ILB, Chris Borland, Wisconsin

Originally posted by bzborow1:

Credit also has to go with Fangio and the coaching staff for putting him in positions to succeed. Considering his rough first outing getting turned around and taken advantage of by Peyton Manning to what we are now seeing, in such a short time period, is fantastic coaching and fantastic player adjustment to the speed of the game. Zach Thomas lite? Hope so...

It's impossible not to root for the guy because of the question marks around his physical abilities coming into the league. The kid knows football and you can't teach that kind of on the fly awareness.

Dude has a higher ceiling than Thomas.

Originally posted by qnnhan7:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

This. If he keeps racking up tackles and turnovers, I don't see how you cannot make him DROY.


Borland has 50 solo tackles, a sack, 2 INT's in 4 starts.

Barr has 50 solo tackles and 4 sacks in 10 starts.

Mosley has 58 solo tackles, 2 INT's in 10 starts

Mack has 44 solo tackles, 1 sack in 10 starts.

WTF!

lol wow, I didn't even think he was that close to the rookie tackles leader.

Edit-Officially he has 47 solo tackles, not 50. So 47 solo tackles, 63 combined tackles in 4 starts.


Just for comparisons sake, Luke Kuechly has 70 solo tackles in 11 games and 116 combined tackles.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Edit-Officially he has 47 solo tackles, not 50. So 47 solo tackles, 63 combined tackles in 4 starts.

Well! I didn't think he was that good anyway! Keeps declining in tackles from one game to the next! By the middle of next year he'll be down to zero!

Updated #'s with both combined and solo tackles.


Borland-63 combined tackles, 47 solo tackles, 2 INT's, 1 sack. 4 starts. Average=14 tackles per game, 11 solo(adjusted for appearances in KC and first StL game)

Anthony Barr-62 combined tackles, 50 solo tackles, 4 sacks. 10 starts. Average=6 tackles per game, 5 solo, 0.4 sacks.

Khalil Mack-56 combined tackles, 44 solo tackles, 1 sack. 10 starts. Average=6 tackles per game, 4 solo.

C.J. Mosely-90 combined tackles, 58 solo tackles, 2 INT's. 10 starts. Average=9 tackles per game, 6 solo.



I would say Mosely is the front runner but Borland has a shot at catching up if he continues to play at this level.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Edit-Officially he has 47 solo tackles, not 50. So 47 solo tackles, 63 combined tackles in 4 starts.

Well! I didn't think he was that good anyway! Keeps declining in tackles from one game to the next! By the middle of next year he'll be down to zero!

am i the only one who is worried his tackle numbers declined yesterday from his first start?

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Updated #'s with both combined and solo tackles.


Borland-63 combined tackles, 47 solo tackles, 2 INT's, 1 sack. 4 starts. Average=14 tackles per game, 11 solo(adjusted for appearances in KC and first StL game)

Anthony Barr-62 combined tackles, 50 solo tackles, 4 sacks. 10 starts. Average=6 tackles per game, 5 solo, 0.4 sacks.

Khalil Mack-56 combined tackles, 44 solo tackles, 1 sack. 10 starts. Average=6 tackles per game, 4 solo.

C.J. Mosely-90 combined tackles, 58 solo tackles, 2 INT's. 10 starts. Average=9 tackles per game, 6 solo.



I would say Mosely is the front runner but Borland has a shot at catching up if he continues to play at this level.

Yes, but he's playing on a bad D...oh...wait...

I'm sure this was brought up many a time but did you guys notice how eerily similar the goal line stand yesterday was to the Atlanta goal line stand last season?

The direction of the throw, the deflection in the air, the interception by a 49ers linebacker. The only thing missing was the 95 yd return for a td :P

Borland channelling his inner Bowman! And the announcers were correct in their assessment that the first interception by Borland was Patrick Willis'esque

Originally posted by cciowa:
am i the only one who is worried his tackle numbers declined yesterday from his first start?

cc come on man

look at the NYG run/pass ratio

Originally posted by znk916:

Originally posted by cciowa:
am i the only one who is worried his tackle numbers declined yesterday from his first start?

cc come on man

look at the NYG run/pass ratio

i really did not think anyone would think i was serious . i must make it sound good

Just a heads up.

This machine/man will be on SVP's show (ESPN) at 3PM Eastern today.

Originally posted by btthepunk:
Dude has a higher ceiling than Thomas.

but i thought he could not touch that ceiling with his short arms

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by btthepunk:

Dude has a higher ceiling than Thomas.

but i thought he could not touch that ceiling with his short arms

Lol. I was stoked about the pick.

Originally posted by btthepunk:

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by btthepunk:
Dude has a higher ceiling than Thomas.

but i thought he could not touch that ceiling with his short arms

Lol. I was stoked about the pick.

i was not,, i love to be proven wrong when its in the best interests of the team. part of me wants to say that i wish brooks had that same philosophy but i do not want to ruin a good thread