09-17-2018, 05:02 AM
(09-15-2018, 10:04 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Bates has far superior range (speed and quickness) to Reggie. But Reggie was/is the better tackler. Reggie will rock you, Bates will get stronger, but now he has to have great technique to get big guys down.
I loved Reggie and I think Bates will be much better overall in time.
Bates is already one of my favourites - and i was a huge Reggie fan too. But this guy could be even better.
As we know Marvin has historically (though its changed a bit in last couple of years) been conservative with rookies so the fact that he was comfortable letting Iloka go and making him the starter should have given us a clue about his play.
He looks like he's been in the league for 5 years already....really excited to see how he goes for the rest of the year
