Fox0r
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Bobby Wagner has shot up the tackles list out of no where and he's now 8 tackles removed from 2nd in the entire NFL in tackles. He's currently 10th in the NFL.
kidhawk":3889icdn said:Not to take away from what Wagner is doing, but I kind of expect my middle linebacker to be high on the tackles list. If he's not, then we have a problem somewhere along the line
kidhawk":32c2dqbt said:Not to take away from what Wagner is doing, but I kind of expect my middle linebacker to be high on the tackles list. If he's not, then we have a problem somewhere along the line
kidhawk":of6hg19s said:Not to take away from what Wagner is doing, but I kind of expect my middle linebacker to be high on the tackles list. If he's not, then we have a problem somewhere along the line
NYCoug":3s8ki8qx said:kidhawk":3s8ki8qx said:Not to take away from what Wagner is doing, but I kind of expect my middle linebacker to be high on the tackles list. If he's not, then we have a problem somewhere along the line
True in theory, but it hasn't always been the case for the Seahawks as you know, which makes it nice to actually see. When you take a look at the team's all-time leading tacklers list, you'll start to see WAYYY too many DB's on the list.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sea/career-defense.htm
Kudos to Wags. He's taken his licks and hasn't been perfect, much like Russell Wilson, but when you measure their potential/production and the improvement and ability to learn from their mistakes that they've shown, I don't think there's a better rookie MLB or rookie QB in the game.
vin.couve12":1oive5al said:I'm honestly not surprised. However, one thing he's been doing the last couple games is maybe being too assignment correct. He usually has an A or B gap depending on the shift and when a run comes I've seen him just hit his gap without reading too much when the play is backside and he in essence seals himself out. This can be both good and bad depending on the run.
One of our players the week before talked about them being better against the run and specifically mentioned people doing their job and staying in their gaps. This is great so long as the backside guys do the same or you get gashed on cutback runs. Wagner has been assignment correct in most every case, but again....sometimes that leads you to sealing yourself out of a cutback run.
Whole D has to be on the same page.
However, in terms of pure physical measurables Wagner may literally be the most PHYSICALLY talented MLB in the NFL. He stacks up better than Willis in most categories, believe it or not. That said, I'm looking forward to Wagner growing enough that he can be more than just assignment correct.