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Originally Posted by coxew
Yes, he will be a RS sophomore. I guess I'd rather see him try to knock a guy out and occasionally not succeed than to have a guy back there that is afraid of contact.
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Not sure if being a sure tackler equates to being afraid of contact. Just not being reckless.
As much as I love our defense, I think that we were way over aggressive quite a bit last year. Fraser lost contain at least once per game. Gamble overplayed just about every stop and go route. Quite a few times in the Michigan game Nate Salley overpursued, and took bad angles on Chris Perry. There were quite a few times where our front seven overran a play, and were reduced to throwing an arm out, and hoping the ball carrier would go down. Especially in the Michigan game.
There's a big difference between playing aggressively, and playing recklessly.