Quote:Fowler was lauded for his motor. I'm not sure if it's his lack of passion or his lack of conditioning, but it just doesn't look like he's got that next level gear that will make him a stud.


It's his 1st year back since his knee injury, so I'm willing to give him another year. But one would need to be quite the apologist to not admit there is some level of concern based on his current performance.

 

DL and DE are instinct positions you have be able to react immediately after recognizing what is going on. You can tell that he is having to think through things on the field, which greatly slows him down. He cannot show off his speed and athleticism if he is having to think what he is doing.

 

Basically this underscores the horrible job this coaching staff has done at development. They babied him this off season because of the ACL with a slow recovery, when they should have gone full out on recovery and use the rest of the off season to work on his craft and learning the position. Sure it sucked he got hurt, but it was a standard ACL injury, not rare version that required special recovery.

 

Plus this staff has not developed any pass rushers in 4 seasons, so why would we expect them to do that with Fowler.

 

We need a new coaching staff. 

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