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After hearing Leach and Shaw rave about him, I expected Vea to win the award. 

Washington's scheme doesn't ask the two tackles to make plays, but to leave the inside linebackers free to make them.  As a result, Washington's ILBs always look brilliant and their DTs post modest numbers. 

The notable example  is Azeem Victor, who made first team all Pac-12 ILB last year--and wasn't even mentioned this year.  Instead, their new and also wildly overrated ILB, Burr-Kirven, made second team alongside the Huskies other overrated ILB, Kieshawn Bierria. 

Those guys owe Vea.

Harry would have won the award in many years.

Isn’t that stanford’s Scheme as well?  I mean all those years of Martinez posting monster tackle numbers were at least partly because the plays were funneled to him.  Even this year, look at Perez’ tackle numbers.

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It generally is, though it seems to me that we're seeing more tackles by the D-line in the last few years and fewer by the ILBs. Part of that is likely due to playing more 4 man fronts in nickel packages rather then true 3-4. Part may be due to otherwordly play by Solomon Thomas and Harrison Phillips (but its not like Mauro, Gardner, Anderson et al. were slouches). Part may unfortunately be due to regression from many years of elite LB play.

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[quote author=Hulk01 link=topic=18301.msg217276#msg217276 date=1512569317]
After hearing Leach and Shaw rave about him, I expected Vea to win the award. 

Washington's scheme doesn't ask the two tackles to make plays, but to leave the inside linebackers free to make them.  As a result, Washington's ILBs always look brilliant and their DTs post modest numbers. 

The notable example  is Azeem Victor, who made first team all Pac-12 ILB last year--and wasn't even mentioned this year.  Instead, their new and also wildly overrated ILB, Burr-Kirven, made second team alongside the Huskies other overrated ILB, Kieshawn Bierria. 

Those guys owe Vea.

Harry would have won the award in many years.

Isn’t that stanford’s Scheme as well?  I mean all those years of Martinez posting monster tackle numbers were at least partly because the plays were funneled to him.  Even this year, look at Perez’ tackle numbers.

BC
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It generally is, though it seems to me that we're seeing more tackles by the D-line in the last few years and fewer by the ILBs. Part of that is likely due to playing more 4 man fronts in nickel packages rather then true 3-4. Part may be due to otherwordly play by Solomon Thomas and Harrison Phillips (but its not like Mauro, Gardner, Anderson et al. were slouches). Part may unfortunately be due to regression from many years of elite LB play.