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Natural talent or a flash in the pan?

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I have been trying to remember a time when a DE who never played a down in the NFL regular season, was a UDFA  and straight off a practice squad, did what Ryan Delaire did yesterday. I have watched many years of football and can not recall such a thing. Some will say it is a revenge game for him.......but natural talent is hard to hide.

The guy looks as quick as a cat off the line. Amazing that D.G and his scouting staff can see this when other teams do not. I know it's just one game,  but to come in and ball like he did is really amazing. A diamond in the rough for sure....  D.G pulls the strings and it happens.

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I'm far from about to anoint him the next JJ watt, but the kid did look incredibly quick.  Only thing with him is that he could use a little more size to be a bit more effective in the run game, but if he can keep some of that quickness and add about 10 pounds of mass, that kid could be what we wanted Ealy to be.

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This guy is probably going to make Allen quickly become some quality depth. Delaire looked like he was shot out of a cannon every play while Allen reminded me of a skinny Haynesworth. It's probably an age thing, but I just think it's funny to see that an UDFA could be starting over a 2X NFL sack leader as well as a 5X Pro Bowler after his first game.

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well, one could question, why didn't carolina bring him in instead of the bucs, and when he was cut, why didn't we bring him in then?  There may be more about this kid than we know.

In the article about him I saw, we targeted him as a Priority UDFA after the draft, but he chose Tampa (presumably because of their dearth of pass rush talent).  My guess about the redskins situation was that we felt "okay" at DE with CJ and Kony ealy, but with CJ's injury and Ealy's really poor performances, G-man decided to look into other options.

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He was playing like someone lit a fire in his britches. Loved his energy and quickness. I think he will continue to impress. 

 

As as far as Allen- he didn't do anything stellar but he was engaged and consistent, I'm definitely not writing him off. He is a huge addition to the squad. 

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Hopefully this lights a fire under Ealy's ass. Maybe with his flexibility we could turn him into a DT with how thin it seems to becoming after cole left with the underwhelming performance of Dwan Edwards as of late. However, Ealy, as of now, is strictly looking like a rotational guy.

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well, one could question, why didn't carolina bring him in instead of the bucs, and when he was cut, why didn't we bring him in then?  There may be more about this kid than we know.

"The Panthers tried to work him out immediately after he was cut, but Washington offered a practice squad job so he went there instead. He made his way to the Panthers just in time, as they put veteran end Charles Johnson on IR/designated for return last week."  http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/10/05/panthers-find-a-pass-rusher-not-the-one-they-expected/

 

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well, one could question, why didn't carolina bring him in instead of the bucs, and when he was cut, why didn't we bring him in then?  There may be more about this kid than we know.

he signed with the bucs as am udfa.  We targeted him,  but he chose them.  And when they released him the skins were higher on the waiver write and picked him up before we could get him. 

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I felt something good was up when we signed him straight to the 53, having never heard of him. Now we know why.

They didn't have a choice.

If you sign a player off another team's PS, you are required to add him to the 53 man roster for at least 3 weeks.

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