Nice article on the Bleacher Report - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1747 ... d-patriots
Of special note (which is what I've been saying all along):
What Makes Chung Great
A decade ago Patrick would have been too small to play in the secondary—a punching bag for old-school power backs, tight ends, and receivers.
Today, Patrick is the future, a product of college defense molding lighter, more agile athletes to combat the speed of the spread offense.
The NFL is following suit.
Teams want to utilize the talents of their spread-offense-trained draft picks. Bill Belichick used the spread in 2007 in some packages. It is rumored that Jon Gruden will employ it if he gets hired again.
Chung will be used extensively and needed in all those nickel packages
Patrick Chung
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Re: Patrick Chung
At 6ft 212lbs I wouldn't call him to small. Ed Reed and Troy P. are the exact same size, and Sanders is lucky to be 5'10. Those are the top 3 safety's in the game today. I know there were guys bigger than that in the NFL, but not the vast majority.
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To punctuate your point... Ed Reed is listed at 5'11" and Troy Polamalu is listed at 5'10" and Sanders is listed at 5'8" (NFL.com) (BTW, PC is listed at 5'11")buckmarkduck wrote:At 6ft 212lbs I wouldn't call him to small. Ed Reed and Troy P. are the exact same size, and Sanders is lucky to be 5'10. Those are the top 3 safety's in the game today. I know there were guys bigger than that in the NFL, but not the vast majority.
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Chung is going to be a huge player in the NFL and is the up and coming of what DB's are going to become.
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Re: Patrick Chung
Can't wait to see his first game! He's an outstanding young man and deserves the Best.
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