Ellerbe in action (Image: Hipple)
David Ching provides a nice look at the Georgia Defense. He talks with the team about the defensive lapses to date. Along the same train of thought, the Athens Banner Herald talks with Marcus Howard and others about the need for more of a pass rush.
Ching also wrote about Brandon Miller's likely absence from Saturday's game with a bad calf. Anthony Dasher chimes in on the same topic in a piece for UGASports.com on the shakeup at linebacker ($).
Personally, I'll take my chances with a starting linebacker unit of Akeem Dent (SAM), Ellerbe (MIKE) and Curran (WILL) versus Vanderbilt. Those three have shown a better combo of speed and tackling acumen than the lineup of Miller (SAM), Ellerbe (MIKE) and Dewberry (WILL).
Sure, Curran looks to be essentially Thomas Brown's size with about 1 more inch and 10 or so pounds of muscle on him. But so far, if it moves he tackles it. To this blogger's untrained eye, he looks to be one of our best natural form tacklers since Thomas Davis left. And Thomas Davis is the best tackler that I've ever seen
See Also:
-- Goodman's a snazzy dressing play maker - Macon Telegraph
-- About Vandy's INT happy defense - Tennessean
-- Georgia vs. Vandy tickets starting at $22/each - Stubhub
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5 comments:
Rennie Curran is a beast.
Imagine how good he'll be after being in the weight training program for a year or so.
In the midst of the football pain, Mercer TK and Jackson make like a little more difficult on the hardwood...do these guys ever learn?
I would say Rennie is Thomas Brown with about 30 more lbs of pure muscle.
Rennie Curran makes Apolo Anton Ono look like he has bird legs.
A comparison for Rennie, the old Cowboys LB, Dexter Coakley.
I was thinking the other day, if we had a deeper and better LB squad, whould they think of putting Curran as SS like Thomas Davis- kind of a hybrid.
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