Quote:What do you want us to say? He's an awful player and we should've picked Vic Beasley? 

 

Better?

You don't even read what people have to say. Not only that, i have not said one word about Vic Beasley. Stop superimposing one person's opinion onto another's. Do I think Beasley is a more explosive pass rusher than Fowler? Without question. Is Beasley a better all around player? Not at all. Beasley has proven to be undersized and soft against the run and does not play with anywhere near the same intensity, motor, and violence of Fowler. Does that excuse Fowler's lack of explosive power? No. I am talking about Fowler, anything about Beasley is irrelevant because I'm not saying we should have taken him over Fowler. I am just pointing out a legit concern and trying to see if people can come up with a good reason for it be overlooked to the tune of justifying Fowler as a top 3 pick and I have yet to see anyone give good reason. 

 

I did not and have not called Fowler awful, I even said just a few posts up that he will be a good player. An elite pass rusher though? Highly questionable, which is the point of this thread. 

 

Quote:What does it matter? He's smaller, plays a position where he should be even more explosive than a pass rusher, and the concerns about a lack of explosiveness have obviously been misplaced. 

Uh, no. The running back position has far more to do with elusiveness, footwork, vision, and agility/lateral quickness than explosiveness. A running back can be very weak in his base and still be very good if he has good vision, footwork, agility, and is able to make guys miss. For pass rusher, having strong bases is much more important because they have to be able to fight through 300lbs lineman directly.

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