O good grief-
NOBODY knows what Austin weighs for sure
See Eric's post above. 180 pounds.
"he is small for the rover position in 4-2-5 def that is the fact"
Okay. That's pretty close to a fact. But it's unsupported and it's irrelevant to my point. No one ever said that the Austin twins were tall or the that they are massive. We were just saying you can't choose the accuracy of someone's height and weight based on how well it fits with your argument. You cited a reported weight for Austin that was known to be incorrect (see above). When Eric corrected you, you used that as support to say, well if this player's weight is incorrect, then these other unspecified players (215 lbs+ rbs and 240 lb tes) weights are also understated.
"A rover usually plays like a floating LB so he gets a lot of plays dealing with bigger guys close to LOS like TEs and RBs. I see the position as NOT really a DB which for some reason you blissfully ignored"
This is my problem with your opinion. You pre-suppose the truth of your statement in your premise.
A rover
usually plays like a floating LB + floating LB has many
plays dealing with bigger guys close to LOS + I see position the not as a DB but as a LB.
Using your own logic, I've only seen Austin listed as a DB. So, i figured the rover must be at least in part a DB position. On the other hand, you view the position, not as a hybrid position, but as a "floating" LB. I should have disclosed that I was uncertain about the role of the rover earlier...
I thought we were switching to the 4-2-5 because more teams were using spread formations, eliminating the traditional TE and using more skill players in the slot. Am I wrong? I just don't understand the benefit of removing an OLB and replacing it with a "floating lb" if the offense is just going to run heavy sets like that at us and play power football.
I feel like you are defining the rover position too narrowly, based on a players weaknesses in order to make your argument true. At the end of the day, I don't care if he plays rover. Maybe he is too small to play that position. My point is that he can play. Do you disagree with that? I cited the NFL numbers to show that smaller players in the NFL are capable of being great tacklers. You are acting like this kid can't play because he's small. You have given 0 evidence to support this. You assume that Ted Roof can't adapt a game plan to matchup with different offensive formations or place a player in a position that utilizes his skills.
FWIW, Jemea Thomas NFL combine results list him at 5'9 192 lbs. And If you attribute your short lived football career to lacking 2 inches in height and 10 extra pounds, you have no idea what a "Killer" is. When Godhigh is older, he isn't going to say, man if i was 2 inches taller, I would have been a d-1 running back. Killers ante-up, take the hard route, and fight for an opportunity to play the game.
And most importantly, my responses to you are far from blissful. I fully admit I have no idea what I'm talking about. The thing is, neither do you. So if you're going to come on a board dedicated to a football team that we are all fans of and bash an 18 year old kid for being shorter than you would like, then I'm going to be the idiot drowning your voice out by arguing louder and more coherent...or at the very least, more verbosely.
