Football Outsiders on Donald being ridiculously good

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  • October 26, 2017 at 9:40 pm #76577
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    Go to the link for a good article on Donald which is hard to copy because it has a dozen pics and gifs in it.

    Film Room: Aaron Donald

    http://www.footballoutsiders.com/quick-reads/2017/film-room-aaron-donald

    Here’s a snippet:

    Donald waits for the ballcarrier (J.D. McKissic) to declare which gap he’s going to hit, then accelerates toward the end of the line of scrimmage for a tackle for loss. The ease in which Donald is able to accelerate from a holding position on an offensive guard to a sprint to take down a running back seems pulled out of a video game.

    October 27, 2017 at 12:23 am #76579
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    gurley is good. goff has a chance to be good. donald is transcendent.

    October 27, 2017 at 7:03 am #76582
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    How does Donald compares to the all-time greats at DT? Does he already deserve to be mentioned among the best ever of the game…Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Alan Page, Joe Greene, etc?

    It would be cool if PFF went back and looked at film of those players and graded them using the same metrics they use today.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Donald graded out better than them. He may be the best DT who ever played.

    It’s exceedingly rare for a team to have the best player of all-time at a given position on their roster. Obviously it’s even more rare to have the two best players of all-time at their positions on their roster at the same time.

    But the Rams probably do in Hekker and Donald.

    October 27, 2017 at 8:27 am #76583
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    nittany ram wrote:

    How does Donald compares to the all-time greats at DT? Does he already deserve to be mentioned among the best ever of the game…Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Alan Page, Joe Greene, etc?

    I do know this detail. There are only 3 DTs in all NFL history who were in the pro bowl each one of their first 3 years in the league. It’s Donald, Olson, and Greene.

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