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Jourdan Rodrigue
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On Ernest Jones, Snead says Rams loved his spatial awareness, loved his instincts on tape and knack for finding the ball, liked his long arms as a blitzer, and said he was one of the top players rated on their “potential leader” board. They were ready to grab him at 88 if needed.
9:09 PM · Apr 30, 2021
Yeah they really seemed to focus on that leadership. Brock was a big leader on this defense. Maybe that drove them to focus on the leadership a bit more than usual.
As much as I love AD he's more of a quiet guy who leads by example and makes the game of utmost priority. But having guys who get in other dudes' faces in-game and motivate them can have a really big impact.
Only caveat to all that is that you have to be good at your own role. If you don't crush it with your role other guys don't want to hear your BS. We saw that with Weddle in fact, great leader and great player but his best was behind him and it limited his leadership impact. So I hope that EJ works his butt off and learns this defense quickly and once he gets his chance excels on the field. Because that's the base of that particular pyramid.
