Originally posted by 49ers808:
Originally posted by WRATHman44:
Originally posted by 49ers808:
Originally posted by 49oz2superbowl:
Originally posted by GhostOfBaalke:
Originally posted by WRATHman44:
Reportedly, he's already doing it.
Should've been doing it already. Not 4 months before the draft.
Burns is a year younger. He is a significantly better prospect than Allen was at the same stage in his career. Allen had the same weight concern last year.
Burns is also a more fundamentally developed player than Allen which is a way bigger red f*g as Allen has no excuse given his age and experience.
I mean Allen is a product of the system he played in and what the team asked him to do.
I think that's a bit of a cop out.
How so?
Most of the best pass rushers develop their personal technique outside of the season. Pass rushing technique is highly personal, and there isn't time to individualize instruction during a football practice. Coaches can give basic instruction on chop/rip, bull rush, etc, but not every move works for every guy.
For example, a guy with a great stab move should develop a chop/pull counter in preparation of the OL trying to snatch them down, but you wouldn't teach that during the season, because it's a really timing-specific move that is useless if it hits at the wrong time. It takes hundreds/thousands of reps to make it effective, and you're not going to spend practice time on that when you get 15-30 minutes of position drills a day, and less than half of your position group would be suited to using it.
In the season, most of the time is spent installing and repping scheme stuff. One-on-one keep moves sharp, but you aren't introducing new techniques. Burns is awesome in part because his big bro is an offseason edge trainer. Bosa is awesome because his dad and brother are edge technique experts. Polite is impressive to me, because there are no obvious influences that helped him acquire his technique, but he's good at it.
[ Edited by WRATHman44 on Jan 22, 2019 at 5:18 PM ]