Smalls
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Bullshit.Canadawg said:
I'm sure you know this but ill remind you that for most plays as a defensive player you don't want to be noticed. 81% of the time you get noticed on defence by screwing up.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
No he hasnt. And he's behind McDonald who also has done nothingCanadawg said:I feel like Smalls is taking some unnecessary heat here. He hasn't been amazing but he's played solid for the 7? games he's played
Last year he was noticeably around the qb alot which bodes well -
Greg Gaines was immediately noticeable & impactful as a RS frosh. Savvy is no Greg Gaines.
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He’s no Brandon Buckner….
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No he wasn't. And in the games he started (Furd) he was driven off the ball 50 yards by the OT.Canadawg said:
I'm sure you know this but ill remind you that for most plays as a defensive player you don't want to be noticed. 81% of the time you get noticed on defence by screwing up.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
No he hasnt. And he's behind McDonald who also has done nothingCanadawg said:I feel like Smalls is taking some unnecessary heat here. He hasn't been amazing but he's played solid for the 7? games he's played
Last year he was noticeably around the qb alot which bodes well
We had this debate in the offseason. All his tackles averaged to 4.5 yards down the field. As a DE that means youvd lost contain. Think he is looking for sack number 1 as well.
He will get better and I hope he gets a lot better, but in 7 games he is currently a JAG -
You seem to be confusing DL with OL?Canadawg said:I'm sure you know this but ill remind you that for most plays as a defensive player you don't want to be noticed. 81% of the time you get noticed on defence by screwing up.
Hope this helps.
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Yes I did thanks!CarlosDanger said:
You seem to be confusing DL with OL?Canadawg said:I'm sure you know this but ill remind you that for most plays as a defensive player you don't want to be noticed. 81% of the time you get noticed on defence by screwing up.
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Well I agree with what you said. I think he's been solid overall though and I could see him still getting it to another level this yearPostGameOrangeSlices said:
No he wasn't. And in the games he started (Furd) he was driven off the ball 50 yards by the OT.Canadawg said:
I'm sure you know this but ill remind you that for most plays as a defensive player you don't want to be noticed. 81% of the time you get noticed on defence by screwing up.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
No he hasnt. And he's behind McDonald who also has done nothingCanadawg said:I feel like Smalls is taking some unnecessary heat here. He hasn't been amazing but he's played solid for the 7? games he's played
Last year he was noticeably around the qb alot which bodes well
We had this debate in the offseason. All his tackles averaged to 4.5 yards down the field. As a DE that means youvd lost contain. Think he is looking for sack number 1 as well.
He will get better and I hope he gets a lot better, but in 7 games he is currently a JAG -
Yep, I remember you posting about it. Kind of like when you watched Sirmon and said he wasn’t very good, the tbsers were a little salty. A five star front 7 player from Washington should be absolutely dominating. Kennedy had a couple other guys on defense that had D-1 offers and a couple FCS kids too. I don’t get how they had such a shitty defense.DerekJohnson said:
Like I said at that Woodinville-Kennedy game from 2019... During pre-game warm-ups Smalls struts out to midfield and just stares menacingly at the Woodinville players, and the Woodinville guys didn't seem to pay it any mind.RoadDawg55 said:I focused on him towards the end. He didn’t look good to me, but I didn’t watch the whole game.
He needs to be humbled and know he’s not going to be any good unless he works at it. His high school coaches all failed him and he loved and believed the hype.
Cooper McDonald starts over him. 5 star prospects should be making noise by year two.
By halftime, Woodinville was ahead 31-7 and Smalls was JAG.
I completely agree with Roadie, he needs a Come to Jesus Moment badly in order to maximize his above average physical skills
I thought Smalls looked okay last year. He belongs, but I don’t see an elite player and never really have. -
He hasn't even come close to showing that he was warranted as 5-star designation. Elite talent generally shows up pretty quickly. I got a little nervous when the DDY crew was on his jock harder than Sorel. Impossible to meet the hype. He doesn't appear to be very quick off the line. I will LIPO
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GrundleStiltzkin said:
Greg Gaines was immediately noticeable & impactful as a RS frosh. Savvy is no Greg Gaines.
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Smalls probably bought into the hype and got lazy in HS and is just starting to realize how much more work he has to do now that he's in college.
We saw ZTF blow up last year, so maybe with some conditioning and coaching, he'll figure things out -
Greg Gaines is one the 10 greatest living Americans.Swaye said:GrundleStiltzkin said:Greg Gaines was immediately noticeable & impactful as a RS frosh. Savvy is no Greg Gaines.
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I thought he looked good last year rushing the passer but clearly last year didn't mean shit and I'm sure he was aided by having ZTF across the line. Everyone outside of 3 DBs looks like shit though so is it any different. It seems like his plunge down to I think 4-star actually by 247 in the rankings was probably earned.
I've wondered how crowning kids as future Top 10 picks when they're freshmen in high school now would affect their development and of course the one UW lands is the one that seems to have had it have a negative impact on him.
That said, LIPO. -
The only guy more overrated than Smalls is Thibodeaux.
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Disagree. Thibidoux going top5 in draft. Also made plays in Rose Bowl and popped off.Kaepsknee said:The only guy more overrated than Smalls is Thibodeaux.
