(06-01-2018, 09:44 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(05-27-2018, 02:22 PM)Jags02 Wrote: Brackens wasn't pure get off, speed and bend tho like McCray and Ngakoue. Brackens was a bigger guy who won with his hands, moves, power and everything else. I would take Brackens overall as I've long had him as one of the team's few best defensive players ever. I'm just saying when it comes to a textbook pass rush, it's hard to top Yannick who has a few strip sacks of his own. 

1.  Brackens was definitely a speed rusher. He had an array of moves, but I would definitely put him in the speed rusher category.

2.  Brackens wasn't a "bigger guy."  https://www.pro-football-reference.com/p...acTo00.htm  He was 267 lbs, which wasn't much bigger than McCray (261).  I guess when I think "bigger guy" for a DE, I think 280 lbs+.

I agree with you that people here tend to vastly underrate Brackens and his contributions to the Jaguars.  I would say that at the rate Ngakoue is trending, Ngakoue may well pass Brackens as an impact pass rusher.  But Brackens remains one of my all time favorites.  Without him even as a part time player, we definitely don't make that run in 1996.

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