Excellent stuff as always. I stumbled across that video last week on youtube and really saw some issues he had with struggle to stack and shed/set the edge. Your analysis simply reconfirmed what I had seen.

These video reports are awesome - really enjoying them!

 

I'd be curious to see a breakdown of how Bart Scott and David Harris or even Jarod Mayo did this past year at stacking/shedding.

Without comparing it to other players it's tough (for me) to see how inadequate someone is, but that's just me I guess. I mean, maybe he got blocked by an inordinate amount of OL due to the lack of ability on Mizzou's DL (he looked great IMO in the senior bowl for example).

I don't know. I'm not saying he's for sure good enough to play ILB in a 3-4 or anywhere other than WLB in a cover 2, but it seems to me like he's talented enough to play more than just the one spot in one particular defense.

 

Tough evaluation Conu, Weatherspoon seems deficient in S.T.I, but is a good athlete, is it poor coaching? MO is not known for placing Lb's in the NFL.

Avoiding contact is the kiss o' death for a Lb though, they have to thrive on hitting and being hit, if Spoon doesn't he is not going to wind up in Miami.

 

Not a problem man.

 

David Harris is very physical and is probably the ideal 3-4 inside linebacker.

 

What if he's asked to play like Jerod Mayo though?

I always thought Mayo would be better in a 4-3 outside.

 

They are two completely different types of players. Jerod Mayo is a downhill linebacker who held his ground against blockers and played the run game very well at Tennessee. Weatherspoon is more of a coverage linebacker that plays the run like a pansy.

 

Good linebacker, but I wouldnt want to take him with our first rounder like some say. I can see him going in the later parts of round 1 though.