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Not a Georgia homer but the kid is ALWAYS in the right place when it comes to having a nose for the football... Some guys are workout wonders others are FOOTBALL players. We could move Brook to weakside again and obviously Boley to strong... I just think he is a cheap hidden gem type of player. Any opinions on it?

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Abe (2/29/2008)
Not a Georgia homer but the kid is ALLWAYS in the right place when it comes to having a nose for the football... Some guys are workout wonders others are FOOTBALL players. We could move Brook to weakside again and obviously Boley to strong... I just think he is a cheap hidden gem type of player. Any opinions on it?

ALWAYS in the right place?

When did he play last year? I must have missed that.

If you're talking about when he was at GA you need to go ahead and stop. College isn't the NFL.

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matt_jennifer (2/29/2008)
Hartley are you just plain stupid brooking has averaged 100+ tackles a year what games have you been watching or have you watched any at all? Since you have not watched any games he led the team in tackles last year.

ya they were all nice tackles made 7 yards downfield or on his back in the endzone . alot of those tackles were also made on his own teammates who were actually trying to tackle the person with the ball. I thought he got lasik surgery what is the problem?

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matt_jennifer (2/29/2008)
Hartley are you just plain stupid brooking has averaged 100+ tackles a year what games have you been watching or have you watched any at all? Since you have not watched any games he led the team in tackles last year.

and by the way he tied with Boley for the lead while Boley had more solo's and 4 forced fumbles to go with brooking's zero. also Boley was up for the pro bowl while Brooking was getting named "highway 56". stop spreading propaganda and admit his career was over 2 years ago.

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Sun Tzu 7 (2/29/2008)
Vicious (2/29/2008)
The most extensively that I saw him play was against Seattle. He did well.

Supposedly we're switching to a cover 2.

The question is if he is a cover 2 MLB.

:laugh: Why do people keep talking about cover-2 linebackers? It's like we have a board full of people who dont follow football, or know what the **** cover-2 refers to.

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(edit: I meant to quote the comment defending Brooking on page one... but the board won't let me delete and repost.)

Yeah, but they were all 10 yards past the line of scrimmage. lol

Just kidding. I agree with you. He's past his prime, and out of position, but Brooking past his prime and out of position is still better than half the starters in the league.

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mbrizzle (2/29/2008)
Sun Tzu 7 (2/29/2008)
Vicious (2/29/2008)
The most extensively that I saw him play was against Seattle. He did well.

Supposedly we're switching to a cover 2.

The question is if he is a cover 2 MLB.

:laugh: Why do people keep talking about cover-2 linebackers? It's like we have a board full of people who dont follow football, or know what the **** cover-2 refers to.

I guess I should have said how good is he at dropping into zone coverage?

How about shedding blocks because if you haven't noticed we're going to be weak up the middle.

From what I've seen we're switching to a cover 2.

This is a good idea considering we won't be able to get a consistent pass rush with out front four. It's looking like our starting corners are going to be 2nd year players and one of them struggles in zone coverage.

So between not being able to generate a pass rush and not being able to cover we're going to be asking the linebackers to do alot. They are going to have to blitz and they are going to have to drop into coverage quite a bit.

Good thing we have a DC with two years of experience coaching in the NFL. Good thing it was linebackers.

Honestly it probably doesn't matter who is in the middle because we're going to struggle regardless.

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matt_jennifer (2/29/2008)
Hartley are you just plain stupid brooking has averaged 100+ tackles a year what games have you been watching or have you watched any at all? Since you have not watched any games he led the team in tackles last year.

ya they were all nice tackles made 7 yards downfield or on his back in the endzone . alot of those tackles were also made on his own teammates who were actually trying to tackle the person with the ball. I thought he got lasik surgery what is the problem?

I got Hartley's back on this one. Brooking is an overpaid pile jumper who routinely gets flattened by fullbacks. He also sucks at covering backs out of the backfield in pass coverage when playing the weak side so it would be best to purge his ridiculous salary.

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I got Hartley's back on this one. Brooking is an overpaid pile jumper who routinely gets flattened by fullbacks. He also sucks at covering backs out of the backfield in pass coverage when playing the weak side so it would be best to purge his ridiculous salary
. That is very true, but I am afraid we will have to deal with it for one more year.
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Abe (2/29/2008)
i guess if we are going to TRY and be like New England then we will start having to give some of these unproven guys a chance to save us money and build a great team.

I got no problem with giving the kid a chance to see what he has.

But if you want to compare us to New England to prove your point LB is the wrong position.

When was the last time you saw a 2nd year guy start at LB for the Pats? They go with vets at that position and usually bring in free agents.

I don't even remember them even drafting a line backer.

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Sun Tzu 7 (2/29/2008)
mbrizzle (2/29/2008)
Sun Tzu 7 (2/29/2008)
Vicious (2/29/2008)
The most extensively that I saw him play was against Seattle. He did well.

Supposedly we're switching to a cover 2.

The question is if he is a cover 2 MLB.

:laugh: Why do people keep talking about cover-2 linebackers? It's like we have a board full of people who dont follow football, or know what the **** cover-2 refers to.

I guess I should have said how good is he at dropping into zone coverage?

How about shedding blocks because if you haven't noticed we're going to be weak up the middle.

From what I've seen we're switching to a cover 2.

This is a good idea considering we won't be able to get a consistent pass rush with out front four. It's looking like our starting corners are going to be 2nd year players and one of them struggles in zone coverage.

So between not being able to generate a pass rush and not being able to cover we're going to be asking the linebackers to do alot. They are going to have to blitz and they are going to have to drop into coverage quite a bit.

Good thing we have a DC with two years of experience coaching in the NFL. Good thing it was linebackers.

Honestly it probably doesn't matter who is in the middle because we're going to struggle regardless.

his old DC is the New DC of the falcons, so i bet he knows what to do with him.

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Sun Tzu 7 (2/29/2008)
mbrizzle (2/29/2008)
Sun Tzu 7 (2/29/2008)
Vicious (2/29/2008)
The most extensively that I saw him play was against Seattle. He did well.

Supposedly we're switching to a cover 2.

The question is if he is a cover 2 MLB.

:laugh: Why do people keep talking about cover-2 linebackers? It's like we have a board full of people who dont follow football, or know what the **** cover-2 refers to.

I guess I should have said how good is he at dropping into zone coverage?

How about shedding blocks because if you haven't noticed we're going to be weak up the middle.

From what I've seen we're switching to a cover 2.

This is a good idea considering we won't be able to get a consistent pass rush with out front four. It's looking like our starting corners are going to be 2nd year players and one of them struggles in zone coverage.

So between not being able to generate a pass rush and not being able to cover we're going to be asking the linebackers to do alot. They are going to have to blitz and they are going to have to drop into coverage quite a bit.

Good thing we have a DC with two years of experience coaching in the NFL. Good thing it was linebackers.

Honestly it probably doesn't matter who is in the middle because we're going to struggle regardless.

As far as his cover skills go he has the tools to do it. As an underclassman Thurman played MLB and TT played Sam and Will at UGA, and was recruited by BVG our new DC which ran a cover 2 base. Once Thurman went pro TT moved to his natural position of mike and did very well he was a run stuffer and dropped back into zone very well he has the speed to handle it. He also is good at blitzing and he also can shed blocks well. Now take this was all in college but if not for health problems that I think were mostly from playing out of position and just bad luck I think he would have been a much higher draft pick as he was every bit as good as Thurman who went as a 1st day draft pick.

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