05-20-2017, 04:42 PM
(05-19-2017, 10:45 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Good Lord son.ive been searching this guys name for 5 minutes and couldn't find it. It's Tupou. Lol (at least I think).
From NFL.com:
Overview
Tupou came from a football family where three cousins have played or are playing college football and his uncle, Viliami Mauau played at CU and with the Denver Broncos in the 1990s. He almost lost his right to complete his football career, however, after being charged with assault at a campus party in Boulder. That action cost him the entire 2015 season. Scouts were excited to see him that year after he garnered honorable mention All-Pac12 honors in 2014 (29 tackles, four for loss, three sacks). He had dropped 25 pounds before the 2013 season, and he started 12 games that year (34 tackles, three TFL), just one season after playing through a sprained ankle with the extra weight as a true freshman in 2012 (16 tackles, 4.5 TFL). Tupou finished his career on a high note, earning honorable mention all-conference accolades again in 2016 by making a career-high 45 tackles, four for loss, and two sacks.
Analysis
Strengths
Wide as a house. Squatty frame with big, strong legs. Can drop a heavy anchor and man his area of the turf. Centers struggle to get any kind of movement against him without help. Space-eater who can post and eat up the gaps. Good upper body strength to fend off shoulder or hip-torque moves to tilt him off balance.
Weaknesses
Might be playing a little too heavy. Stiff and slow. Has extremely limited area of effectiveness. Can be slow to unhinge from his block and pursue the play. Lacks functional lateral movement to stay on the play-side of the run. Slow out of stance and gets hooked by guards. No pass-rush value. Lacks ability to impact a game outside of his small area.
Draft Projection
Rounds 5-6
Bottom Line
Does one thing and one thing only -- eat up space. Doesn't have enough reactive quickness or even functional movement to find himself in many plays that aren't right at him, but his size and anchor gives him a shot with a team who values pure girth for early downs.
-Lance Zierlein
Great stuff Harley, thanks for that spot on analysis from Zierlein.
I don't know if i want him to make the team honestly, i like my D-lineman to both stop the run and rush the passer.
Tupou cannot rush the passer, unlike Atkins, Billings, DeShawn Williams and even Glasgow.
Peko was a space eater, eh. Raji was a space eater. They are good for taking up space.
(05-20-2017, 06:45 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Hardison is kind of a forgotten man. Really liked him coming out of college and looked good early last year, but just couldn't stay healthy. He is, essentially, in his contract year as well. A former fourth rounder, he will surely get his shot this season.
And I completely agree about MJ. The drafting of Lawson and Willis proves what most of us on here already knew, MJ offers little to no pass rush. A solid run defender, but that is about it.
Cue the "MJ was in the top 80% of DEs that farted near the opponent's QB" arguments.
Hardison has talent he just cannot get on the field and until he does he will be forgotten.
Fred just proves over and over that stats don't tell the whole story. Watch the damn game.
