Quote:Beasley plays with speed, but he has a lot of pop. You watch him and its speed, speed, speed, speed, and then boom, he jolts a tackle. Gregory didn't have the same suddenness as Beasley, but he could walk back tackles (usually with hands to the face).


Fowler only demonstrates his strength when he is on the move. He brings a lot of pop timing snap counts and blowing up full backs or when he meets running backs in the backfield. As far as coming out of a 3 point stance over a NFL quality left tackle, he is always overpowered.

I didnt see that at all from Beasely. I saw a guy who, to his credit, would scare guys up field with speed then later on use their overset and win with an up under or like you pointed out get them off balance and bull rush them back. IMO it wasn't pop, they're completely off balanced trying to kick slide out to him. All if that is great and a credit to Beasley's get off, not taking anything away from him. My concern is that many of the OT's in the NFL are a lot better athletes and are much more able to handle speed rushes. Can Beasley win after a OT slides out to cover him up like many in college couldn't?


Fowler doesn't have that speed and uses his hands better IMO. Does he need improvement, of course. But from what I've seen when he hits an OT with those heavy hands they can feel it.


I'm not trying to pimp Fowler over Beasley or anything like that. That's just what I've seen. We can disagree but you have valid concerns as do I. Fowler is still young and can definitely continue to add strength.

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