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I gotta say, both he and Okereke's film looks like Darius Leonard's from last year....

 

Instinctual.....sideline to sideline speed.....hustle....wrap up tacklers.....and they all look long and lean....

 

I'm pretty excited about the new depth and Thomas, Moore, and Franklin should be on notice.

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Thanks for adding the video. Man he looks really good. I really like how he can line up anywhere and I really liked his angles on making tackles and how he didn’t over pursue. In the video he reminds me of a poor mans polomalu or however the heck you spell it, but that’s in college I’m hoping he plays just as well at the pro level. 

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27 minutes ago, krunk said:

He looks pretty good. I have no doubt he could run Skai Moore and possibly Franklin out of here.

I love Skai's instincts in coverage but his athletic limitations puts him behind both of them......and as you may recall I loved me some Skai Moore last year!

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48 minutes ago, Scott Pennock said:

I love Skai's instincts in coverage but his athletic limitations puts him behind both of them......and as you may recall I loved me some Skai Moore last year!

I dont like Moore primarily because hes a weak tackler against the run. You can tell EJ speed likes to thump.

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10 hours ago, krunk said:

I dont like Moore primarily because hes a weak tackler against the run. You can tell EJ speed likes to thump.

 

Pass coverage and speed will be negated if we cannot force enough 3rd and long situations by playing the run well. Note that everyone around the league is getting smaller and faster, The Patriots are bucking the trend or setting the new trend by going bigger. 

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I will try to find the article again, but I read an article that Speed got a couple of offers from a DIV 1 schools but chose to stay near home because his brother had cancer.  The plan was to play at Tarlerton until his brother recovered and then they were going to play together.  But his brother died and he just stayed there.

 

I found the article

 

 

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On ‎4‎/‎29‎/‎2019 at 9:24 PM, Scott Pennock said:

I gotta say, both he and Okereke's film looks like Darius Leonard's from last year.... 

 

Instinctual.....sideline to sideline speed.....hustle....wrap up tacklers.....and they all look long and lean....

I was thinking the same thing. Speed looks like a Leonard clone in his highlights.

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I'm about as excited with this kid as about any of the draft picks.

A 6'4" big linebacker with speed and hits like a truck, yeah I'm 

on board.

 

Leonard, Walker, Okereke or Speed "your pick three" is gonna be

fun watching these guys swarm.

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“You can just look at my history from the Lone Star Conference. Danieal Manning, Johnny Knox, J’Marcus Webb – we all, we drafted. I worked in Kingsville where I coached all those players so I know the conference really well,” Ballard said regarding Speed and his background being from a lower level of competition. “We comb, our scout went in there and had a grade on him. He had a great workout. We were combing the numbers. He had an unbelievable workout. We started studying him more and we just see a guy that’s got really big upside as an inside backer.”

https://www.colts.com/news/life-experiences-helped-turn-e-j-speed-into-a-player-with-really-big-upside

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8 hours ago, krunk said:

“You can just look at my history from the Lone Star Conference. Danieal Manning, Johnny Knox, J’Marcus Webb – we all, we drafted. I worked in Kingsville where I coached all those players so I know the conference really well,” Ballard said regarding Speed and his background being from a lower level of competition. “We comb, our scout went in there and had a grade on him. He had a great workout. We were combing the numbers. He had an unbelievable workout. We started studying him more and we just see a guy that’s got really big upside as an inside backer.”

https://www.colts.com/news/life-experiences-helped-turn-e-j-speed-into-a-player-with-really-big-upside

Manning was a baller, knox was a good 3rd/4th guy with return skills and Webb has been a solid tackle for quite a few years. I'd say Ballard has a good track record down there!

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On 5/2/2019 at 3:12 PM, Tombstone said:

The are not going to be able to hide Speed on the practice squad.....  so I think he will be taking one of the last year drafted LB's spot.

 

There's some room. Goode is gone. You have a 7th rounder ( Franklin) and 2 FA rookies (Moore ,and Adams ) that were on our roster last year.

 

I would think Speed has more upside than any of those last remaining 3 guys. They are probably  all (maybe one stays ?) gone as you have Benogu , Okereke joining Speed. 

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