Originally Posted by Megatron96
Well, I'm trying to be conservative here.
And yeah, he got 5 sacks to finish the season, but if we're honest, our last half dozen or so games weren't against the best OLs in the league. We kind of knew that the defense was going to look better, both statistically and in the eye test, partially because we knew they were going to be going up against inferior talent for the last few games.
In that 6 games stretch, they only faced one top-tier offense/OL, CIN, and one good one in SEA. The rest of those teams were bottom tier offenses, riddled with injuries, or were hamstrung by backup QBs. Not to mention that several were out of the playoff race by the time we ran into them.
So, yeah, I'm going to hedge a little on how optimistic I am right now. The thing is, almost everything that could make George better than average is going to grow between his ears. He's not a physical freak, but he's supposedly pretty smart. That's going to be his best weapon, not his bend or burst. He can improve, but he's never going to be mistaken for one of the Bosa brothers, physically speaking.
But he can develop the mental side of his game to a point where it starts to mitigate some of those physical limitations, so that he can be where he needs to be in time to make plays consistently. Because he does have some speed, and he has that motor.
That's going to take a little time, but like I said, he's going to have plenty of chances to hone his craft.
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