Film Room: Glenn Dorsey Highlights
Over the course of the next few months, we are going to try and run highlights most every day of college players that you might or might not be familiar with, but could be names you will be hearing more as the Draft approaches. Today’s installment: LSU’s DL Glenn Dorsey.
Glenn Dorsey is a very impressive player, and having cut his teeth in the SEC, there’s little doubt that he’s ready to contribute in the NFL.
11 Responses to Film Room: Glenn Dorsey Highlights
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Guys like him can drop precipitously. Alan Branch ended up going in the second round last year.
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Bent says: They can…but in this case, Dorsey is not going to fall very far unless an injury concern or something similar resurfaces because he is the real deal, whereas Branch didn’t have the motor or difference making ability.
I think he’s ill-suited to the 3-4, unfortunately. You could try him at DE, but it wouldn’t be ideal because he is only 6’1″. I notice he bulked up to 310, though (as I predicted – remember Bassett?), so wonder if scouts feel he could play as a 3-4 nose, like they do with Sedrick Ellis who is the same size, but with reportedly superior strength and wingspan.
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dakar says:
drob who’s 6’1″ and played at 319lbs last season cant handle the NT position what makes you guys think these 2 miget size light weights can…not to mention drob has 4 years experiance,always plays hard and has that burst these 2 have…me personally…i wont touch either 1 of them for this 3-4 deffense…they are built for the 4-3…dont believe the hype…we need OLBs…2-3 of them to be exact…to replace the underachievers we have…just my thoughts…
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Bent says:
Robertson was listed at 317 but was probably only 310. Ellis is currently 308 and Dorsey 310. Both are more or less the same height.
Scouts and coaches have both said Ellis will be good as a 3-4 NT and that it could be his best position. He is much stronger and has a longer wingspan than Robertson, who does a decent job anyway.
Dorsey I’m less sure about, but I’d rather have either of these guys than some 330 pounder with less technical ability.
We do need OLBs though…
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im not convinced that these 2 can handle the NT position in the NFL…drob has 2 years experiance in this system and he was getting pushed around in several games last year…on top of that us fans have been saying drob is to small to play NT…so to bring in either 1 of these guys who haven’t gone up against nfl linemen and to think they’ll do a better job than drob…i dont see that happening…they will be very sucessful in the 4-3 deffense…just my thoughts
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SackDance99 says:
D-Rob’s issue at NT isn’t size, it’s technique. D-Rob is at his best shooting a gap, he’s a classic 1-gapper. Guys who are good 2-gappers, can withstand the initial punch/push by the OL and stand up the OL. Does size help, sure. But, look at nfl.com and compare D-Rob’s size to other NTs, he’s close to the same size as most good ones. Casey Hampton? Same height, 25 more lbs. Kelly Gregg? Shorter and same weight. Hollis Thomas? Shorter, weighs less. Pat Williams? Taller, barely weighs more. D-Rob is of average size for an NT. Guys like Wilfork, and Rogers weigh more (and are barely taller), but the point is that D-Rob’s not out of the ballpark. It’s his technique and how he’s used that is at issue.
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Bent says:
The play at 0:25 (and again at 2:42) was especially memorable because a few plays earlier he was cheapshotted and looked like he had a serious knee injury. He limped back onto the field and all he did was shove the right guard five yards into the backfield like a rag doll and explode to the runner to trip him for a loss. Say this for him, that’s heart right there.
Continuing sack’s point, Ellis has more suitable technique for a two gap role, and while Dorsey perhaps doesn’t, he would be five years younger than Robertson was when learning the role if he played there for the first time next year. Potential back issues may be a red flag though. Watch this space.
I believe the song was Godsmack, if anyone’s interested. Not really my bag.
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IMO, Dorsey would be a waste at NT. He’s a classic RDT (like D-Rob) in a 4-3. You want him, because of his speed, not at the POA, but pursuing or stunting (he’ll get 5 sacks by stunting with the RDE). I haven’t seen a highlight of Ellis, but I thought he was more of an NT candidate.
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seanmac says:
Ellis is definitely a better NT candidate (I mean, it helps that he actually played some NT in college). I wouldn’t be surprised to see both him and Dorsey go in the top 3.
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Bent says:
I agree with both of you.
You’re right, he is an unbelievable player.
It looks like there’s a very small chance that he could drop to #6 (if someone above us likes Sedrick Ellis more). For those who know the 3-4 better than I do, any chance Dorsey could function as a 3-4 DE, and then slide inside when we go to four down lineman?