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Thomas Davis Tackling Machine


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Thomas Davis Tackling Machine

By Darin Gantt -Rock Hill Herald

CHARLOTTE -- When defensive coordinator Ron Meeks joined the Carolina Panthers this offseason, it didn't take him long to recognize what he wanted to do with Thomas Davis.

When Davis realized Meeks was coming to town, it didn't take him long to dig up some tape on a player he was compared to early on.

“I think if you put anybody there they're going to make plays.”

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“The little birdies are saying that's the position to have in this defense,” linebacker Na'il Diggs said.

“If you look at the other players who have played this defense on other teams and you look at the productivity James had in the preseason, you can't help to fall into that trap.

“I think if you put anybody there they're going to make plays.”

Interesting part to me...

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