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Jourdan Rodrigue
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Ok guys some intel on the new guy Justin Hollins...BIG TIME Brandon Staley guy. He was an OLB in college but under Staley started cross-training to play inside. Played 267 snaps on defense as a backup when Chubb tore his ACL in Week 4. This offseason, Broncos decided to keep
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him at OLB which sort of reversed all his cross-training, and also forced him to be the odd man out. So for him, he is back in a place with the guy who saw so much potential in him in the first place.
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How invested in Hollins’ potential was Staley? Here is DC Ed Dontell talking about Hollins in 2019: “It’s a credit to the type of kid he is. You usually don’t do that with a young player. He had a really good background, similar background with the defense he played in college...
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Jourdan Rodrigue
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(Coach) Staley came to us with the idea. He thought he could get it done. He’s done a great job getting him ready. It’s been some productive days to see him and just get an idea how he can possibly help our defense at a couple positions.”
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Jourdan Rodrigue
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Staley also caught on to Hollins early in the scouting process and saw his potential (and potential versatility), and pushed for him to personnel people, but just didn’t have enough time to finish the teaching part. I’d infer his voice was a pretty big part of this process.
