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Pappoe versus run?

Posted on 12/2/20 at 12:09 pm
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
20496 posts
Posted on 12/2/20 at 12:09 pm
Is he really an inside LB?

He’s fast, but he gets caught up in the wash a good bit.

I just wonder IF he’s more suited to outside.

Will Britt play soon?
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9421 posts
Posted on 12/2/20 at 12:49 pm to
He was never a ILB. He's been out of position by necessity.
Posted by CaptainBrannigan
Good Ole Rocky Top Tennessee
Member since Jan 2010
21644 posts
Posted on 12/2/20 at 1:42 pm to
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Is he really an inside LB?


Nope. He is a free safety playing Lber.
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
14058 posts
Posted on 12/2/20 at 1:58 pm to
quote:

He is a free safety playing Lber.
He was an OLB in HS (I know, doesn't always translate), and wasn't he recruited as an LB?
Posted by Tigerpro2a
Huntsville, AL
Member since Sep 2018
631 posts
Posted on 12/2/20 at 2:50 pm to
Due to injuries he has played ILB out alot this year and is not a good fit. He is an OLB.

As far as everyone saying he is too small...it seems people do not really pay attention to our defensive scheme. Our Scheme is not made for LB to take on OL on a consistent basis. Bama and UGA run a base 3-4 which they need bigger LBS because they are required to do so.

In Steele's scheme, 4-2-5 The DL are supposed to eat up the OL and keep the LBs free to make plays sideline to sideline. So the smaller faster LBs are a better fit.

Would it be nice to have a bunch of guys that are 6'3 240 who can run like Pappoe? Of course...but that is the exception not the rule.

A big part of our LB struggles in the run game this year have been due to not having a dominant DL like we have in years past. D. Brown and M. Davidson have truly been missed this year.
Posted by ChexMix
Taste the Deliciousness
Member since Apr 2014
25494 posts
Posted on 12/5/20 at 2:38 pm to
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Pappoe
should be playing scout team. Gets sucked up by blockers, misses gaps, whiffs tackles.

Dude is Jake Holland reincarnate
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