smith in the pros. Certainly a very valuable player, but not somebody who's going to rack up a lot of sacks as your primary pass rusher.

Oh and saying that Vernon would have been Clowney for us...Vernon had 1 more sack in his career than Clowney had in his freshman year in a better conference. They are completely incomparable.

I was stating that OV would have been our speed rusher, not that he was as good as Clowney.

Regardless of what you think Chick is as a player, I still have higher expectations for him than what I saw against BC. Some of the issue could have been poor pass coverage, but I just didn't see the push from him I was expecting.