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Link: Love for the Thorpe
"early and often"
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I saw that on a plaque at Hallmark. It must be true.
...or, maybe, Trump loves greed. (Take it to The Open!)
You got me chuckling this morning, even before I've had my morning coffee. That's quite the achievement. :)
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Off the top of my head...
Love's CB coach, Todd Lyght
Shane Walton
Bobby Taylor
Tom Carter
Each of those guys were shutdown corners, much like how Love is. They each had a weakness, though.
Lyght was rather injury-prone in 1990. While he was still a good CB, and easily the best one in that awful secondary, his performance wasn't nearly as good as 1989's. I remember how he got badly juked in the Penn State game that we lost, and also getting torched by Ed McCaffery while being hobbled by a deep thigh bruise.
Shane Walton simply lacked speed. He had the best instincts out of any defender I've seen, and made the best of what he had. If Shane Walton could have shaved off a bit from that 4.7 40 time, he would have been a 1st round draft pick. That was the only thing that kept him from being a NFL stalwart.
Bobby Taylor's was the best cover guy we ever had, but tackling technique wasn't exactly the best.
Tom Carter was much more of a "high risk, high reward" player. Thankfully, more of the latter, but there were several times that he got burnt badly. I remember Johnnie Morton torching him during the USC game in 1992 (but he did redeem himself at the end).
Julian Love doesn't seem to have any noticeable weaknesses, though. He may end up being the best out of the above.
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