Originally posted by Heroism:
You've got completely reversed lol. Aldon's game was predictated around his hand usage(swipes, long arms, and bulls were his primaries); Nick's game is as well.
Dee Ford is a bullet. A true speed rusher. Niners haven't had an edge rusher like for as long as I can remember.
I can only go back so many yrs.,..to late 70s.. but i can't recall we ever had speed on the edge like Dee. Granted the videos were just highlights, but still... this' is speed to burn, ridiculous speed. Once around the DT you can see the "bend" ...but where did that REACH come from? Gadzooks. It looks like he snags QBs while horizontal with what looks like a 9 ft reach. Sheesh.
I can't believe he is ours. What really is striking is that KC let him go. I know, they added what's his face, but still...
Everyone is excited about the O. We mostly know what is coming, now that Jimmy is back and kyle has shown what he can do with not much talent. Well he has it now. More than we can use, in fact. But it is the D that i can't wait for. I can kinda see it, but Nick, Solomon, Buck and then Dee on the other side?
How exactly does an O defend against that? QBs that have feasted on our hapless D for yrs now...it's over. And that doesn't even include Warner and Kwon.
If we stay healthy....mmmmm.