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Our LB corps is getting a major overhaul this year ... and for good reason. Aside from Kiko, we did not have a single NFL starting caliber LB on our roster. Now we do. Timmons brings a veteran presence that should help ... but he his skills have eroded rather dramatically over the last year and a half. We need him to improve over last year to come anywhere close to his salary. Still, he's an improvement over Hewitt and Paysinger even if he continues to play poorly. IMHO, Raekwon McMillan is the real deal and is destined to be the star of our LB corps for the next decade. The kid is just what the doctor ordered. I also like Kiko a lot. He creates turnovers, has incredible range, generates tackles for loss and when he is part of a talented LB line, we will see him flourish. But ... don't sleep on these UDFA's. I think they are more talented than the last class of good UDFA LB's we had in Vigil, Hewitt and Hull. Here's what I mean.
Praise Martin-Uguike:
This kid had 12 forced fumbles ... let me say that again, TWELVE Forced Fumbles. That's the kind of takeaways we need to be generating. Kiko can't do it all alone. So can the kid play? Yes. He can contribute in the pass rush as a hybrid DE/LB prospect, he has good explosion and pretty good speed. He has power in his upper and lower body. He is a ferocious tackler (did I mention that he forced twelve forced fumbles!?!?!?!?), and he makes his impact felt. Take a look here.
Praise Martin-Uguike highlights
Chase Allen:
This guy is instinctive, big, and fast. I'm not sure how he is in coverage, but he definitely reads plays well, fills well, and lays the wood in his tackles too. The measurable are there for a good Mike or Sam prospect, and he is very good against the run. He has closing burst, good adjustments in his approach, vice-grip tackler who follows through the ball-carrier into the ground. As you can see from the video below, he also generates forced fumbles ... which I really like. I'd like to see more of him stacking and shedding, as well as how he does in non-zone coverages, but this guy would have started for us last year if he were on our roster.
Chase Allen highlights
If I were Hewitt, Hull and Misi ... I would be looking over my shoulder right about now, because these kids can play.
Praise Martin-Uguike:
This kid had 12 forced fumbles ... let me say that again, TWELVE Forced Fumbles. That's the kind of takeaways we need to be generating. Kiko can't do it all alone. So can the kid play? Yes. He can contribute in the pass rush as a hybrid DE/LB prospect, he has good explosion and pretty good speed. He has power in his upper and lower body. He is a ferocious tackler (did I mention that he forced twelve forced fumbles!?!?!?!?), and he makes his impact felt. Take a look here.
Praise Martin-Uguike highlights
Chase Allen:
This guy is instinctive, big, and fast. I'm not sure how he is in coverage, but he definitely reads plays well, fills well, and lays the wood in his tackles too. The measurable are there for a good Mike or Sam prospect, and he is very good against the run. He has closing burst, good adjustments in his approach, vice-grip tackler who follows through the ball-carrier into the ground. As you can see from the video below, he also generates forced fumbles ... which I really like. I'd like to see more of him stacking and shedding, as well as how he does in non-zone coverages, but this guy would have started for us last year if he were on our roster.
Chase Allen highlights
If I were Hewitt, Hull and Misi ... I would be looking over my shoulder right about now, because these kids can play.
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