03-16-2024, 09:12 PM
(03-16-2024, 08:08 PM)Synric Wrote: I am not as high on Byron Murphy as most (top 20). He was an excellent rotational nose tackle in the big 12 great first step leverage and core strength but you arent going to let him 2 gap in short yardage and Texas didnt let him rush the passer from the B Gap.
I have an early second round grade on Murphy as a high end 1t.
I will respectfully disagree and Texas utilized him in many different ways on their defensive front. I don't get the notion that they did not "let" him rush the passer from the B gap. Is this to say that if it was a passing down and he was lined up in the B that they told him not to go after the QB? While it may not be as easy for him to get after the QB in the B gap (generally because he drew many double teams when he lined up in the B) that does not mean that he was not successful in the B gap. If your concern in 2 gapping is him seeing double teams then you must not have watched much tape of him as he consistently drew as many if not more double teams than Sweat did when they were both on the field.
