ShreveFrog
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This is a blurb from bengals.com on Paul Dawson's game last night:
DAWSON SEEKING CONSISTENCY: Rookie linebacker P.J. Dawson blew up a screen in the second half Saturday night as the third-round pick gets more and more comfortable. That wasn’t the play that impressed Burke, though. Later in the game, Burke was amazed what he saw from the press box as defensive lineman De Shawn Williams covered another screen.
“(Dawson) is a back-side dropper. He sees it before anybody on the field sees it,” Burke said. “He starts running across the field . .. I want to kill him. . . .but he saw it . . .He made a couple of plays other guys just can’t make.”
Burke is working on melding those first-class instincts with technique. Dawson led the Big 12 in tackling for Texas Christian with speed he moves can’ get away with in the NFL.
“He hasn’t been a take-on linebacker,” Burke said. “We’re working on his hands.” . . .
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So it sounds like Dawson is up to his ol' tricks of blowing up plays -- but going off script from his assignment and giving his coach some heartburn. Those "No! No! No! ... Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! kind of plays.
DAWSON SEEKING CONSISTENCY: Rookie linebacker P.J. Dawson blew up a screen in the second half Saturday night as the third-round pick gets more and more comfortable. That wasn’t the play that impressed Burke, though. Later in the game, Burke was amazed what he saw from the press box as defensive lineman De Shawn Williams covered another screen.
“(Dawson) is a back-side dropper. He sees it before anybody on the field sees it,” Burke said. “He starts running across the field . .. I want to kill him. . . .but he saw it . . .He made a couple of plays other guys just can’t make.”
Burke is working on melding those first-class instincts with technique. Dawson led the Big 12 in tackling for Texas Christian with speed he moves can’ get away with in the NFL.
“He hasn’t been a take-on linebacker,” Burke said. “We’re working on his hands.” . . .
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So it sounds like Dawson is up to his ol' tricks of blowing up plays -- but going off script from his assignment and giving his coach some heartburn. Those "No! No! No! ... Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! kind of plays.
