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Sebastian Joseph Is a Beast

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Looks like he has nose tackle locked up. Good for him.

“I know it’s really difficult. They find every little thing (wrong). You have to make sure you are on point on everything. You can’t miss any days. You can’t lose on the competitions because everything we do is competition.”

“Different blocks we talk about, he’s playing them better,” Burnham said, “whether it’s a block he should keep on the line of scrimmage and keep a linebacker clean, or a block he should be playing off of and penetrating. He just has a better feel and he’s more consistent in his effort and his production right now than anybody else at that position.”

“They might try to just single block me, which I think might open up more opportunities for me to make plays,” Joseph said. “If not, they’ll double me and then Darius can make all the plays. No one is selfish here. We don’t care as long as we get the job done. We’re just trying to win.”
 
And a nice quote from Darius Hamilton on the new coaches:

"I'm sure people would like to hear me say it's difficult, but these are people who love football. When you get around people who love football and have the same core values and beliefs as you, it's very simple to share similarities and things like that. They're a great staff. Coach Ash is a fiery coach, a defensive coach who cares about how we do on defense. I was real close with Coach (Jim) Panagos; Coach Burnham is probably as passionate as Coach Panagos was. Attention to detail like never before. I'm really excited. I'm getting excited about coaches I don't even play for, like Coach (A.J.) Blazek, I was watching him work with the offensive line guys. It's great to see the kind of staff that (Ash has) brought in, how young, fiery and energetic that they are. That's what we said he was going to bring and that's what he's brought. It's been really exciting to watch, it's been really exciting to work with and I know we can only go up from here."
 
And a nice quote from Darius Hamilton on the new coaches:

"I'm sure people would like to hear me say it's difficult, but these are people who love football. When you get around people who love football and have the same core values and beliefs as you, it's very simple to share similarities and things like that. They're a great staff. Coach Ash is a fiery coach, a defensive coach who cares about how we do on defense. I was real close with Coach (Jim) Panagos; Coach Burnham is probably as passionate as Coach Panagos was. Attention to detail like never before. I'm really excited. I'm getting excited about coaches I don't even play for, like Coach (A.J.) Blazek, I was watching him work with the offensive line guys. It's great to see the kind of staff that (Ash has) brought in, how young, fiery and energetic that they are. That's what we said he was going to bring and that's what he's brought. It's been really exciting to watch, it's been really exciting to work with and I know we can only go up from here."
It sounds like there a lot of energy.
 
If he was the QB there would be 25-50 posters on this board saying he should be benched and picking at him every chance they get the way we got blown out by some teams the last couple of years. LOL

I am expecting big things from this kid. He has developed nicely each year. Ash said our DL is the strength of the team right now and I felt that way even before he said it. If they can play at a high level the rest of the D do just fine. We may have some athletic LB's that will be able to play downhill.
 
He was not that impressive last season
I guess you kind of missed this part of the article, huh?

“The low point was probably spring practice last year when I tore my bicep,” he said. “I was real disappointed because I was doing real well and then that happened.

“That kind of set me back and affected my performance during the season. I was never 100 percent. It affected me when I played, but I tried my best. No excuses. Everyone straps on the helmets and puts on the pads just like I do.”
 
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I think Wilkins is a very good player so the fact that Joseph seems to have a death grip on the position is very impressive to me.
 
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Not sure why some of you are so defensive.

I know he was injured, and he was not that impressive, probably somewhat due to the injury.

Let's hope he's injury-free this season and steps up like we know he can.
 
Must have been very impressive to the coaches as he is one of the first to be "knighted". Considering all the experience returning on the OL and at running back and he was coming off a season which was negatively effected by an injury to impress at that level says a lot about how he must be playing to be knighted before those other guys.
 
I'm not making excuses for our former DC and HC so don't take this the wrong way because I DO think this staff is a level up, but:

- the expectations on this kid were high last year before his injury
- Hamilton was arguably our best D player 2 years ago and he missed the entire season
- JPO has to play out of position
- Turay also was hurt all season

That is just the DL but I have said a few times that our LB's did not get to play the way we would have wanted them to because our DL was banged up and lacked experienced depth.

Then the secondary issues:

- No names but our nest CB from 2 years ago gets in trouble in class and was present for a fight
- An up and coming CB obviously has a brain fart and gets arrested
- An experienced Safety who could also cover slot receivers gets in the fight mentioned above

We can't say we had schematic issues last season on Defense. We were all torn up. The blessing in disguise is a lot of young guys gained experience. Again, I DO think Ash will bring energy, better schemes, etc. But I think this D can be very good with the guys we have returning. I'm an optimist always but I like this Defense.
 
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