re: *** Official FOOTBALL IS KINDA BACK Practice Thread ***

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I am truly surprised people aren't completely in agreement there. I mean I can point out multiple times Eddie came up and made a vicious hit.

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meh, i can remember a few times where he missed a tackle near the line of scrimmage and it ended up going for a big gain, especially late in the year. I went back and tried to look at a few highlight tapes but couldnt find a clip. I did watch the iron bowl highlights and while I didnt find the clips of the poor tackling, there were plenty of clips of EJ. Wow, he could have given up like 5 TDs. Seemed like every time AU took a shot at the endzone they went after EJ.

I just think he's a very average tackler. Hopefully he improves on that.

As for physicality in coverage, dont watch the IB highlights. Duke Williams was abusing him. Duke is a big strong receiver and some of those plays might have come after a push off, but it was ugly.

Anyways, i dont mean to pile on the kid. I hope he does very well at safety. I just am not convinced he's an above average tackler for a CB and I'm worried about him supporting the run from the SS spot. Maybe someone can find a clip to convince me otherwise.


ETA:
Here yall go, check out the play at the 0:45 mark. And I know that RB is a beast, but this is the play I cant get out of my head. I feel like there were a few other similar ones.
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