Witherspoon

[Aircrew]

I'm stoked about Spoon as well, but I will say my only concern; at 6'0"/185-ish, I worry how his body will endure his style of play in the NFL. Hope he starts throwing down ribeyes breakfast, lunch and dinner and adds some mass to his frame.

Sweet pick-6 though, what a back breaker.

 

[JPatera76]

Also Forgot PC himself has compared him to Troy Polamalu (spelling way off) Troy the dude with a crap Load of hair.

Which is high praise from PC, didn’t he coach Troy?

 

[Nachos but Grande]

I'm stoked about Spoon as well, but I will say my only concern; at 6'0"/185-ish, I worry how his body will endure his style of play in the NFL. Hope he starts throwing down ribeyes breakfast, lunch and dinner and adds some mass to his frame.

Sweet pick-6 though, what a back breaker.

It’s a good point. And something I recommend paying close attention to.

As I mentioned, he was 160 lbs when he showed up at Illinois. He transformed his body over several years in CU.

Here’s the downside. I think there’s a really good chance that he’s physically maxed out. Doubt he’ll ever weigh 200 lbs.

 

[GemCity]

Nah he was all over the field. Every time they snapped the ball he was doing something

Game 15….100+ tackles and leading DBs in sacks…

Hawks pundit: “I’ll reserve judgement until they get a full season under their belt”.

Fck all that. Dudes a baller. Love this kid!!

 

[JPatera76]

Game 15….100+ tackles and leading DBs in sacks…

Hawks pundit: “I’ll reserve judgement until they get a full season under their belt”.

Fck all that. Dudes a baller. Love this kid!!

Yeah if it wasn’t spoon is was wagz. It’s like they were competing amongst themselves on sacks and tackles.

Also Spoons tackling technique, from what I DID SEE, very clean, the kid wraps up.

 

[Jac]

That had to be one of the best rookie defensive performances in the last number of years. Doing that in front of the nation on MNF already starts elevating him into star status.

 

[morgulon1]

Also Forgot PC himself has compared him to Troy Polamalu (spelling way off) Troy the dude with a crap Load of hair.

Which is high praise from PC, didn’t he coach Troy?

Yes . Yes indeed he did coach him.

 

[morgulon1]

It’s a good point. And something I recommend paying close attention to.

As I mentioned, he was 160 lbs when he showed up at Illinois. He transformed his body over several years in CU.

Here’s the downside. I think there’s a really good chance that he’s physically maxed out. Doubt he’ll ever weigh 200 lbs.

You may be right.

My only thought to possibly add is he could maybe get another 5 ish pounds on his frame. He is young and will mature a little bit more. He has a thin frame but damn dude can play.

 

[renofox]

It was. It was never about whether or not spoon has talent, he clearly does. What scares me is how fragile he looks at 185 lbs. Once he adds 15 lbs of muscle ill feel better about his durability

Agreed. We already have one current example of it not working out well for players who play more aggressively than their body can handle.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

You may be right.

My only thought to possibly add is he could maybe get another 5 ish pounds on his frame. He is young and will mature a little bit more. He has a thin frame but damn dude can play.

He said he is trying but has a high metabolism so I think 190-195:is probably his ceiling which isn't much less the Earl was.

 

[chrispy]

You really think theyll put him in protocol for that? Asking honestly?

Manning said he (JAdams) was upset with the third party specialist as he was escorted to the locker room. I'd assume that means he was put in protocol right after the knee-to-the-head, and put in that protocol by that third party specialist.

 

[Xxx]

Fascinating insight, I was just letting you know that tonight Witherspoon played like a bat out of hell with his hair on fire with a vendetta to destroy all footballs out of the air and cause bodily harm to anyone wearing n or y on there jersey. Stats won’t show it and don’t watch the game before watch this one

Pretty sure the stats show it bro.

Stats don’t have pictures of him flying low with his hair on fire…. Bro

 

[SheaD]

Stats don’t have pictures of him flying low with his hair on fire…. Bro

You are looking at the wrong stats then bro.

 

[Xxx]

You are looking at the wrong stats then bro.

How do you see his hair on fire in the stats? Not that his stats aren’t amazing… but man just watching him hit Breida in the hole and bounce him back… you can’t see that in the numbers. He has got to be watched

 

[SheaD]

How do you see his hair on fire in the stats? Not that his stats aren’t amazing… but man just watching him hit Breida in the hole and bounce him back… you can’t see that in the numbers. He has got to be watched

You just gotta look real hard dude.

 

[Xxx]

How do you see his hair on fire in the stats? Not that his stats aren’t amazing… but man just watching him hit Breida in the hole and bounce him back… you can’t see that in the numbers. He has got to be watched

Sometimes players change games without recording stats. Witherspoon was knocking people out and covering everything. I thought he was gonna get three sacks (which is a stat). But seeing a sack in the sack column doesn’t come close to seeing him bait the quarterback into thinking he’s in coverage and then blitz and hit him perfectly carefully violently untouched. I’m just saying he was even better than stats he was physically a difference.

 

[Xxx]

I was thinking that too, shades of 2011, to me that Browner pick 6 was the day the Carroll Seahawks announced to the NFL, "These are not your father's "finesse" Seahawks! These are the Pete Carroll smack-you-in-the-mouth Seahawks!!".

That 2011 game, it was all scripted for Eli to lead a last-minute game-winning drive against the hapless Seahawks. The announcers were all ready to call it and start knob-slobbing Eli. I bet some of the NY sportswriters were already writing their column about Eli's late-game heroics to lead the Giants to victory. Then thug Browner takes the ball 90+ yards the other way, and the NY team, media, and fans were all in shock, WTF just happened?

During the broadcast last night, they showed Victor Cruz leading cheers on the sideline, the excellent former Giants WR, and all I could think was, "That's the dude who tipped the ball up for Browner to pick and take 90 yards to the house!"

IIRC, that 2011 team, with TJack at QB, beat both the previous and the next SB champions, Giants and Ravens, in physical, last-smackdown-wins type of games.

Those were fun times. Wondering what Seattle was gonna become, how good is Matt Flynn. Then along comes Russell…

 

[Sgt. Largent]

I just hope this shuts up the Jalen Carter chicken littles for a while.


Carter: 4 tackles, 1.5 sacks
Witherspoon: 16 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 pick six

One less game too.

 

[morgulon1]

Manning said he (JAdams) was upset with the third party specialist as he was escorted to the locker room. I'd assume that means he was put in protocol right after the knee-to-the-head by that specialist.

A specialist gave him a knee to the head as well? Damn dude can't catch a break.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Didn't people poo poo about it when we took this guy? I seem to recall him not leading many draft boards.

What an electric player. Plays a lot bigger than his size would suggest, but his listed weight is 185 and he looks closer to 215 on the field. Absolute enforcer.

Reminds me of Bob Sanders - used to play safety for the Colts. Disruptive as hell and similar in size.