*****The Willie Gay Jr. Thread*****

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

From NFL.com:

Strengths

• Frame and lower body thickness to hold up inside
• Reads quarterback's eyes and jumps the passing lane
• Weaves and closes with some juice as blitzer
• Flexed wide and helped smother receiver screens in 2018
• Plays with thud behind his pads
• Good strength to play through soft edges
• Short-area burst to close and pursue in space
• Finishes what he starts as a tackler
• Bodies, wraps and drags down runners with good efficiency

Weaknesses

• Held out of eight games in 2019 for his role in NCAA violations pertaining to an academic tutor
• Plays with extra steps and wasted motion
• Needs to play with better control and body composure between tackles
• Delay to trust and trigger prevents him from making more plays
• Tall tackler who needs to drop his aim
• Takes some poorly misjudged angles to the football
• Allows climbing blocks to get into him first
• Instincts to scrape with timing and leverage are below average

Quick Quiz:

What do almost all of those weaknesses have in common?