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Originally Posted by JPH83:
I know we're all excited about him but has anyone identified any areas they think he'll need to improve to hit his ceiling? Think it was DJ who talked of him not yet chaining moves. I was thinking he seems to go wide a bit too often and get washed out.
Not thinking of any of this as a negative, more just considering how much better he can get and where that will show up.
Depends on what you mean by chaining moves. I watched a clip of him last game where he pushed the tackle into the QB and then used a speed move to finish him off and get the sack. Power to Speed as they say.
There's a couple of good videos out there talking about this very thing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
From the little exposure that I've had, it seems like he kind of has one pass rush move. He pushes up wide, then spins. He needs to add an inside swim move and a straight-up bull rush soon at a minimum.
I think you need to watch him more.
He has used a straight bull rush several times and been successful with it. [Reply]
Nate Taylor said in the KCSN pod that you can go ahead and mark Karlaftis down for 7 sacks. That sounds like his baseline which is really good for a rookie [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Nate Taylor said in the KCSN pod that you can go ahead and mark Karlaftis down for 7 sacks. That sounds like his baseline which is really good for a rookie
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Nate Taylor said in the KCSN pod that you can go ahead and mark Karlaftis down for 7 sacks. That sounds like his baseline which is really good for a rookie
In the two games against the Raiders or the entire season? [Reply]