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Connelly may not be the fastest linebacker, he may not boast the most athletic profile, and he was not one of the most accomplished players to enter the draft at his position, but he is one of the quickest linebackers to enter the NFL since the 2010 season. According to research from Austin Gayle at Pro Football Focus, Connelly ran the third-quickest 10-yard split (1.54 seconds) of any off-ball linebacker that weighed in at 240-plus pounds at the NFL Combine since 2010. Connelly's game is predicated on quickness and burst and it is backed up both on game tape and his 10-yard split. Connelly is an aggressive-natured linebacker who trusts his instincts and bursts through the line of scrimmage to disrupt the play both vs. the pass and run. This is exactly the style of linebacker that meshes with Giants defensive coordinator James Bettcher. In an optimal world, Bettcher's defense will feature multiple "island" cornerbacks left alone in man coverage. In addition, Bettcher's ideal defense will feature seven to nine players (linemen, linebackers, safeties) who all have the capability to attack downhill on the line of scrimmage (to disrupt vs. the run or pass) or drop in coverage. Connelly combines his instincts, vision, quickness, and burst to disrupt the play and it shows up both in his game tape and his advanced stats. According to PFF, Connelly finished with an overall grade higher than Michigan linebacker and No. 10 overall draft pick Devin Bush. Connelly also finished with a top-15 pass rush grade overall (among off-ball linebackers) and he only allowed 46 total yards after the catch on all receptions allowed -- the best mark among all linebackers in the 2019 draft class. Taking it one step further, Connelly allowed just 0.38 passing yards per coverage snap -- sixth-best in the class. |
There is a lot to like. This guy along with Love could be our steals of this draft.
Love & Connelly were great day 3 additions
Well they are actual football players instead of great athletes trying to play football.
Now he's one of the quickest LB's and best pass rushers in the draft at his position.
Thats just funny to me is all.
Obviously I'm rooting for him to be an All Pro, but its definitely that time of year lol.
Sounds pretty painful not to mention how it would affect your burst from a standing position. Could it be, when healed, he's even better than his tape has shown so far (which is pretty good!).
Now he's one of the quickest LB's and best pass rushers in the draft at his position.
Thats just funny to me is all.
Obviously I'm rooting for him to be an All Pro, but its definitely that time of year lol.
It's funny what can happen when people actually research a player before the criticize them.
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who he was and considered him a reach.
Now he's one of the quickest LB's and best pass rushers in the draft at his position.
Thats just funny to me is all.
Obviously I'm rooting for him to be an All Pro, but its definitely that time of year lol.
It's funny what can happen when people actually research a player before the criticize them.
This ... Informed decisions > irrational overrreaction
I love Connelly ... 4.6 speed with pass rushing ability and an elite short area burst coincides with his scouting reports/“tape”.
He’s a good player. Great value in 5th
Not exactly Sintim, man press corner Prince for Fewell and Adrien Robinson for Gilbride.
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for our system than under Reese and Ross.
Not exactly Sintim, man press corner Prince for Fewell and Adrien Robinson for Gilbride.
Your reading comprehension is awful.
High Motor White Guy!
PS I realize these are highlights for a reason
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a guy his size with 4.6 speed and that short area burst can be considered unathletic
High Motor White Guy!
I think just calling him High Motor is cheapening his athleticism. Although he does have a motor as well
People see white LB from Wisconsin and just assume “lunch pail blue collar grinder with his motor set on high” ... whether they want to admit it or not
He’s a good player. Glad he’s a Giant
Sounds pretty painful not to mention how it would affect your burst from a standing position. Could it be, when healed, he's even better than his tape has shown so far (which is pretty good!).
I agree, I’ve been jumping up and down about this for awhile. I’m sure the giants feel like he would have been able to use his AA more if he had been healthy. He had a hitch In his movement, that this explains. It was fixed, reattached a couple months prior to the combine.
They haven’t come out and said it, but I believe they targeted him thinking they are getting something more than what they saw on tape.
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a guy his size with 4.6 speed and that short area burst can be considered unathletic
High Motor White Guy!
I think just calling him High Motor is cheapening his athleticism. Although he does have a motor as well
To avoid racial profiling, can we call him a High Motor Irish Guy?
The stiff hips criticism was more of a misread of a Mike LB that wasn't particularly "instinctive", and didn't really trust his reads enough, something that can be coached up.
Meanwhile, the more apparently athletic Kehl was allergic to taking on blockers, and really hitting, so he sucked at the NFL level, and Goff as he learned to trust his reads was just starting to blossom, when a knee injury cut his career short.
We'll have a much better idea what we've got in Connelly once the team straps on pads and goes full contact, and once we see him perform on STs which will be his first job surely.
Odell at around similar size ran 1.57 split on his 4.43 forty.
Saquon at 6ft 233 ran 1.54 split on his 4.40 forty.
As I've said previously, here is a smart athlete who has heen tutored by Aranda then Wilcox then Leonhard as a 3-4 LB.
I love the potential of the synergy of Lawrence and Connelly.
Love & Connelly were great day 3 additions
Goodson is not some pushover. Connelly will have to beat him out.
This is not to annoint Connelly as the second coming, but let's not crown Goodson as some all-star. Please.
And in BlueLou'sBack post:
The stiff hips criticism was more of a misread of a Mike LB that wasn't particularly "instinctive", and didn't really trust his reads enough, something that can be coached up.
And every time I see reference to Adrien Robinson: 'a gift to Gilbride'.....????? LMFAO. The exquisite JPP of TEs analogy, almost as much a jewel as waiting for Beckett (well done, Klaatu!!!) I have no fucking idea what R&R saw in him. Aside from no passing game at UCinn when he played there, Robinson was the most lumbering, klutzy, clod-breaking human being in a football uniform at a supposed position of athleticism I've ever seen!!
And, BSIMatt, nice post.
Now he's one of the quickest LB's and best pass rushers in the draft at his position.
Thats just funny to me is all.
it is pretty simple...
BBI and most fans are watching the mock drafts and learn about the top handful of players. They know little if anything about the guys who would be selected later.
So, the name is called and since fans dont know the guy, you get this reach comment. Meanwhile, you can bet that every GM knew who he was.
Then, fans get a chance to actually read up on the guy and watch some youtube videos (lol).... and they start to warm up to him.
But what many observes call "instincts" are in fact reads, especially LBs and DBs, making really good reads, based on formations perhaps or blocking patterns of the OL. I know the difference, I played Mike LB I HS ball.
It's one thing to see an OG block down on an NT, and go plug or shoot the gap he's created the moment he blocks down... Making those reads and reacting to them instantly is coachable. Goff was beginning to get that as a Giant and began shooting gaps based on reads as a pro that he didn't execute much at Vandy, in the little Vandy tape I saw of him.
With Connelly, I'm not savvy enough to know if he shoots gaps and makes TFLs based on instinct or simply good intelligent reads. Is he a film junkie? He scored darn high on the wonderlic for a defensive player. That's a good thing I think.
So long as he also likes hitting people and has some ability to stack and shed.
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What I like best about RC is that he is a text book tackler, does not look to blow up the QB or ball carrier, just wraps up and gets them down. This has been missing from our LB Corps for a while now, need to see better form tackling, this guy seems to bring it. Hope he has a long career with Big Blue.