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Apr 10, 2020 Adam Rittenberg Tom VanHaaren
Final impressions: 'I'm so glad his *** left early'
Anderson: When you combine speed and length together, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's a combination of the two. He has got an array of moves in his toolbox, but he's going to get some coaches at the next level that are going to put more tools in his toolbox. He's so talented and gifted athletically that he was able to get away with just beat stuff, an up-and-under and a spin move.
Limegrover: That kid doesn't jump offsides. He's got tremendous discipline as far as, "I want to get the best jump possible," but he doesn't get fooled easily. When I work individually, I had guys lining up offsides. You're not going to have the time and space that you'll have at home because that kid is good enough, and he's long, and he can get on you in such a hurry. It kind of unnerves you as a tackle.
Fickell: I'm not saying he's Jadeveon Clowney. You're thinking of people who have length like that, who sometimes go to different places that use him in different ways, and then you take guys like the two Bosas who went to a place that doesn't try to overdo it with them, but basically say, "We're a four-man front. We're putting your hand down. We're letting you be on [the] edge and we're letting you go." He's closer to the Jadeveon in the sense of, "He could do this, he could do that." And sometimes I don't know that completely gets what they do best on film all the time.
Austin: This year, the jump that he made -- and when I say the jump, I'm not saying he was a bad player [in 2018] and he just jumped on the scene this year, but he was not the player [two years ago that] he was this year.
Rudolph: We didn't really go against him the year before, and then this year, what you saw, there was an explosiveness in his lower body that allowed him to get to that spot up the field, still maintaining that forward pitch and lean. That was different. You just don't see that out of guys. There was a power there.
DeBoer: Every single week, you look at a defense and figure out: Who are the guys we've got to be aware of? Who's the pass-rusher? Who's a guy you can't, matchup-wise, throw the ball against from a corner or safety standpoint? He's one of those elite players, one of the guys who affects the game as much as anyone I've ever seen.
Ferguson: He doesn't show much emotion. Even my running back, Mike Warren, he was talking to him the whole game and all Chase did was give him a little smirk. He's a hell of a football player. He's going to make some NFL team happy.
Higby: I noticed he has one move he has perfected. As a tackle, you have to be perfect in your technique to even have a chance, and if you don't, he's going to beat you every time. It's like a double hand swipe, he has the steps down, the hands down, he has everything about it perfect, so it works really well for him.
Allen: We all figured he was going to declare, but when he did, we threw a little party. I hope they don't have any more like him coming, because woo!
Austin: I'm so glad his *** left early.
ESPN's David M. Hale contributed to this story.
Apr 10, 2020 Adam Rittenberg Tom VanHaaren
Final impressions: 'I'm so glad his *** left early'
Anderson: When you combine speed and length together, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's a combination of the two. He has got an array of moves in his toolbox, but he's going to get some coaches at the next level that are going to put more tools in his toolbox. He's so talented and gifted athletically that he was able to get away with just beat stuff, an up-and-under and a spin move.
Limegrover: That kid doesn't jump offsides. He's got tremendous discipline as far as, "I want to get the best jump possible," but he doesn't get fooled easily. When I work individually, I had guys lining up offsides. You're not going to have the time and space that you'll have at home because that kid is good enough, and he's long, and he can get on you in such a hurry. It kind of unnerves you as a tackle.
Fickell: I'm not saying he's Jadeveon Clowney. You're thinking of people who have length like that, who sometimes go to different places that use him in different ways, and then you take guys like the two Bosas who went to a place that doesn't try to overdo it with them, but basically say, "We're a four-man front. We're putting your hand down. We're letting you be on [the] edge and we're letting you go." He's closer to the Jadeveon in the sense of, "He could do this, he could do that." And sometimes I don't know that completely gets what they do best on film all the time.
Austin: This year, the jump that he made -- and when I say the jump, I'm not saying he was a bad player [in 2018] and he just jumped on the scene this year, but he was not the player [two years ago that] he was this year.
Rudolph: We didn't really go against him the year before, and then this year, what you saw, there was an explosiveness in his lower body that allowed him to get to that spot up the field, still maintaining that forward pitch and lean. That was different. You just don't see that out of guys. There was a power there.
DeBoer: Every single week, you look at a defense and figure out: Who are the guys we've got to be aware of? Who's the pass-rusher? Who's a guy you can't, matchup-wise, throw the ball against from a corner or safety standpoint? He's one of those elite players, one of the guys who affects the game as much as anyone I've ever seen.
Ferguson: He doesn't show much emotion. Even my running back, Mike Warren, he was talking to him the whole game and all Chase did was give him a little smirk. He's a hell of a football player. He's going to make some NFL team happy.
Higby: I noticed he has one move he has perfected. As a tackle, you have to be perfect in your technique to even have a chance, and if you don't, he's going to beat you every time. It's like a double hand swipe, he has the steps down, the hands down, he has everything about it perfect, so it works really well for him.
Allen: We all figured he was going to declare, but when he did, we threw a little party. I hope they don't have any more like him coming, because woo!
Austin: I'm so glad his *** left early.
ESPN's David M. Hale contributed to this story.