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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?

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Posted by camplsu

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Member since Feb 2007

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Posted on 2/19/15 at 12:19 pm to Bacon84

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Being you, obviously know everything about being a middle linebacker, I guess you can get in and do a better job?

This is the dumbest logic in the world. By your logic, Bill Belichick shouldn't be able to critique DJ Welter because DJ Welter is more physically gifted than Bill Belichick.

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Posted by UpToPar

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Posted on 2/19/15 at 1:06 pm to Bacon84

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Being you, obviously know everything about being a middle linebacker, I guess you can get in and do a better job?

Holy shite we have some stupid people who post here.

His critique is very accurate. You do not need to be able to physically do something better than someone else to critique them.

What do you think of Anthony Jennings's arm strength? I know I damn sure can't throw a football further than he can, but I know that his arm strength is not elite.

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Posted by therick711

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Posted on 2/19/15 at 1:26 pm to Bacon84

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Being you, obviously know everything about being a middle linebacker, I guess you can get in and do a better job?

If the best thing you can say about someone's play is that someone who doesn't play football couldn't do better, you've lost the argument.

Think it through. Basically, you couldn't find a single actual football player to compare him favorably and meaningfully, so you had to move to people who don't actually play his sport and say, "See, he's better than that guy who can't play football!" Talk about damning with faint praise.

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Posted by BilJ

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Posted on 2/19/15 at 1:58 pm to Bacon84