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PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:37 pm 
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Solid linebacker who toiled in the shadow of James Laurainaitis for 3 years. Named co-captain as senior. Special teams standout as underclassman. Intelligent - Big 10 All-Academic performer.
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Good size and strength to play OLB position. Able to shed blocks and make plays inside the tackles. Good mobility allows him to play sideline to sideline. Great in preparation - rarely misreads or bites on misdirection.
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Will often gamble on rush and over-commit, taking himself out of the play. Not the same level of natural ability and production as Laurainaitis or Hawk and may suffer in comparison.
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4th - 5th round. Combine and pro day performances will be important to his overall rating.



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 Post subject: Re: Austin Spitler - LB
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He was talked about before.

Special teams player. This year's JD Folsom.
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School Ohio State
Height 6 ' 3.0 "
Weight 234 lbs.
Speed 4.70 ( )

Graduation Year 2010
Birth Date 10/26/1986
Jersey # 38
Current Position LB
Projected Position LB
CDS Projected 2010 NFL Draft Round 4


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dont know much about him but i like that we drafted a BUCKEYE
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OLB #4 from this draft. I'm not pleased with this approach.

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OLB #4 from this draft. I'm not pleased with this approach.


He's an ILB, and it's our 2nd ILB. We drafted 2 OLBs.
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 Post subject: Re: Austin Spitler - LB
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Phins Rock wrote:
http://www.phinfever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=849&p=9828&hilit=spitler#p9828

He was talked about before.

Special teams player. This year's JD Folsom.


Definitely not. Folsom was the size of my thumb, Spitler is twice his size.

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 Post subject: Re: Austin Spitler - LB
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Iowafin wrote:
Phins Rock wrote:
http://www.phinfever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=849&p=9828&hilit=spitler#p9828

He was talked about before.

Special teams player. This year's JD Folsom.


Definitely not. Folsom was the size of my thumb, Spitler is twice his size.


But from the standpoint of developemental guys who could contribute on ST's.
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Hopefully Crowder will be pushed by one of these guys.
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Iowafin wrote:
Phins Rock wrote:
http://www.phinfever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=849&p=9828&hilit=spitler#p9828

He was talked about before.

Special teams player. This year's JD Folsom.


Definitely not. Folsom was the size of my thumb, Spitler is twice his size.


LOL. Actually Folsom was an inch taller.

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 Post subject: Re: Austin Spitler - LB
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Big Dave wrote:
Iowafin wrote:
Phins Rock wrote:
http://www.phinfever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=849&p=9828&hilit=spitler#p9828

He was talked about before.

Special teams player. This year's JD Folsom.


Definitely not. Folsom was the size of my thumb, Spitler is twice his size.


LOL. Actually Folsom was an inch taller.


Actually, they're the same size. I was looking at Edds' size....so just disregard my contribution to this thread.

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• Ohio State inside linebacker Austin Spitler: Bill Parcells took a strong liking to him this offseason; Kiper said he did a ``nice job'' as a first-time starter last season.

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Never even heard of this guy so I am on record that he is a steal with huge upside & potential!

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Phins Rock wrote:
Special teams player. This year's JD Folsom.

Great another player without a chance to make it. Overkill on the Lbers Ireland.
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First of all you got to think the the bottom LB's will be asked to play special teams. That's a no brainer. Someone has to. Replacing JP and JT (2 LB's) was needed....

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First of all you got to think the the bottom LB's will be asked to play special teams. That's a no brainer. Someone has to. Replacing JP and JT (2 LB's) was needed....
Dansby was a one for one with Porter. Miami removed Porter & added Dansby. They also traded for Dobbins. So 5 new LBers during the draft?

That is overkill no matter how you cut it.
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First of all you got to think the the bottom LB's will be asked to play special teams. That's a no brainer. Someone has to. Replacing JP and JT (2 LB's) was needed....
Dansby was a one for one with Porter. Miami removed Porter & added Dansby. They also traded for Dobbins. So 5 new LBers during the draft?

That is overkill no matter how you cut it.
Dansby is an ILB. He took over Channing's spot and Channing is gonna move to Akin Ayodele spot. Joey/Jason will be replaced with Wake and Misi.

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First of all you got to think the the bottom LB's will be asked to play special teams. That's a no brainer. Someone has to. Replacing JP and JT (2 LB's) was needed....
Dansby was a one for one with Porter. Miami removed Porter & added Dansby. They also traded for Dobbins. So 5 new LBers during the draft?

That is overkill no matter how you cut it.


Dansy is ILB, Joey and JT were OLB's

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First of all you got to think the the bottom LB's will be asked to play special teams. That's a no brainer. Someone has to. Replacing JP and JT (2 LB's) was needed....
Dansby was a one for one with Porter. Miami removed Porter & added Dansby. They also traded for Dobbins. So 5 new LBers during the draft?

That is overkill no matter how you cut it.
Dansby is an ILB. He took over Channing's spot and Channing is gonna move to Akin Ayodele spot. Joey/Jason will be replaced with Wake and Misi.


Actually I think Dansby is replacing Akin. Channing is going to stay at the Mike and Dansby is going to go to the 'Mo' ILB position, as far as I know.
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Thanks for the correction PR. Makes sense since Dansby is a lot more mobile than Crowder. What are the chances Micah Johnson comes in as a UDFA to add some beef?

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Thanks for the correction PR. Makes sense since Dansby is a lot more mobile than Crowder. What are the chances Micah Johnson comes in as a UDFA to add some beef?


Micah was signed by the Chiefs.
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MIAcubano13 wrote:
Dansby is an ILB. He took over Channing's spot and Channing is gonna move to Akin Ayodele spot. Joey/Jason will be replaced with Wake and Misi.


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Dansy is ILB, Joey and JT were OLB's

Yes, I know. I was just saying it was a one for one swap. Use Akin if you must, but it was a still one for one swap.

Sounds like that are moving Wake into a starting job, so there is Porters replacement. I get the Misi pick & sounds like a solid pick. Not a huge fan of the Edds pick, but ok. I get it. Get a backup or future player, but the last two picks were simply overkill on the LBers position. No way Miami keeps 4 rookie LBers on the roster no matter what.
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As a huge Buckeye fan I can tell this was A STEAL in the 7th round!!

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Seriously? We loose Porter (4x pro bowler) - Taylor (6x pro bowler) and people think we should only draft one or 2 OLB's?

The chances of 1 guy making it are slim enough... We need a star OLB to come in, I hope we take 2 or 3 more of the undrafted guys to come in and compete....

Its a numbers game, the more players competing the better chance of one sticking...

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