Dr Tarzan

Hell, even his highlights are a "so what" experience. in both of the ones I saw, half of his "highlight" plays--he was left completely unblocked...so much for scheming against him. another quarter of his highlights, he cleaning up on someone else's highlight play. Only a quarter of his highlights were of him demonstrating any exceptional skill. As in my prior post, watching his game film is even more unimpressive. I just don't get the excitement of this pick.

Any scrub can look like an all pro in a highlight reel. I watched a game, two actually, just focusing on him and came away unimpressed. It seemed guys around him were make more plays than him. Didn't look like he specifically schemed against, either--no double teams or traps or RB lined up on his side selectively. Danced with blockers too much which, I understand is sometimes the scheme for a two gap coverage but then so were the other guys on line who were shedding blocks and making plays,..... and just plain didn't finish the play that was there for the taking too often. Maybe I just saw his two worst games.

I would LOVE for him to make eat, my words, cold crow, and a huge steam pile.... on the record as not a fan of this pick, the one guy I DIDN'T want them to pick. So PLEASE prove me wrong. and if you do first time we have face to face I will admit it.

I don't watch highlights of players, I watch the game replays that show the whole body of work. Can't remember which 2 games I watched, but I came away completely befuddled why this guy was even in the conversation for a first rd pick. Same thing with James Pierce. Had some splash plays, but mostly he looked quite pedestrian. The guys lined up near him got my eye more. Didn't appear to be schemed against either. I guess I see better than I hear.

I'm not sold. I guy who does everything except make the tackle. Not seeing that as a real asset. Cedric Ogbuehi 2.0 They like all the measurements and the unmeasureables and the guy just didn't produce. Same thing they said about Cedric. "Don't let those 8 sacks his senior year fool you"....they didn't fool me he produced in the pros just like he did in college....

This entire thread is superlative effort in research. Kudos on an outstanding service and effort on our behalf. On a side note. Once upon a time I did my own research on KA. It always seemed to me that the only way the Steel Curtain could assure themselves of a victory over the Bengals was to knock him out of the game. Sometimes legitimate hits but just as often cheap ass ones. Of the games that Anderson started and FINISHED..... 7-7 over his career. .500 against a dynastic team seems to be another feather in the cap for admission to HOF.

What he said /\