Quote:The point remains, you can have all of the intangibles in the world...the best work ethic, the hardest motor, more intensity than anyone, the desire to hit with 'bad intentions' every time...there are still minimum athletic benchmarks a player has to have to be successful and I think Fowler falls real close to the line of whether that is possible. I will stick to my thoughts, his motor and effort will keep him from being a flat out buest, but I don't think he will be a star either. Solid mid level starter. 

 

I think his 10 yard split is close to elite.  Combine that with his non-stop motor, he will make a lot of plays.  I think he is at least athletic enough to be a star.  Whether he will be will be determined in the future, but he's got enough.   If we use him well around his strengths, I think he can be a 10+ sack/year guy.

 

You can see his 10 yard split + effort get him that sack against FSU this past year when he fell down, got up, and ran him down for a sack.

 

Those are plays that will happen a bunch of times in his career

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