BullBuchanan Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago I think people underestimate the responsibilities of the role that Hoecht had. Why doesn't every team have a guy doing that? In addition to needing to be an athletic freak, you also need to be extremely smart. Your responsibilities may shift on the fly and you need to be able to shift from pass to Run in an instant. Hoecht went to Brown where he studied business and economics (one of the top business schools in the country) and tutored calculus. Alexander went to Cal-Berkley where he studied Law (one of the top law schools in the country). I'm not saying Dorian is a dummy. He didn't take a classic athlete type major (Tulane - Homeland Security Studies ?), but I'm just saying that there's a pattern of really bright dudes playing that spot, and I'm not sure I've seen him pop off the screen with diagnosing plays throughout his career. 1 Quote
boyst Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 3 hours ago, noacls17 said: Training camp interview on gr he sd he was 267 The difference from 267 and 300 is substantial, but body fat percentage wise at 300 lb I would estimate he was 20+% bf. Down to 267 if you could even get down to 16% that is significant. To go from 300 lb. At 22% bf to 267 can be done by simply cutting mass and only a little muscle. 300# is a lot to maintain. Getting to 15% is all he needed to do; with the ratio of losing skeletal muscle being about 3-6% lost. The difference between 260 and 300 in the NFL isn't as big as 210 vs 240. Quote
billsfan89 Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 6 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said: I think people underestimate the responsibilities of the role that Hoecht had. Why doesn't every team have a guy doing that? In addition to needing to be an athletic freak, you also need to be extremely smart. Your responsibilities may shift on the fly and you need to be able to shift from pass to Run in an instant. Hoecht went to Brown where he studied business and economics (one of the top business schools in the country) and tutored calculus. Alexander went to Cal-Berkley where he studied Law (one of the top law schools in the country). I'm not saying Dorian is a dummy. He didn't take a classic athlete type major (Tulane - Homeland Security Studies ?), but I'm just saying that there's a pattern of really bright dudes playing that spot, and I'm not sure I've seen him pop off the screen with diagnosing plays throughout his career. Only thing I can say about Dorian is that he's been in the system for 3 years. He's also played a good chunk of snaps given Milano's health. So he's at the very least got experience within the system and at the NFL level. The thing with Dorian is that he's not going to be able to line up in all of the same places as Hoecht. What made Hoecht such a good Lorax type was that he could line up anywhere along the D-line or as a blitzing OLB. Dorian can only really line up at LB or as a stand up DE. So McD is going to have to make other adjustments and utilize other players like Williams and Solomon to get some of that flexibility. I also wonder if they have been trying to get Landon Jackson into some sort of a role as he's bigger like Hoecht but maybe just too raw to contribute this year? Quote
boyst Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, BullBuchanan said: I think people underestimate the responsibilities of the role that Hoecht had. Why doesn't every team have a guy doing that? In addition to needing to be an athletic freak, you also need to be extremely smart. Your responsibilities may shift on the fly and you need to be able to shift from pass to Run in an instant. Hoecht went to Brown where he studied business and economics (one of the top business schools in the country) and tutored calculus. Alexander went to Cal-Berkley where he studied Law (one of the top law schools in the country). I'm not saying Dorian is a dummy. He didn't take a classic athlete type major (Tulane - Homeland Security Studies ?), but I'm just saying that there's a pattern of really bright dudes playing that spot, and I'm not sure I've seen him pop off the screen with diagnosing plays throughout his career. Anything law enforcement in college is an academic athletic Field. It's not that hard Quote
VW82 Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago I am very dubious Willams can pull this off. We have no one to replace Hoecht imo. Very tough loss. Quote
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