Thomas Davis on TV right now

[Deleted member 25284]

So like Brooks he'll be learning on the job?

He was playing backer this season though. They moved him back to end because he’s their best player and he’s chaos at the hs level

 

[PSU Cane]

He's a mystery man. Our staff thinks he's the best LB in the state. Blew everyone away at Paradise as an off-ball LB. Still mainly a rusher at Killian.

Haven't seen enough of him but he is twitched up.

There's only so much you can show at a camp in short with no pads at off-ball LB......fluidity/redirection, speed and coverage ability.

That's great but it's nothing with instincts, reading keys, ability to shed/evade blockers and chase the ball down in traffic. Not sure how they can think he's the best in the state when he has no tape doing any of that. If they're judging him strictly as an athlete, ok.

 

[WestGA'Cane]

Davis with the sack on 3rd down. 11th tackle of the night.

 

[pacusmc]

Johnson, Troutman, Davis,
Payton, Ishmael.

 

[j06smith]

Davis looks gassed

 

[WestGA'Cane]

Yeah, not much of an impact on the final drive with North Cobb in 2 min. mode.

Still player of the game - 11 tack, 2 TFL, 1 sack. AND after early 2nd q North Cobb consistently ran left, away from Davis. BALLER!

 

[AtlAtty]

Don't care what he does outside of LB. He's not a DE. And before anyone says Freeney he's an anomaly. This board for years hasn't understood the definition of an anomaly.

Absolutely correct. Davis is not a natural edge rusher like Freeney. I think he can be a very good backer. He seems to navigate traffic well and still finds the ball carrier. I really think his best position will be in the middle

 

[HighSeas]

Marcus Howard - MockDraftable

10.5 sacks his Senior year at Georgia.

 

[Macca21]

We’re not Miami again until we have people on the field who wishes everybody on the other team didn’t exist lol

Ed Johnson types. That kid was a bad man. And just like that, poof, he was gone.

 

[TheU1984]

As long as they stay on the field, I love it. We need more of that energy from our LBs.

Can you elaborate on that? Like maniacs in a good way or Willie Williams maniac?

 

[DMoney]

Can you elaborate on that? Like maniacs in a good way or Willie Williams maniac?

Troutman and Tyler have missed a couple games for fighting and Davis always seems to be mixing it up after the whistle. My only concern is staying on the field. I love the way they play.

 

[Canesfan1899]

He’s a DE all day. Not every DE is 6’5.

Wasn’t Javon Nanton like 6’1’’ 235, dude was a maniac off the edge in passing downs.

 

[M3N]

Been saying it for ages. Since Shannon we recruited too many nice guys. We need some kids who hate losing more than they like winning. And this kid fits the bill. He wants to destroy you in the process

 

[clarkyboy_21]

Kid definitely brings the intensity, you can tell he loves to give **** to whoever has the ball. He’s gonna be ready to roll when he hits campus imo

 

[Rellyrell]

He's fast and athletic. No problem there. It's all about the mental transition from rush end to LB.

D; I’ve spoke on this & looking for a little insight. It appears we are recruiting a bunch of square pegs, but we are trying to fit them into round holes. I’m seeing this at the LB position, ATH position, and along the OL. Hence we see a lot of disjointedness. We see way too much growing pains

 

[rayray]

D; I’ve spoke on this & looking for a little insight. It appears we are recruiting a bunch of square pegs, but we are trying to fit them into round holes. I’m seeing this at the LB position, ATH position, and along the OL. Hence we see a lot of disjointedness. We see way too much growing pains

it's just about projecting where a kid is going to be best at the next level. this is true of scouting in any sport. just because a kid is playing a certain position in high school or college doesn't mean it's his best position when moving up a level. yes ideally you recruit at the level of bama or ohio state and can take the no doubt 5 star studs at every position and slot them into your team, but beyond that you have to be able to project. sometimes it's a slow process or doesn't work at all but we have had been plenty of recent success stories -- greg rousseau went from WR/DB to a top 15 pick at DE, deejay dallas went from high school QB to NFL RB, RJ mcintosh was a DE who became a dominant DT, kendrick norton was an OG who became a multi year starter at DT etc.

 

[Brous8988]

Lets go canes []_[]!!

 

[CANE1775]

He's back from the medical tent with a TFL!!

That was actually a pretty funny moment because I was sitting there worried and hadn't even realized that he was back in the game. I thought dude was still in the medical tent and then BAM he makes a play. LOL

 

[DMoney]

D; I’ve spoke on this & looking for a little insight. It appears we are recruiting a bunch of square pegs, but we are trying to fit them into round holes. I’m seeing this at the LB position, ATH position, and along the OL. Hence we see a lot of disjointedness. We see way too much growing pains

Great LBs come from a lot of different backgrounds. When you look at the recent first rounders, you see guys who were rush ends in high school, QBs, RBs, safeties and traditional linebackers. The common thread was speed.

One of the problems with the 17-18 LB classes is that we got two slow guys and two fast guys who had their careers derailed by injury.

 

[305407cane]

This kids a freak. He will
Play early as a situational guy but then ease into a mlb role. And he doesn’t look small out there