Derrick Brown appreciation thread.

[Jackson113.2]

The true leader of this team. One of the only things Fhat Rhule did right.

[Jackson113.2]

 

 

[parker]

I keep bringing it up.  A lot of people on this board were calling him a bust his second season.   People on here are so quick to give up on a guy who is just getting used to the pro leagues.  Brown's absence last year was the big reason the defense struggled.  He impacts games.

[CBDellinger]

Just now, parker said:

I keep bringing it up.  A lot of people on this board were calling him a bust his second season.   People on here are so quick to give up on a guy who is just getting used to the pro leagues.  Brown's absence last year was the big reason the defense struggled.  He impacts games.

they go from being a kid in college to competing with grown ass millionaire men in a matter of months.  its a big adjustment.

[45catfan]

Dude changed the course of the game twice yesterday as a DT.  Freaking amazing!  I'm not sure if he got a game ball or not, but he definitely deserved one.

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, parker said:

I keep bringing it up.  A lot of people on this board were calling him a bust his second season.   People on here are so quick to give up on a guy who is just getting used to the pro leagues.  Brown's absence last year was the big reason the defense struggled.  He impacts games.

Yep, not to mention people wanted the guy we picked up on waivers sitting on the practice squad over Brown too.  Conventional draft wisdom is you don't typically draft a DT in the top 10 unless yiou have a generational talent.  Brown was/is and folks refused to see it at the time because of a few low RAS metrics.

[Mistuh Jones]

when I saw him piledrive that RB in college, and then run down the flat to blow up a screen I said THIS IS WHO I THOUGHT STAR WAS GONNA BE 

[kungfoodude]

7 minutes ago, parker said:

I keep bringing it up.  A lot of people on this board were calling him a bust his second season.   People on here are so quick to give up on a guy who is just getting used to the pro leagues.  Brown's absence last year was the big reason the defense struggled.  He impacts games.

I definitely was. People forget how bad those first two years were. So much footage of him getting abused in the run game by all these different IOL.

I think he just took more time than most elite players at his position to figure out some of the nuances of the position. Which, he was also there during the Matt Rhule era so the quality of the coaching was definitely in question.

[kungfoodude]

He was fantastic yesterday but I do remember remarking to my buddy after that Corum TD, "How did that little midget just steam roll Derrick Brown AND Ashawn Robinson??"

I still don't know how he managed to do that.

[raleigh-panther]

Great player

franchise player

a leader

 thank you Derek

[mav1234]

11 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

He was fantastic yesterday but I do remember remarking to my buddy after that Corum TD, "How did that little midget just steam roll Derrick Brown AND Ashawn Robinson??"

I still don't know how he managed to do that.

I feel like they had Corum and he slipped out, meanwhile a safety (Scott?) seemed to jump on our linemen and drive them back instead of contacting the ball carrier.  Would need to see another replay but I remember thinking something like that live.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, mav1234 said:

I feel like they had Corum and he slipped out, meanwhile a safety (Scott?) seemed to jump on our linemen and drive them back instead of contacting the ball carrier.  Would need to see another replay but I remember thinking something like that live.

I mean some of it was leverage and position truthfully, but he really did just push through their tackles. It was wild. After seeing the replay I still couldn't believe it.

[Lurk21]

5 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

I feel like they had Corum and he slipped out, meanwhile a safety (Scott?) seemed to jump on our linemen and drive them back instead of contacting the ball carrier.  Would need to see another replay but I remember thinking something like that live.

Yep, Scott messed up the momentum  of bringing him down by crashing into them all. 

[cranky]

56 minutes ago, Jackson113.2 said:

The true leader of this team. One of the only things Fhat Rhule did right.

Not quite right:

Rhule draft picks currently playing on the roster

• Ickey Ekwonu
• Cade Mays
• Brady Christensen
• Tommy Tremble
• Chuba Hubbard
• Jaycee Horn 
• Derrick Brown