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He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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ShutKaepsknee said:The only guy more overrated than Smalls is Thibodeaux.
The
Fuck
Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU95nB9KlGQ
Oh and another strip sack fumble against FSU this year. -
#myLancersRoadDawg55 said:
Yep, I remember you posting about it. Kind of like when you watched Sirmon and said he wasn’t very good, the tbsers were a little salty. A five star front 7 player from Washington should be absolutely dominating. Kennedy had a couple other guys on defense that had D-1 offers and a couple FCS kids too. I don’t get how they had such a shitty defense.DerekJohnson said:
Like I said at that Woodinville-Kennedy game from 2019... During pre-game warm-ups Smalls struts out to midfield and just stares menacingly at the Woodinville players, and the Woodinville guys didn't seem to pay it any mind.RoadDawg55 said:I focused on him towards the end. He didn’t look good to me, but I didn’t watch the whole game.
He needs to be humbled and know he’s not going to be any good unless he works at it. His high school coaches all failed him and he loved and believed the hype.
Cooper McDonald starts over him. 5 star prospects should be making noise by year two.
By halftime, Woodinville was ahead 31-7 and Smalls was JAG.
I completely agree with Roadie, he needs a Come to Jesus Moment badly in order to maximize his above average physical skills
I thought Smalls looked okay last year. He belongs, but I don’t see an elite player and never really have. -
Did Joe T ever pop? I mean dude is a beat now, especially with Vita taking on 3 blockers himself. Give Smalls timebackthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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He had 9 sacks in a season with a crazy high pressure rate. Yeah he did.NeGgaPlEaSe said:
Did Joe T ever pop? I mean dude is a beat now, especially with Vita taking on 3 blockers himself. Give Smalls timebackthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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Not getting to see the 2020 front with ZTF popping, Tryon looking like he looks in the NFL now and Levi was a crime and I'm usually anti-doog and was never huge on Tryon or Levi.backthepack said:
He had 9 sacks in a season with a crazy high pressure rate. Yeah he did.NeGgaPlEaSe said:
Did Joe T ever pop? I mean dude is a beat now, especially with Vita taking on 3 blockers himself. Give Smalls timebackthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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Lifting? Seriously? ZTF at least always looked like he could play football. This isn't a athleticism thing, it's a can't play football thing. I don't think he should be close to writing off, but it is far from something that has to do with weight lifting, the guy is already huge.backthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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That would have been disgusting. Really sucks.WoolleyDoog said:
Not getting to see the 2020 front with ZTF popping, Tryon looking like he looks in the NFL now and Levi was a crime and I'm usually anti-doog and was never huge on Tryon or Levi.backthepack said:
He had 9 sacks in a season with a crazy high pressure rate. Yeah he did.NeGgaPlEaSe said:
Did Joe T ever pop? I mean dude is a beat now, especially with Vita taking on 3 blockers himself. Give Smalls timebackthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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Watch Utah last year, he was really good. He’s just a little stiff at the moment. I think he’ll be fine. He’s big but he needs to convert that body fat into muscle. He will. For someone so big he wasn't really that physically mature coming in. He looked explosive on that rush early in the game where he killed Blackmon. He flashes here and there which should have been the expectation for this and last year anyways.CuntWaffle said:
Lifting? Seriously? ZTF at least always looked like he could play football. This isn't a athleticism thing, it's a can't play football thing. I don't think he should be close to writing off, but it is far from something that has to do with weight lifting, the guy is already huge.backthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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Or he won't. What isn't fine is that he's firmly on the left end of the bell curve of where 5-stars are performing by year two.backthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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If he sucks next year then it’s a problem. I doubt he will though. He does his job for the most part and flashes here and there.GreenRiverGatorz said:
Or he won't. What isn't fine is that he's firmly on the left end of the bell curve of where 5-stars are performing by year two.backthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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Agreed. But I'm here to declare the early death of all things Husky football, and Smalls is not exempt!backthepack said:
If he sucks next year then it’s a problem. I doubt he will though. He does his job for the most part and flashes here and there.GreenRiverGatorz said:
Or he won't. What isn't fine is that he's firmly on the left end of the bell curve of where 5-stars are performing by year two.backthepack said:He’s had 1 offseason of lifting. It took ZTF 3 years to pop. He’ll be fine.
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He’s way ahead of ZTF and Tryon were in their second year at this point. Just let it play out.
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Is he? Not that it's that relevant since both of those guys were projects and nowhere near college ready when they came into the program. The concern with Smalls is that he's already hit his ceiling. But Tryon was flashing by the end of his RS freshman year. If Smalls can have an Apple Cup like he did in 2018 then I'll be a lot more confident about him heading into 2022.backthepack said:He’s way ahead of ZTF and Tryon were in their second year at this point. Just let it play out.
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Did either of them get this many snaps this early as a RS FR?GreenRiverGatorz said:
Is he? Not that it's that relevant since both of those guys were projects and nowhere near college ready when they came into the program. The concern with Smalls is that he's already hit his ceiling. But Tryon was flashing by the end of his RS freshman year. If Smalls can have an Apple Cup like he did in 2018 then I'll be a lot more confident about him heading into 2022.backthepack said:He’s way ahead of ZTF and Tryon were in their second year at this point. Just let it play out.
