Quote:That is exactly what him and the buffoons at the other site argue about Branch. He successfully executes the scheme and is therefore a failure.

 

Do I think scheme can inflate numbers?

 

Sure.

 

Does it mean that a player that benefits from a scheme design isn't any good, or if a young, developing player, can't be any good in the future?

 

No.

 

The best statistical seasons of Elway's career came under Shanahan after he installed the WCO.

 

Does that mean Elway wasn't great until then?

 

Not at all.

 

Now I do not suggest that Branch is the DE equivalent to Elway.

 

But there is a reason why Branch was considered a solid 2nd rounder by most observers.

 

He has the potential to be good. 

 

If you had Alualu doing the exact same things as Branch last year, I doubt seriously he would have produced 6 sacks.

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