Before anyone gets mad (and it would piss me off) - this is very much tongue-in-cheek.
Lorenzo Carter: 6'5" 250 lbs.
Lawrence Taylor: 6'3" 240 lbs.
One of the underscores of rookie mini-camp was Carter being unexpectedly explosive off the snap. Sure, it could be meaningless, but it could be the beginning of Carter wow'ing observers. Isn't it nice to not be able to dismiss the possibility we're sitting on a stud pass rushing OLB? What ultimately makes or breaks a 34 is how good the OLBs are.
There was this little nugget from his college teammate Aaron Davis:
| "Man, that guy - he looks like he's LeBron on the football field," Davis recalled with a laugh Saturday, adding: "I mean, as soon as he walks through the door, you're like, 'This guy.' You don't see too many people who look like him, and are that athletic, so any time you bring that to the table, and he has the work ethic to back it up, you're gonna be someone who's highly touted." |
Georgia stacked him and used him to cover TE's but he still managed 15 sacks. That Kirby Smart D is stacked and makes it difficult for any one individual to pile up #'s or rush the passer full time. Think Carter beats out Kareem Martin at LOLB and gives the D a much-needed boost in team speed.
He was highly touted and great things were expected from him.
He has all of the innate physical attributes and he has shown phenomenal skill in flashes.
If Bettcher can figure out a way to maximize Carter's talents, he could be special.
"Man, that guy - he looks like he's LeBron on the football field," Davis recalled with a laugh Saturday, adding: "I mean, as soon as he walks through the door, you're like, 'This guy.' You don't see too many people who look like him, and are that athletic, so any time you bring that to the table, and he has the work ethic to back it up, you're gonna be someone who's highly touted."
The next LT has been coming for eons....
Let s go baby!
That’s not fair. Players are getting stronger and faster yes, but LT developing in today’s game would benefit from all that, plus his obvious talents. He was the very best. Maybe if you plunk Babe Ruth into a modern MLB lineup, he would suck, but that’s not really fair.
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will have a career arc closer to Josh Gordon or Will Hill these days.
That’s not fair. Players are getting stronger and faster yes, but LT developing in today’s game would benefit from all that, plus his obvious talents. He was the very best. Maybe if you plunk Babe Ruth into a modern MLB lineup, he would suck, but that’s not really fair.
Think if you plunked Babe in today's baseball he would still be the Babe.
Until like FMiC was saying, he was suspended for drug/alcohol use.....
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I don't think you will see Martin in that roll, but on the field as a variable line piece more or less.
You can't spell Carter and start it with a "T" - that would be Tarter. And, people would probably start to call him Tarter Sauce. I don't like it .. I don't like it at all.
I interpreted the OP as suggesting Carter could be the NEXT (as in same type of player) LT in terms of his athletic similarites to #56. A pass rushing demon who is a OLB/DE tweener (that's literally what LT would be in today's game) with the athleticism to be effective in pass coverage as well as against the run. Something that is a very rare combo for the position. For instance, Leonard Floyd was attractive for having TWO of the three abilities I mentioned (his slightness in stature suggested his being a liability against the run at the pro level) and he was a top ten pick.
I get that Carter was a 3rd rounder, but I also get the OP in that he has those the rare combo of attributes to be a 3 way force at OLB....as well as quite a bit of production at the highest level in college.
I highly doubt the OP was suggesting that Lorenzo Carter is going to affect the game like Lawrence Taylor. Rather that he could be the first type of player that LT was for our team (because we havent had a player or even scheme that valued skill set like that) based on his athleticism.
I get the initial post/idea. While Von Miller is the closest thing to LT, Carter has freakish athleticism and physical attributes that can have similar game wrecking potential. Never thought much of Leonard Floyd because of his build...not his game. Carter has similar athleticism with a NFL frame...and now we have a place for that kind of player on our defense
Is that supposed to be a compliment?
Get real
I mean, at some point people were excited about Damontre Moore, too. Some guys blossom, some guys fold.
The DE part is what has changed the most since the 1980s due to an average 40-even a 50lb increase in the size of the O Tackles ...that your DEs need to take on.
Which is why the ILB/OLB duties have changed since then as well.
Basically, bigger for the line or even faster for shadow or zone PD. ..usually you have to choose one, as 289lb ers who can also fly are even more rare than 240 ers who could fly then were rare.
The mold was broke there will never be another LT .