Quote:If I had to characterize it, I'd say Poz is more the traditional MLB/ILB who can take on a G, put his shoulder into him, stand him up, shed, and make the tackle.  Jack does not seem to be that type yet, based SOLELY on the scrimmage.

 

However, I don't know, based on that same scrimmage, if knowledge of the scheme, lack of confidence, lack of size, or some combination of those things and more are impacting Jack negatively.  The strange thing is that in short yardage, when things tend to be very physical, he was there and made two short yardage stops.  But in normal down and distance, runs between the tackles at him were successful.

 

As I said earlier, I'm still not sure what to make of Jack at this point.  I should have a better understanding after the Jets game.

 

From what little I've seen of Jack, he takes the wrong gap a lot and gets caught up in the wash.  Poz manages to get right in the middle of things making something happen.   Poz is very underrated as a traditional run stopping middle linebacker.   Myles Jack is a lot faster than Poz, but Poz has great instincts.   He's a tackling machine.   If Poz stays healthy, Jack might wind up being a backup linebacker this year.  

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