Meet the Beast: Brian Orakpo

I gave it a B, only because I wanted Oher. But if he gets Double Digit sacks, I will raise it up to an A++

we need another pass rusher cant have it all remeber it could have been sanchez lmao

Truer words...it's a great day.

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That wasn't particularly encouraging stuff from McShay...just raises the question higher of where Orakpo fits in our system, other than replacing Andre long term. Like McShay said, this isn't a guy to rely on dropping back and covering the good TEs we see every year.

If we're relying on Orakpo to drop back and cover TEs, we've got bigger problems in the front 7.

This was a sick pick and we were lucky to land him... the dude is a straight beast upfield and we're going to see a totally changed defense with a line that can blow up things for the backers.

Watch the secondary get more INTs, too.

he can bench these linemen lol 500 pound bench press holy cow

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I suppose I am just gunshy after last years injuries:
Injury Report

2007: Suffered a right knee sprain in the season opener vs. Arkansas State (9/01), missing the next four contests vs. Texas-El Paso, Rice, Arkansas and Colorado.

2008: Left the Texas Tech game (11/01) in the third quarter with a left knee sprain, sitting out the next game vs. Baylor and only appeared for a handful of plays vs. Kansas (11/15).

2009: Could not complete the agility tests at the NFL Combine due to a hamstring strain.

I'm loving this pick! I would of been happy with Oher too, but I cant complain.

are you kidding me those are every day injuries can happen anybody

I like the pick. With him and AH if we can't get to the QB this year we never will.

The knee injury is recurring...not random.