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mjt2317Sep 08, 2:06 AM

Can anyone ever remember a player here that hits as ferociously as Brandyn Hillman?…

I know he missed a key tackle yesterday but when he goes in for a tackle, he delivers a punishing blow. Peppers was a great tackler (except for one key missed tackle) but Hillman wants to take the head off an opponent seemingly every time he has a chance to (and he’s not an overly big kid). I wouldn’t want either Hillman or Barham coming at me on a football field.
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Cali Wolverine

Sep 08, 2:13 AM

Garland Rivers? Or Brad Cochran, if you prefer.
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SmoothMoveLeroy

Sep 08, 2:20 AM

Ernest Shazor and Cato June
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Formerly John Doe

Sep 08, 2:21 AM

Daydrion Taylor
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mjt2317

Sep 08, 2:23 AM

Formerly John Doe said:
Daydrion Taylor
That’s the hardest hit I’ve ever seen and because it ended 2 player(s) football careers.
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mongoose0614

Sep 08, 2:33 AM

SmoothMoveLeroy said:
Ernest Shazor and Cato June
not as hard as this Cato
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yalevandyn

Sep 08, 2:42 AM

Devin bush
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DJuan2

Sep 08, 2:43 AM

mjt2317 said:
I know he missed a key tackle yesterday but when he goes in for a tackle, he delivers a punishing blow. Peppers was a great tackler (except for one key missed tackle) but Hillman wants to take the head off an opponent seemingly every time he has a chance to (and he’s not an overly big kid). I wouldn’t want either Hillman or Barham coming at me on a football field.
He hits, no doubt, he needs to wrap up though. That missed tackle was massive, and can’t happen. He is exposing the defense when he’s tasked to make that play and doesn’t get it done. Sometimes it seems like he would rather make a big hit than wrap up and make the sound tackle.
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ClaytonSayfie

Sep 08, 2:46 AM

Not that I can think of
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Cali Wolverine

Sep 08, 3:34 AM

DJuan2 said:
He hits, no doubt, he needs to wrap up though. That missed tackle was massive, and can’t happen. He is exposing the defense when he’s tasked to make that play and doesn’t get it done. Sometimes it seems like he would rather make a big hit than wrap up and make the sound tackle.
You’re 100% right. That whiff was a killer. Led to seven, right?
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RichAlso

Sep 08, 5:16 AM

The answer is Earnest Shazor. I was beyond disappointed when he left after his Junior year to get drafted late in the draft to the pre- Kurt Warner Cardinals. Phoenix was as much a waste land as Detroit.
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tbg22

Sep 08, 7:36 AM

Corwin Brown, Devin Bush, Shazor
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Bloomer

Sep 08, 9:12 AM

“HITMAN” Hillman
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eo0707

Sep 08, 9:40 AM

DJuan2 said:
He hits, no doubt, he needs to wrap up though. That missed tackle was massive, and can’t happen. He is exposing the defense when he’s tasked to make that play and doesn’t get it done. Sometimes it seems like he would rather make a big hit than wrap up and make the sound tackle.
The missed sack was huge but he had multiple other missed tackles too. Disappointing performance
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Rice41

Sep 08, 10:55 AM

RichAlso said:
The answer is Earnest Shazor. I was beyond disappointed when he left after his Junior year to get drafted late in the draft to the pre- Kurt Warner Cardinals. Phoenix was as much a waste land as Detroit.
Shazor went undrafted.
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scheins

Sep 08, 11:02 AM

A lot of recency bias as usual… Lamar Woodley, Shawn Crable off the top of my head.
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Arahma1

Sep 08, 11:09 AM

mjt2317 said:
I know he missed a key tackle yesterday but when he goes in for a tackle, he delivers a punishing blow. Peppers was a great tackler (except for one key missed tackle) but Hillman wants to take the head off an opponent seemingly every time he has a chance to (and he’s not an overly big kid). I wouldn’t want either Hillman or Barham coming at me on a football field.
He needs to wrap up.
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JScholt

Sep 08, 11:11 AM

scheins said:
A lot of recency bias as usual… Lamar Woodley, Shawn Crable off the top of my head.
Shawn Crable, meet Brady Quinn.
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M1ch1gan

Sep 08, 11:16 AM

I just need him to tackle!
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openroad2950

Sep 08, 11:52 AM

That's great except the only time we needed him to make a tackle he whiffed
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mjt2317

Sep 08, 12:03 PM

openroad2950 said:
That's great except the only time we needed him to make a tackle he whiffed
True but that was a much tougher tackle to make when I rewatched it. Hillman was full speed and Mateer made one subtle juke right when Hillman hit him. I know it was costly but there was also a blown coverage on that play as well.
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IndyWolverine23

Sep 08, 12:06 PM

mjt2317 said:
I know he missed a key tackle yesterday but when he goes in for a tackle, he delivers a punishing blow. Peppers was a great tackler (except for one key missed tackle) but Hillman wants to take the head off an opponent seemingly every time he has a chance to (and he’s not an overly big kid). I wouldn’t want either Hillman or Barham coming at me on a football field.
I can think of roughly 100 guys that are better tacklers, which is what really matters. Hillman is boom or bust, and most of the time it's been bust.
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mjt2317

Sep 08, 12:11 PM

IndyWolverine23 said:
I can think of roughly 100 guys that are better tacklers, which is what really matters. Hillman is boom or bust, and most of the time it's been bust.
I’m talking about hitting hard… And most of the time he’s been bust?
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Mr. Ochad

Sep 08, 12:19 PM

SmoothMoveLeroy said:
Ernest Shazor and Cato June
Agreed. Another guy I would add is Jonas Mouton. You could hear the pads thump loudly when he made a hit.
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IndyWolverine23

Sep 08, 12:20 PM

mjt2317 said:
I’m talking about hitting hard… And most of the time he’s been bust?
Correct. I don't think he's a good player.

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