I went back and watched the Senior Bowl a third time to pay specific attention to Langford. In my pre-draft post I mentioned him as a standout so I wanted to go back and check again.
First off he moves very well for someone his size, not fast mind you but certainly light on his feet. On most pass plays he had to be double-teamed or chipped as he has a very good bull-rush and a pretty good swim and spin moves. Probably will not be a big sack guy but he can bring pressure.
Running at him was useless. On nearly consecutive plays he showed outstanding technique. The first one he had two guys on him that he stood up then split and made the tackle for a 2-3 yd gain, on the other he stood up Nicks until the back commited to his cut and then tossed Nicks aside and made the tackle for a 1 yd gain. At the end of the half, near the goal line, the North put a TE on him whom he just tossed aside and made another tackle.
Running away from him did only marginally better. Twice I saw him maintain backside containment perfectly. The first play the back looked like he wanted to cut back on a play designed away from Langford but Langford was sitting right there, once the back committed to his original path Langford ran him down and made the tackle. On another run away from him the back just followed the play and once again Langford had backside containment and I thought he would be way out of the play when suddenly he took off and made the tackle again. I counted 5 tackles in just the first half!
The play of the game though came with about 3 minutes left on 4th and 1 with the North trying to hold onto a 6 point lead. For whatever reason they try to block Langford with a TE again on a run that was going right behind the center. Langford stood up the TE with one hand cut inside and what looked like he flew through the air, clothes-lined the back about 1 yd deep.
In a summary I loved the pick when it was made and feel even better after seeing it again.
On a side note Henne looks like he pats the ball before every throw! He did show savvy and experience when he did a hard count that drew the entire South DL offsides on 3rd and short then on the next play while the defense was still arguing about the offsides call they just ran up to the line and snapped the ball which was a run that picked up 10+yds.
The Senior Bowl three times? I need a life!
First off he moves very well for someone his size, not fast mind you but certainly light on his feet. On most pass plays he had to be double-teamed or chipped as he has a very good bull-rush and a pretty good swim and spin moves. Probably will not be a big sack guy but he can bring pressure.
Running at him was useless. On nearly consecutive plays he showed outstanding technique. The first one he had two guys on him that he stood up then split and made the tackle for a 2-3 yd gain, on the other he stood up Nicks until the back commited to his cut and then tossed Nicks aside and made the tackle for a 1 yd gain. At the end of the half, near the goal line, the North put a TE on him whom he just tossed aside and made another tackle.
Running away from him did only marginally better. Twice I saw him maintain backside containment perfectly. The first play the back looked like he wanted to cut back on a play designed away from Langford but Langford was sitting right there, once the back committed to his original path Langford ran him down and made the tackle. On another run away from him the back just followed the play and once again Langford had backside containment and I thought he would be way out of the play when suddenly he took off and made the tackle again. I counted 5 tackles in just the first half!
The play of the game though came with about 3 minutes left on 4th and 1 with the North trying to hold onto a 6 point lead. For whatever reason they try to block Langford with a TE again on a run that was going right behind the center. Langford stood up the TE with one hand cut inside and what looked like he flew through the air, clothes-lined the back about 1 yd deep.
In a summary I loved the pick when it was made and feel even better after seeing it again.
On a side note Henne looks like he pats the ball before every throw! He did show savvy and experience when he did a hard count that drew the entire South DL offsides on 3rd and short then on the next play while the defense was still arguing about the offsides call they just ran up to the line and snapped the ball which was a run that picked up 10+yds.
The Senior Bowl three times? I need a life!
