Once more: You couldn't play Burr-Kirven with our personnel and scheme. He's Brandon Simmons and Ben Edwards after some extra weight room work.
Washington's scheme--effectively two nose tackles--is built around freeing up their ILBs to make plays without having to fend off offensive linemen. As a result, their ILBs consistently get touted as big playmakers; I heard one announcer insists that Kieshawn Bierria and Azeem Victor were the best ILB pair in the country. Not sure what he said after he learned that Victor lost his starting job.
Again, fans here moan about Perez getting swallowed up by blocks and failing to make stops. Perez is two inches taller and almost ten pounds heavier than Burr-Kirven, and is one of strongest players on the team. (He got here largely on his performance in Oklahoma drills against offensive linemen. The film is stlll around.)
Cal saw BK play and passed. So did SC, UCLA, Oregon--most of the conference. BK found the ideal scheme for him.
And if you'd like, I will post last year's UW-Stanford game with annotations to the guy's missed plays. After you watch it, you will not miss having him on our team.
Washington's scheme--effectively two nose tackles--is built around freeing up their ILBs to make plays without having to fend off offensive linemen. As a result, their ILBs consistently get touted as big playmakers; I heard one announcer insists that Kieshawn Bierria and Azeem Victor were the best ILB pair in the country. Not sure what he said after he learned that Victor lost his starting job.
Again, fans here moan about Perez getting swallowed up by blocks and failing to make stops. Perez is two inches taller and almost ten pounds heavier than Burr-Kirven, and is one of strongest players on the team. (He got here largely on his performance in Oklahoma drills against offensive linemen. The film is stlll around.)
Cal saw BK play and passed. So did SC, UCLA, Oregon--most of the conference. BK found the ideal scheme for him.
And if you'd like, I will post last year's UW-Stanford game with annotations to the guy's missed plays. After you watch it, you will not miss having him on our team.