(03-30-2022, 10:24 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-30-2022, 10:05 AM)Upper Wrote: Beasley led the league in sacks (yes the sacks to pressures ratio was inflated by a decent amount but it was still really darn good, and he also did it as the main guy getting attention not the 4th or 5th guy like Fowler) and then tore his hamstring in half and didn't have the same burst after having surgery on it.

Beasley was never that good, his sack number was very inflated and was a huge liability in the run game, just a couple reason why Atlanta didn't want to keep him and why he had a problem finding any team that even wanted him, kinda like Yawn, (although he isnt as food as Yawn) Fowler tore his ACL in the first spring practice of his rookie year and missed his while rookie season which I think was a big part of why his career has turned out the way it has.  I wanted Cooper, even though I didn't think we needed WR at the time because we just had 2 WRs that broke 1000 yards but I felt he was the best player in the draft.  Who was the last player that missed his whole rookie year because of injury that turned out to be good?

Atlanta didn't want to keep him because he wasn't the same player after coming back from a completely torn hamstring. A torn hamstring for a guy who relies on his elite elite burst is a way bigger deal than routine torn ACL recovery. I also don't care that a nearly elite pass rusher is bad vs the run, that's like 5% of his job.

I really don't get how you have this compulsatory obsession with trying to knock Beasley every time his name comes up, because somehow it makes your biases feel better that at least he didn't turn into a superstar because we missed on Fowler. It's very unhealthy man.

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