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Intro to Jason Snowbridge DE: RD 5

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JASON SNOWBRIDGE
Round 5 • Pick 9 (154)

Strowbridge will give opponents a physical challenge with good length, toughness and hand usage at the point of attack, but he lacks the suddenness and short-area directional change to be a consistent disruptor. While he's not a plus pass rusher, he definitely flashed at the Senior Bowl and has upside as a reduced rusher in an even front on passing downs. He will need to drop the pad level to improve as an edge-setter, but he appears to offer the necessary physical tools and demeanor to become a rotational 3-4 five-technique or 4-3 base end with eventual-starter potential.


Highlights 2019




Interview: Senior Bowl




Highlights 2018




Interview: Where He Sees Himself Playing

 
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Jason Strowbridge DL, UNC
Height: 6-4, Weight: 275
Legitimately versatile trench player with flashes of heavy, effective hands. But not a master beating blockers that way. Width and length to set a strong edge. Active run defender. (Chris Trapasso)
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Running theory amongst tv talking heads is Strowbridge was miscast as DT at North Carolina. They feel he'll have a better pro career as a DE.
 
dolfan91 said:
Running theory amongst tv talking heads is Strowbridge was miscast as DT at North Carolina. They feel he'll have a better pro career as a DE.
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“Miscast” isn’t quite accurate. He played DT out of necessity because of Larry Fedora’s defensive recruiting failures. Nobody on the roster was a legit DT so he was one of the few that could play there capably enough for it to not be a gaping hole in the D. Once Mack Brown came he hit the recruiting trail and had a better staff for developing players, allowing Strowbridge to play outside on a decent number of snaps. He’s a good player and very versatile. Fits well into Flores’ somewhat positionless defense, which UNC ran last year with Jay Bateman as D Coordinator. If he’s an every down player in the NFL his best use is sealing the edge on first and second and bringing pressure from up the middle on third.

The knock on him is that he can disappear for long stretches. However, he is incredibly clutch. A lot of players rack up meaningless stat sacks in meaningless portions of games. With Strowbridge, an insane percentage of his sacks came at very meaningful times (stopping potential game winning drives, etc.).
 
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TarHeelFinFan said:
“Miscast” isn’t quite accurate. He played DT out of necessity because of Larry Fedora’s defensive recruiting failures. Nobody on the roster was a legit DT so he was one of the few that could play there capably enough for it to not be a gaping hole in the D. Once Mack Brown came he hit the recruiting trail and had a better staff for developing players, allowing Strowbridge to play outside on a decent number of snaps. He’s a good player and very versatile. Fits well into Flores’ somewhat positionless defense, which UNC ran last year with Jay Bateman ran as D Coordinator
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Valuable insights from a Tarheel fan. You think he will a contributor for us, or solid depth?
 
Built2Win said:
What i noticed from the tape is he has a knack for jumping on fumbles.
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Yes, he has his head on a swivel, is regularly near the ball, and is smart enough to fall on the ball rather than trying to scoop and run like so many players who whiff on recovering fumbles. He also has the strength and savvy to win the ball at the bottom of a pile.
 
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