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Derrick Brown appreciation thread.

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1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

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.

He has a down year after his rookie year and that seems to happen to a lot of players. If I recall Rhule had him playing out of place that year too.  Was he the NT?

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5 minutes ago, parker said:

He has a down year after his rookie year and that seems to happen to a lot of players. If I recall Rhule had him playing out of place that year too.  Was he the NT?

Well he was also pretty bad his rookie year. He had a very rough 2.5 to 3 years before it really started to click. But when that light turned on, yowzer. He has consistently been a top 10 IDL and arguably top 5 IDL since 2023. 

Let's hope he stays healthy and continues to get even better. He is a core member of our new team.

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2 hours ago, cranky said:

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

To be completely fair, Brown was a Marty Hurney pick.  On brand, Marty crushed the first round selection and crapped the bed with the rest of the draft (Jeremy Chinn withstanding, but he's not on the roster).

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I've been critical of Brown in the past. I never thought he was a bust. I just felt that to be taken that high in the draft he needed to have a bigger impact in the field, especially in terms of a pass rush in a pass-happy league. He always been good in most games against the run.

This year his pass rush has improved. He has a career high 4 sacks this season (which leads the team), and we still have 4 games to go. That sack number is literally 1/3 of his career sack total (12). 

Even more impressive is the fact that he's having such a great season coming off an season-ending injury in 2024. He (and Horn)  are really living up to their draft slot...and that's a good thing for the team and fans alike.

 

 

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9 minutes ago, SCO96 said:

I've been critical of Brown in the past. I never thought he was a bust. I just felt that to be taken that high in the draft he needed to have a bigger impact in the field, especially in terms of a pass rush in a pass-happy league. He always been good in most games against the run.

This year his pass rush has improved. He has a career high 4 sacks this season (which leads the team), and we still have 4 games to go. That sack number is literally 1/3 of his career sack total (12). 

Even more impressive is the fact that he's having such a great season coming off an season-ending injury in 2024. He (and Horn)  are really living up to their draft slot...and that's a good thing for the team and fans alike.

 

 

I think having that injury happen the first game last year allowed him to thoroughly rehab and not try to hurry back. 
They took it a little easy on him and that was apparently more of a precaution.. early in the year they weren’t using him to try and get a pass rush. 

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I still think Brown is not playing his natural position. He seems tailor-made to play the 4-3 NT, and even a 3-technique in some cases. Imagine him playing for Ron Rivera alongside Kwann Short with Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson coming off the edges. His sack totals would go up because he wouldn't be getting most of the attention like he does now.

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