A fair observation but Becton looked better at LT than at any other time as a Jet, not advocating Gase in any way shape, or form btw lol
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In all fairness, he’s missed 2 seasons to injuries, so we really don’t know what he would have looked like in another system. I’m sure he would have been the same dominant brawler in any scheme.
We saw him get ripped to pieces by our own edge, Carl Lawson in particular beat him like a drum all training camp.
No pads on, no official score, never happened
And I didn’t see Lawson dominate anyone like that all last season. He was solid but unspectacular (down year post injury), but looking great with no pads means nothing on game day
Exactly the point, no.No pads on, no official score, never happened
And I didn’t see Lawson dominate anyone like that all last season. He was solid but unspectacular (down year post injury), but looking great with no pads means nothing on game day
He beat him like a drum and then was quiet for most of the season, you can laugh if you like but Becton looked awful in TC and then got injured and then got injured, shorts and no pads, awful is awful.
I hope he can come back and play like his rookie season again, at this moment in time it is very unlikely.
Point was no pads training camp film of a speed guy zipping around a 300+ pounder is completely irrelevant.
Give me one example of anyone who dominated Becton his rookie year like that in an actual game.
Well considering I was espousing his rookie year as a great year, in a particular scheme, this seems like a very silly question to ask of me tbh
What can I say, I said he had a great rookie year but looked like he was struggling with the new OL scheme in TC, if you don't think so that is also fine.
Ok to be clear, I’m not arguing here, nor do I have any interest in arguing.
The point I made was “his rookie year” is the ONLY game film we have, so it’s unfair to make any assumptions that he would only be successful or only had success in the ONLY system we’ve ever seen him play in.
Training camp non-contact film means nothing. IMO there is no reason to believe a healthy Becton wouldn’t be dominant in another system.
The only question in my mind is “can he stay healthy?”
It's just my opinion and going off the evidence we got to see, he went from a dominant LT to getting stuffed by all and sundry in TC, he may well have been out of shape, it was two years ago but he was beat over and over again, the excuse given was he was struggling to adapt.
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I was really saying I hope he can get back to being the tackle he was in his rookie season and hoping his knee can hold out but he will need to lose a good bit of weight for that to happen.
The other thing I had read was the new scheme had placed more pressure on his body with the task that he was required to do in it, it was a lot more based on speed and quick lateral movement, not good for a big man with weak knees.
I'm not an expert, far from it, it was just what was being said at the time on other forums.