Josh Allen OLB/ILB/DE Kentucky | Page 217

jersey49er · 2017-10-24T06:27:57-07:00

Josh Allen, ILB/OLB, Kentucky Height: 6-5. Weight: 230. Projected 40 Time: 4.70. Projected Round (2018): 1-2. 10/21/17: Allen has been one of the leading defenders in sacks in the early going of the 2017 season. The junior is one of the nation's leaders with 6.5 sacks. He also has 35 tackles with 7.5 tackles for a loss, two forced fumbles and a pass batted. Allen produced well as a sophomore in 2016 with 62 tackles, 8.5 tackles for a loss, seven sacks and four forced fumbles. One national scout compared Allen to Leonard Floyd coming out of Georgia with Allen's ability to rush off the edge. That scout said Allen isn't as freaky of an athlete as Floyd was, and Allen is not a top-10 pick, but he did grade Allen as a first-rounder. Another director of college scouting said he gave Allen a high second-round grade, but thought Allen could definitely end up going in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. That director said Allen was an interesting player because he also can play inside linebacker, whereas Floyd was just an outside edge defender. That college director said as an inside linebacker, Allen has similarities to current Texans linebacker Zach Cunningham in terms of his height, speed, length, and athleticism in the middle. Nice looking prospect, definitely needs to bulk up more but seems to fly to the ball, nice rushing ability from the edge also..

Mar 2, 2019 at 11:50 AM

#3241

GhostOfBaalke
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Originally posted by saniner:
28 reps is nice

Who you talking about? DE and LB go tomorrow.

Mar 2, 2019 at 11:54 AM

#3242

Rissei
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Originally posted by GhostOfBaalke:
Who you talking about? DE and LB go tomorrow.

DE and LB bench today.

Mar 2, 2019 at 11:56 AM

#3243

saniner
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Originally posted by GhostOfBaalke:
Who you talking about? DE and LB go tomorrow.

#Kentucky EDGE Josh Allen with 28 reps on the bench press
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) March 2, 2019

Field work is tomorrow

Mar 2, 2019 at 11:57 AM

#3244

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Originally posted by saniner:
28 reps is nice

What's the record?

Mar 2, 2019 at 12:38 PM

#3245

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The best part about Allen is that if he doesnt work out at DE we can just move him to safety... he's just gotta keep them hands of those hips.

Mar 2, 2019 at 1:18 PM

#3246

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f**k, I love his attitude.

Josh Allen said he is the only one of these pass rushers who dropped back in coverage in college.
"I am the best player in this draft. If a team doesn't believe that, I will see them during the season." pic.twitter.com/eHiRZ3vyFP
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) March 2, 2019

Mar 2, 2019 at 1:40 PM

#3247

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Originally posted by Heroism:
f**k, I love his attitude.

Josh Allen said he is the only one of these pass rushers who dropped back in coverage in college.
"I am the best player in this draft. If a team doesn't believe that, I will see them during the season." pic.twitter.com/eHiRZ3vyFP
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) March 2, 2019

Mar 2, 2019 at 1:42 PM

#3248

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Originally posted by Heroism:
f**k, I love his attitude.

Josh Allen said he is the only one of these pass rushers who dropped back in coverage in college.
"I am the best player in this draft. If a team doesn't believe that, I will see them during the season." pic.twitter.com/eHiRZ3vyFP
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) March 2, 2019

This. Doesn't sound forced either like Rosen's goofy "9 mistakes" rant at the draft last year.

Mar 2, 2019 at 1:44 PM

#3249

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I bet Josh Allen didn't cry after finishing his meeting with teams.

Mar 2, 2019 at 3:18 PM

#3250

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http://www.knbr.com/2019/03/02/quarterbacks-hated-game-planning-for-josh-allen-i-couldnt-pass-the-ball/

Mar 2, 2019 at 3:19 PM

#3251

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Originally posted by Heroism:
f**k, I love his attitude.

Josh Allen said he is the only one of these pass rushers who dropped back in coverage in college.
"I am the best player in this draft. If a team doesn't believe that, I will see them during the season." pic.twitter.com/eHiRZ3vyFP
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) March 2, 2019

He looks bigger and stronger than bosa now too. I think he's really grown up allot in the last year. I think his attitude is he wants to be the best.

Mar 2, 2019 at 4:11 PM

#3252

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Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by Memphis9er:

Originally posted by genus49:
That's fair but I think Bosa's floor is a lot closer to Allen's ceiling...

The NFL doesn't really get guys coached up on technique too much. I understand Allen's jump his senior season was very impressive and he's a hard worker but it's been said that NFL coaches don't really do a ton of work on technique outside of camps and most of the progress by players is done on their own training in the offseason. So Bosa having that NFL level technique down is a huge advantage to him. The man has a plan and OTs have a lot of stuff they have to keep an eye on with him.

Can Allen get there? Maybe but if both guys are there I'm taking the guy who is already there and hope he keeps getting better. We've seen way too many terrific athletes with crazy high ceilings just never reach it.

The bolded is laughable.

That's been said by ex pros I don't get what's funny.

So nobody teaches technique in the NFL, lol...

Who said this, got a link? Sounds ridiculous to me, considering we hired a pass rush specialist last season.

Mar 2, 2019 at 4:39 PM

#3253

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I know right now it looks like Murray will go #1 and Bosa will drop to us. Or the Cards will take Bosa and someone will give us a boatload of picks so that they can move up and get Murray. All of that is obviously very exciting, and great news for the 9ers.

But I have to say, I had been getting pretty pumped about Allen. And if those other scenarios don't play out and we end up just taking Allen at #2, I'm still going to be excited. Dude seems like a terror on the field and a solid dude off of it.

Starting to wonder if the 9ers trading back and still landing Allen is now my dream scenario.....

Mar 2, 2019 at 4:48 PM

#3254

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Originally posted by TheFunkyChicken:
I know right now it looks like Murray will go #1 and Bosa will drop to us. Or the Cards will take Bosa and someone will give us a boatload of picks so that they can move up and get Murray. All of that is obviously very exciting, and great news for the 9ers.

But I have to say, I had been getting pretty pumped about Allen. And if those other scenarios don't play out and we end up just taking Allen at #2, I'm still going to be excited. Dude seems like a terror on the field and a solid dude off of it.

Starting to wonder if the 9ers trading back and still landing Allen is now my dream scenario.....

3,4,5,6 and 8 all need pass rush help. I would not count on him being available if we trade down.

Mar 2, 2019 at 5:09 PM

#3255

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Is it me or is Metcalf moving into the top 10?