Aaron Donald

[Barrison]

OK, opposing OL's... we have Quinn, Brockers, Donald and Long. You can double ONE of these guys. TWO if you use the TE as an extra lineman.

Pick your freaking poison.

Oh, and once you get tired, we have the best rotational DL in the freaking league too.

QBs, win if you can, survive if we let you.

Being commanded by GW who is no doubt running his most talented defense ever!

 

[safak]

the numbers don't look very impressive to me.

then the only number you read was his height if his numbers don't look impressive..

4.68 40yd
35 reps
5 major awards(most of any dt ever, nagurski/outland/badnarik/lombardi/accpoy)
28.5 TFL
11 sacks
66 TFL career with 29.5 sacks.

out of a DT? any of those numbers are unheard of from a DT.
and thats through a career where he went through 3 head coaches at pitt,(6 if you count interms and the heywood guy who got fired in a week)
he was played as nt, de for a year, 3 tech(his home), 5 tech. Todd Graham ran a 3-4 the year he was at pitt.
this was the best pick of the draft IMO you will flat out love this kid and be buying a jersey by week 6.

 

[PhxRam]

then the only number you read was his height if his numbers don't look impressive..

4.68 40yd
35 reps
5 major awards(most of any dt ever, nagurski/outland/badnarik/lombardi/accpoy)
28.5 TFL
11 sacks
66 TFL career with 29.5 sacks.

out of a DT? any of those numbers are unheard of from a DT.
and thats through a career where he went through 3 head coaches at pitt,(6 if you count interms and the heywood guy who got fired in a week)
he was played as nt, de for a year, 3 tech(his home), 5 tech. Todd Graham ran a 3-4 the year he was at pitt.
this was the best pick of the draft IMO you will flat out love this kid and be buying a jersey by week 6.

Thanks for the info. I love when guys who have watched a player their entire careers comes in and gives some insight.

 

[jjab360]

I don't understand the pick if we just drafted Brockers. The guy doesn't seem very big for a DT. Everyone seems pretty excited so I guess it's a good pick but the numbers don't look very impressive to me.

lolwut?

Don't even know where to start, the numbers are ridiculous from every single angle except for height.

 

[RustyRay]

28.5 tackles for loss led the nation from DT and 11 sacks last season.

66 TFL in his career, 29.5 sacks, 6 FF's - 4 last season.

He also cleaned up on awards with the Bednarik along with the Outland Trophy winner , Lombardi Award and the Nagurski Award.

 

[Memento]

then the only number you read was his height if his numbers don't look impressive..

4.68 40yd
35 reps
5 major awards(most of any dt ever, nagurski/outland/badnarik/lombardi/accpoy)
28.5 TFL
11 sacks
66 TFL career with 29.5 sacks.

out of a DT? any of those numbers are unheard of from a DT.
and thats through a career where he went through 3 head coaches at pitt,(6 if you count interms and the heywood guy who got fired in a week)
he was played as nt, de for a year, 3 tech(his home), 5 tech. Todd Graham ran a 3-4 the year he was at pitt.
this was the best pick of the draft IMO you will flat out love this kid and be buying a jersey by week 6.

Hey, welcome to the board, safak! We really appreciate the insight you've shared with us about Donald. I'm guessing that Todd Graham ran the 3-4 last year when Donald didn't have his usual numbers that season?

 

[moklerman]

lolwut?

Don't even know where to start, the numbers are ridiculous from every single angle except for height.

His size is all I was talking about. 6'0", 285 is what I saw and that seems a little small for an NFL DT.

 

[brokeu91]

The best play I saw a defensive college player make last year:

 

[safak]

no momento he played in the 3-4 in 2011.
2012 he led the conference in TFL. he didn't have the double digit sacks but he still had a great season in paul chrysts first year there.
he did miss a game that year against the FCS team, which if he played ...he would have gotten the 1.5 TFL he averaged (at least) and been top 10 in the nation so i wouldn't say it was a bad year.

bear in mind pitt is not all that good and didn't have much help around him the past 3 years.
AD was doubled and even tripled at times, good coaches like fsu and ND gameplanned strictly for him.

bad coaches did not.
see georgia tech
and virginia games vor example.
if you are a film guy, watch the ad/virginia game on youtuble


it is cut down to under 10 minutes and just shows his every play, whether he did something/nothing.
notice how many times he disrupts the qb into throwing it away, that was probably the biggest part of his game but you never see stats on that.

 

[Alan]

safak joining the team:
Saying stuff.

Welcome to the ROD safak! :lifting: :seizure: :rockon: :cheers:
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[brokeu91]

no momento he played in the 3-4 in 2011.
2012 he led the conference in TFL. he didn't have the double digit sacks but he still had a great season in paul chrysts first year there.
he did miss a game that year against the FCS team, which if he played ...he would have gotten the 1.5 TFL he averaged (at least) and been top 10 in the nation so i wouldn't say it was a bad year.

bear in mind pitt is not all that good and didn't have much help around him the past 3 years.
AD was doubled and even tripled at times, good coaches like fsu and ND gameplanned strictly for him.

bad coaches did not.
see georgia tech
and virginia games vor example.
if you are a film guy, watch the ad/virginia game on youtuble


it is cut down to under 10 minutes and just shows his every play, whether he did something/nothing.
notice how many times he disrupts the qb into throwing it away, that was probably the biggest part of his game but you never see stats on that.

He was great in the VA game. He kept disrupting the pocket and the QB would be able to get away because no one else was penetrating. That WILL NOT be the case for the Rams were if the QB runs, he'll be running into Brockers, Long, or Quinn

 

[Sum1]

God damn thats exciting!

Gotta eat my crow, I was on record saying no way they take DT in the first round this year...I'm stunned, and quite happy about it!

 

[wrstdude]

@Dave_Matter: In 13 games, Aaron Donald had 8 more tackles for loss (28.5) than Ndamukong Suh had in 14 games when he was a Heisman finalist (in 2009)

S.T.U.D.

 

[Memphis Ram]

 

[safak]

for those interested here is an archive of a few articles about donald when he was at pitt
https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1639641

 

[Rams and Gators]

Anyone got any full games of Donald? All I can find on Youtube is Pitt basketball games.

 

[jjab360]

Disregarding height, everything about this kid is off the charts. Everything.

Speed, power, quickness, strength, his hand usage, his rip move, his spin move, his work ethic, his insane production, everything. Not sure there's another prospect you can say that about in this draft. Homerun pick here, guys, couple more good picks on days 2 and 3 could make this a grand slam.

 

[jjab360]

Anyone got any full games of Donald? All I can find on Youtube is Pitt basketball games.

http://draftbreakdown.com/players/aaron-donald/

 

[jjab360]

nvm

 

[Memphis Ram]

Get ready for Donald and ESPN's Michael Smith to be linked together on a lookalike thread on opposing team's forums.