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re: Love him or Hate him, DJ Welter Career Highlights
Posted on 2/19/15 at 10:12 am to Gulf Coast Tiger
Posted on 2/19/15 at 10:12 am to Gulf Coast Tiger
After watching the highlights, I see several things that made DJ Welter a very poor middle LB, besides being undersized.
1) Welter's feet always stop on contact. He never keeps his feet moving through the tackle
2) Welter never stopped someone in their tracks in the hole. It was always a few yards downfield and the runner is usually falls forward. The times he did tackle someone in the backfield, he was usually assisted by another player.
3) slow reaction time. Fills the hole too slow.
4) could not get off blocks.
All of these things, besides not keeping his feet moving through the tackle, could be attributed to his small size and speed for a middle linebacker in the SEC.
1) Welter's feet always stop on contact. He never keeps his feet moving through the tackle
2) Welter never stopped someone in their tracks in the hole. It was always a few yards downfield and the runner is usually falls forward. The times he did tackle someone in the backfield, he was usually assisted by another player.
3) slow reaction time. Fills the hole too slow.
4) could not get off blocks.
All of these things, besides not keeping his feet moving through the tackle, could be attributed to his small size and speed for a middle linebacker in the SEC.
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Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:53 am to partyboy1930
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partyboy1930
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After watching the highlights, I see several things that made DJ Welter a very poor middle LB, besides being undersized. 1) Welter's feet always stop on contact. He never keeps his feet moving through the tackle 2) Welter never stopped someone in their tracks in the hole. It was always a few yards downfield and the runner is usually falls forward. The times he did tackle someone in the backfield, he was usually assisted by another player. 3) slow reaction time. Fills the hole too slow. 4) could not get off blocks. All of these things, besides not keeping his feet moving through the tackle, could be attributed to his small size and speed for a middle linebacker in the SEC.
Being you, obviously know everything about being a middle linebacker, I guess you can get in and do a better job?
Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:30 am to partyboy1930
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After watching the highlights, I see several things that made DJ Welter a very poor middle LB, besides being undersized. 1) Welter's feet always stop on contact. He never keeps his feet moving through the tackle 2) Welter never stopped someone in their tracks in the hole. It was always a few yards downfield and the runner is usually falls forward. The times he did tackle someone in the backfield, he was usually assisted by another player. 3) slow reaction time. Fills the hole too slow. 4) could not get off blocks. All of these things, besides not keeping his feet moving through the tackle, could be attributed to his small size and speed for a middle linebacker in the SEC.
Although I don't disagree with the assessment, I also saw a lot of those highlights show Welter making tackles after the other player missed his responsibility. There were a lot of plays he "cleaned up". His lack of footwork, speed and strength kept him from making many impact plays though and that hurt his rep.
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