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philip merling a young richard seymour???

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i'll be the first to admit i didn't really like the merling pick when we made it. i favored quentin groves with that selection. however, am i the only one who sees an awful lot of a young richard seymour in philip merling???

the resemblence i see is in his ability to shed blockers and get quickly in the backfield a la seymour in his prime. this kid is really quick giving him inside leverage for his size and uses his hands pretty well and he has a nose for the ball. i can see him dominating the run game down the line and bringing pretty consistent pass rush vs the pass. for a guy just now learning 3-4 end in the pros he sure is looking good.

love this pick. looks like seymour to me.
 
yea he definitely looks like seymour lol.

I kind of like the idea of him and Langford on the ends in a 3-4. I know some people want to move him to OLB in the 3-4 ala Merriman (who he sort of looks like also) . . . but he has looked solid, and his weight is right there with Langford. Great picks by this organization.
 
BLITZKRIEG said:
I hope not. Seymore is one of the most overrated DE's in the NFL in my opinion....

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in his prime seymour was as dominant as they come. i remember years where he was in the backfield against us on every play.

he may be overrated now i guess but there was a good 3-4 years there where he was flat out dominant.
 
hooshoops said:
in his prime seymour was as dominant as they come. i remember years where he was in the backfield against us on every play.

he may be overrated now i guess but there was a good 3-4 years there where he was flat out dominant.
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Dominant??..:lol: He's never once registered 10 sacks in a season. Please....

PHINZ RULE!!!
 
BLITZKRIEG said:
Dominant??..:lol: He's never once registered 10 sacks in a season. Please....

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i like your camp reports but i've got to wonder now how well you evaluate talent.

richard seymour was dominant. laugh all you want.
 
or maybe a younger Shawne Merriman???

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BLITZKRIEG said:
Whatever you say, but I'm not the one here calling Seymore, {who averages less than 5 sacks a year} a "flat out dominant" DE....

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when did sacks become the measure of a dominant 3-4 end??? sacks are a bonus. and how is not having 10 sacks in a season from a 3-4 end a measuring stick???
 
PH moves around the football field a'lot better then Seymour ever did.

I'm not saying he's better, but the one game i saw PH play in college and he looked much more like a young Bruce Smith then a Richard Seymour.

PH is just way more explosive then Seymour.
 
Forget comparing him to seymore, he is Phillip Merling. Philip Merling and Kendall LAngford as 3-4 end looks dominant. I hope Solial Develops into that mammoth NT we need once fergurson leaves.
 
BLITZKRIEG said:
Whatever you say, but I'm not the one here calling Seymore, {who averages less than 5 sacks a year} a "flat out dominant" DE....

PHINZ RULE!!!
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if you know and understand the game you dont need to record sacks to be dominant my friend. disrupting plays, being in the back field 75% of the time, breaking down the pocket almost evrey time is pretty darn dominant.
 
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