Interesting: Teammates had issues with Willis last season....

[SunsetBengal]

(06-08-2018, 02:28 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Great news, i have high hopes for this guy. He is quiet and likes to just go to work which i can understand him
saying can rub people the wrong way. He definately is no flambouyant individual that is for sure.

Adding 15 pounds of muscle and not losing any speed is impressive. What i liked so much about Jordan Willis
at Kansas State was his ability to both rush the passer and stop the run.

This is what you need in a starting End. What is nice is Hubbard can do both as well. Lawson still needs to work
on stopping the run but has those elite pass rushing skills as we all saw. I like our young guys on D.

I wouldn't put much stock into him rubbing people the wrong way.  Seems to me that perhaps the author had to dig deep to find something grabbing to tell about, and maybe make it seem like more than it actually was.  If I were a guessing man, I'd say it might be a while before Jordan Willis offers up any info to that particular reporter again.  It's awful convenient that the two players mentioned by name are no longer with the team.  Actually, guys like Gilberry and Clarke would have pretty good motive to not be welcoming to him, after all he was drafted in the 3rd round to come and take their jobs.  (I realize that Willis didn't name anyone, but the author sure brought those names right up in the next paragraph.  I have read enough of these articles over the years to get what they're trying to say.)

As for him now?  Hell yeah, adding 15# of muscle without losing any speed is a phenomenal achievement.  If he keeps getting bigger, he just might end up in that DE/DT role that the team seems to enjoy having on board.  In a worst case scenario, he might be the one to step into Carlos' role, when the inevitable day arrives.