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Perhaps one advantage McCune -- a corporal -- has over other rookies is not being intimidated by Williams's military-style approach. "It's really kind of comical," Williams said, "[to think] that I can put more stress [on him] than he's been under."

I think that this aspect will also help him get a grip on the shcem of things, he wont be stressed out as much...

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The question is how does all his physical prowess translate to the football field, Brock Lesner is a physical freak and what is he doing these day's? McCune has everything you want off the field it's his on the field abilities that concern me.

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[QUOTE=dirtbag2112]4.51 40 but close enough :) thats still faster than some recievers. This guy is a beast and I can't wait to see him play.[/QUOTE]


CAMPUS: 4.41 in the 40-yard dash … 535-pound bench press … 565-pound squat … 338-pound power clean … 33-inch vertical jump … 30 ¾-inch arm length … 9-inch hands … Right-handed … 16/34 Wonderlic score.

this is what sportsline had so maybe it is true

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Just curious - how is Williams style military. He tells them coming in you're all the same. That's a far cry from the military where you're shit when you come in (unless of course you came from ROTC -> College route and come in as an officer).

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Even if he doesn't start right away, he'll be a beast on wheels for the special teams. I look for that unit to be pretty damn tough this year.

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[QUOTE=jrocx69]my father was in the military for 22 years and i can tell you,,, 95% of it is mental toughness. not to mention all kinds of free classes. this guy should be the real thing being in that kind of shape to go along with his mental aspect of being in the army and actually going over seas.[/QUOTE]

I don't doubt he's mentally tough, what I meant was can he pick up the mental part of the game, the schemes, running the D from the MLB spot, etc.

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Our special teams was spotty last year. Sometimes great, sometimes extremely poor. I don't know if that's either good coaching with bad players, or bad coaching with good players.

One person who played very well on special teams but didn't seem to get much recognition was Sean Taylor. I saw him throw his whole body into the wedge taking out three of their guys with one hit.

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does the military test their recruits for steroids?

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i say that he just covers recievers down field just for the hell of it

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i expect this guy to give lemar marshall as much as he can handle for the starting job at middle linebacker. he is a physical freak. he will make a great special teams player also. when i read his downsides on that article above, i didn't see anything gregg williams can't fix.

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[QUOTE=Daseal]Just curious - how is Williams style military. He tells them coming in you're all the same. That's a far cry from the military where you're shit when you come in (unless of course you came from ROTC -> College route and come in as an officer).[/QUOTE]
I am not sure I never had the pleasure of playing for Williams, I just went by what was in the article, I guess maybe because Williams rarely starts rookies and how he coaches with "tough love" method.

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Williams will find a way to get this guy in for a few reps to terrorize the offense. Williams is good at putting guys into positions that they can handle.

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[QUOTE=dirtbag2112]4.51 40 but close enough :) thats still faster than some recievers. This guy is a beast and I can't wait to see him play.[/QUOTE]
looks to me like we found our middle linebacker :food-smil cheers skins for finding this talent.

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if williams can fine tune his skills mccune is a pro-bowler. i like him at ethier de or mlb. if barrows comes back 100% and mccune can pass rush we're golden

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[QUOTE=oldswill]if williams can fine tune his skills mccune is a pro-bowler. i like him at ethier de or mlb. [/QUOTE]

You're joking, right? I think McCune's going to be a great addition to the squad. Still, don't you think that it's going a bit far to say that a late-round draft pick who has yet to play one down in the NFL merely needs to be "fine tune[d]" to become a pro bowler?