Quote:I'm glad you brought that up. Benching 225 lbs 35x or whatever it was is impressive but Beasley does not play that strong. He gets stood up so many times when his speed rush fails him and it will fail him even more once he's in the league.


Note: Benching 225 lbs 35x has more to do with stamina and endurance than it does pure strength so don't confuse the two. Boselli benched only 23x I believe. All you have to do is be strong enough which Fowler is. Fowler is much stronger between the lines than Beasley and that's all that matters in my book.

 

I'm not arguing that Beasley plays the strongest of all the defensive linemen in the draft.  The point is that you don't just push out 35 reps and lack the strength just to set an edge as a defensive end.  

 

Beasley does get stood up a lot on his pass rush, but that's because he is mostly using speed rushes.  Roy Miller would get stood up if he unsuccessfully did a speed rush from the outside as well.  Look at his strength when he bull rushes.  He absolutely jolts tackles - whether by surprise or by sheer strength, who knows, but it happens.

 

Fowler has a below average chest and a pudgy core.  

 

I really don't know which is more stout at the point of attack between Beasley and Fowler.  Beasley certainly sets an edge at times, but doesn't often 2 gap.  Fowler, on the other hand, usually loses the battle against the elite tackles and is usually moved to LE when there are premier pass protectors on the offensive left side.

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