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hes a corner….Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
hes a corner….Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
He's could play DE in college but he will be a 3-4 OLB in the pros.
Not if he gets drafted by Dallas, St Louis, the Giants, Philly, Miami, Tampa, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Carolina, Cincy, Detroit, or Jacksonville....All run 4-3 bases that would put the dudes hand on the ground.
Way too small to be a 4-3 DE in the NFL IMO. He would get murdered at the point of attack in the run game.
I'd be surprised if he was playing at over 240 LBs right now.
Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
He's could play DE in college but he will be a 3-4 OLB in the pros.
Not if he gets drafted by Dallas, St Louis, the Giants, Philly, Miami, Tampa, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Carolina, Cincy, Detroit, or Jacksonville....All run 4-3 bases that would put the dudes hand on the ground.
Way too small to be a 4-3 DE in the NFL IMO. He would get murdered at the point of attack in the run game.
I'd be surprised if he was playing at over 240 LBs right now.
Im a big McCord fan but he is shockingly still terrible against the run. He's just not physically coming around the way I thought he would but with his natural gifts it wouldn't surprise me to see him be bulked up in two or three years and become a different player in the NFL. We seem to do that anyway. I'm having a hard time judging anyone on this defense anymore. They all look the same and honestly that's just not possible. There's something big missing there.
But as of now, I agree with you.
Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
Tyriq is a Junior DE that literally hasn't developed a single pass rush move.
Crazy how easy teams handle this stud. It's a testament to our DC & Uncle Jethro's
Inability to do a **** thing to help these kids.
Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
He's could play DE in college but he will be a 3-4 OLB in the pros.
Not if he gets drafted by Dallas, St Louis, the Giants, Philly, Miami, Tampa, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Carolina, Cincy, Detroit, or Jacksonville....All run 4-3 bases that would put the dudes hand on the ground.
Way too small to be a 4-3 DE in the NFL IMO. He would get murdered at the point of attack in the run game.
I'd be surprised if he was playing at over 240 LBs right now.
Im a big McCord fan but he is shockingly still terrible against the run. He's just not physically coming around the way I thought he would but with his natural gifts it wouldn't surprise me to see him be bulked up in two or three years and become a different player in the NFL. We seem to do that anyway. I'm having a hard time judging anyone on this defense anymore. They all look the same and honestly that's just not possible. There's something big missing there.
But as of now, I agree with you.
Everybody sees McCord as a DE except our staff.
He's could play DE in college but he will be a 3-4 OLB in the pros.
Not if he gets drafted by Dallas, St Louis, the Giants, Philly, Miami, Tampa, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Carolina, Cincy, Detroit, or Jacksonville....All run 4-3 bases that would put the dudes hand on the ground.
Sadly for McCord at least, this probably is his best position. I worry about his intelligence, instincts, and speed in terms of being a linebacker at the next level. He's far too small to be a DE unless he was a devastating pass rusher (like say a poor man's Robert Quinn) which he is not. His best bet at this level IMO is a hybrid who gets to showcase his pass rushing (or lack thereof) without being asked to play the other diverse roles of a linebacker too often--an Aldon Smith type. As an OLB in this system, he will occasionally be asked to cover. There's nothing shocking about that and I don't think he's branded incorrectly.
I think he's improved a lot in terms of understanding the defense but they haven't developed him as a pass rusher. We are sorely missing that. The idea that this team brings Thurston Armbrister in to be a rush end on third down is laughable. It'd be like bringing in Glenn Cook as your pass rushing ringer.
Armbrister isn't a regular blitzer on third down--he's a pass rushing DE. The fearsome foursome in our pass rush package is Army, chick, kamalu, and mccord. I'm not knocking Armbrister but he's no pass rusher. That he's being asked to fill that role shows both how far we fallen and how simplistic the coaches are in thinking that a few gimme sacks should land him that role rather than developing a more explosive young guy like Thomas or Owens.