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K.C. Joyner, a.k.a. The Football Scientist, wonders.
Joyner has graded every snap of both players and concludes Dansby will be an improvement on Ayodele … just how much remains to be seen.
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But in an article last Friday in ESPN.com’s Insider section (here’s the link, but you may not be able to read it), Joyner wrote that Dansby historically is only a bit better than Ayodele at stopping the run.
Dansby wins his match-ups at the point of attack at a rate of just 5 percent higher than Ayodele, who won 21-percent of his POA battles in 2009 - a solid number, Joyner said.
The difference might translate to five to eight stops a season.
As Joyner noted in an e-mail exchange, “there is just so much impact an ILB can have on things.”
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