Dolphins beat writer Omar Kelly brought him up on Twitter so I started watching him. Watched every single video I could find on the Internet. This guy is an absolute animal. It seems he can do it all. Sideline to sideline guy, blitz, drop into coverage when needed. One of the best college LBs I've seen at shedding blocks. He was Clemson's captain on defense & he's a very vocal leader putting all the guys in the right spot.
My question is how is he not considered a 1st rounder? The only LB I might put ahead of him in this draft is Kendricks. Anthony has way better size though. His production dipped last year, but it was absurd in 2013.
At the combine he performed very well yet we didn't hear a peep about him. He was almost 6'3 243 pounds with 32 1/2 inch arms and 10 3/8 inch hands (That's huge) He ran a 4.57 with a 1.57 10 yard split (Odell had a 1.56) he also had a 37 inch vertical, 10'3 broad jump & 23 bench reps. 7.07 short shuttle & 4.03 three cone. He was top 3 in every single category. Basically the only players ahead of him were LBs that weighed in around 230 pounds.
What are everybody's thoughts on him? Sy? Sj? I know we don't draft LBs high, but if there was ever a draft to do it then it would be this year. In the 2nd round we have Stephone Anthony, Eric Kendricks, Benardrick McKinney, Paul Dawson, Denzel Perryman, Shaq Thompson. I'm really hoping we finally select one.
Stephone Anthony
Now, he does seem to have changed his tune in recent drafts with regard to drafting O-Linemen with premium picks, so he could very well surprise us this year by tapping an LB relatively early, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Normally we don't take LBs high, because the value isn't there. This year it is there. The Giants will have one of those guys rated fairly high. They are all very good football players.
will b interesting to c if we give beason another chance, obviously we want to or he'd b gone already
if he's as advertised hes worth the #9 even if a part time player. and u never know if u switch to a 34 down the road.
i believe he'll b long gone (i think he goes #3 to the Jags) but he'd still have to get thru the Jets, Bears and Falcons who all need 34 edge rushers
he's new breed + can be part of the solution stopping these modern offenses