NT? already on the team? can this guy play?

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  1. CBG

    CBG Well-Known Member

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    ROPATI PITOITA can this guy be an answer????? 6 foot 8 310 lbs????
    any input????
     
  2. MBGreen

    MBGreen Banned

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    I don't know???? what do you think??? did somebody cut a fart in here????????
     
  3. Mehl-56

    Mehl-56 Well-Known Member

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    didn't that guy get cut?
     
  4. ozu

    ozu New Member

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    He's Samoan. That has to count for something.
     
  5. Mehl-56

    Mehl-56 Well-Known Member

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    also have to believe that if the guy could play the position, he'd be on our roster, and if not ours, someone elses!
     
  6. WhiteShoeWillis

    WhiteShoeWillis Well-Known Member

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    Don't you wish he weighed as much as Jenkins???????
     
  7. brothermoose

    brothermoose Well-Known Member

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    I liked what I saw from him in the preseason. He seemed to have a nose for the ball.
     
  8. kevmvp

    kevmvp Well-Known Member

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    That was Howard Green and he was resigned.
     
  9. flgreen

    flgreen New Member

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    He actually played some sunday, but he's a DE not a NT. Might turn out to be a pretty good DE at that.

    To tall and thin for a NT
     
  10. Mambo9

    Mambo9 Well-Known Member

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    Just to clarify:

    Pouha and Green are NT

    Ellis, Douglas, DeVito and Pitoitua are DE

    a NT can play 3-4 DE on most formations and not viceversa.

    Thi of course unless Ryan becomes creative with the scheming (which I think he will)
     
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    ace_o_spades New Member

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    Only in the NFL is 310 lbs "too thin"
     
  12. DownAndOut

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    He was active for Houston and Buffalo.
     
  13. flgreen

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    He was on the field in a couple of pass rush situations. No stats though
     
  14. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I heard this guy is like a boulder covered with teaspoons.
     
  15. GBA

    GBA Well-Known Member

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    He's too tall to be an effective NT.
     
  16. Mambo9

    Mambo9 Well-Known Member

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    And what is that supposed to mean!?
     
  17. Mehl-56

    Mehl-56 Well-Known Member

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    I think its a reference to a bowling ball with butcher knives NT we drafted way to high...
     
  18. brothermoose

    brothermoose Well-Known Member

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    It's like one of these:

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    covered in these:

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    with one of these at the center:

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  19. CBG

    CBG Well-Known Member

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    yes he is thin but can he play and contribute on the D line???
    ps we just signed this guy from the Bears----Jets | Garay signed to practice squad
    Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:05 -0700

    The New York Jets have announced they have signed free-agent DT Antonio Garay (Bears) to their practice squad.

    pss he is actually a NT
    pss thats more like a boulder that weighs almost as much as Jenkins
     
  20. BK_Jetsfan

    BK_Jetsfan New Member

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    He's inactive.
     

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