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Originally Posted by jwinslow
hamby definitely had a chance to catch the quick hitter (which was a bullet), once, twice... and then during the third attempt (when he was bringing in the easy popup) he was nailed.
oneshot, what similarities do you see to benson? I see 'stud' written all over both, but benson seems stronger/slower, whereas charles is faaast.
UT fans, what frosh do you expect to have a big impact? I've seen many drooling over Kindle, but will he push for starting at LB? Special Teams?
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It seems crazy, but I'm not just blowing smoke out of my ass.
I watched the Benson 2003 and 2004 highlights from jcdenton and then the Charles highlight from 2005 from the same website.
Its the ability to break the weak tackle that puts them in a group, in my book.
Even though Charles is faster, he is NOT a pure slasher (I would call Pittman a pure slasher with a little bit of boom). Charles plays with a big back mentality, but has the cutback available to him.
What they both have in common is to see the DB that's coming, give him the quick juke, and then when the arm tackle comes, to run right through it (or in several cases, just strip the hand away).
Charles is a stud.
Benson didnt have the breakaway speed that Charles has, but still had a little more power in his runs.
Charles' footwork is better than Bensons, as is evidenced in Benson's sometimes tripping himself in a juke that was too fast for him.
Both have outstanding balance.
Good backs, very similar.