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Look, pass rushing at the NFL is a little like pitching at the major league level. Yeah, you've got your go-to fastball and a curve, and that works in the minors, but to be a great pitcher, you need a really good third pitch and maybe even a fourth.
So a Karlaftis gets drafted, and he's a big, strong kid who bullied guys in college, and maybe he's got heavy hands and little secondary move but he needed more than that to win in the NFL.
So earlier in the year, he was juuuuuust coming up short, not quite getting there. But there's clear improvement, and we're starting to see some stats to back that up. He's showing some different techniques, and he's getting pressures, batted balls, and now the sacks are starting to come.
So, you know, you can wish he was a speed rusher that just blows by OT's at the snap, but that'll never be his game. Expecting that is dumb, and hating the pick because he wasn't that is even dumber. Lots of great pass rushers that win primarily with power in the NFL. Karlaftis is getting better every week.
If anything, he needs to clean up the missed tackles, there were a few this week. Of course, the whole team checked out mid-way through the second quarter and luckily checked back IN just in time to close it out.
He's going to be a building block.
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