Colin Simmons to Texas! https://247sports.com/Player/colin-simmons-46113991/
Codaxx 8334 Posted September 30, 2024 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Park Gothic said: I'm honestly more worried about how he plays against counter / pulling guards in the run game. Instead of crashing down on the pulling guard to jam the lane up from the outside, he tries to dip inside the guard to put himself in the lane. It happened at least three times on Saturday. I understand wanting to get in the running back's lane, but when he goes inside he gives up contain. It did not look like Gbenda or Blackwell were prepared to trade jobs, and that shit can bite us on the ass with how bad their run fits have been. Maybe Simmons isn't not big enough to effectively crash down, but we can't give up contain like that. At any rate, it's not a huge issue. Burke struggled with it too back in '22 and figured it out soon enough. I'm just picking nits because he's otherwise so good as a true freshman. Edit: Here's an example of what I'm talking about He did that a few times. I was wondering if they were teaching him to wrong shoulder the puller (it looked intentional). He also knifed in a couple plays. I am guessing he went 1 for 3 on those. Got 1 TFL and gave up couple decent runs. Edited September 30, 2024 by Codaxx Quote
Park Gothic 8738 Posted September 30, 2024 8 minutes ago, Codaxx said: He did that a few times. I was wondering if they were teaching him to wrong shoulder the puller (it looked intentional). He also knifed in a couple plays. I am guessing he went 1 for 3 on those. Got 1 TFL and gave up couple decent runs. Yeah - at first I thought that it must be something they coached him to do, because that's not how you defend counter as the edge. But the LB's didn't seem prepared to keep contain. Although considering which LBs were in at the time, that may be more on them than Simmons. Quote
Bodacious Bevo 4209 Posted September 30, 2024 1 hour ago, Park Gothic said: I agree with pretty much every thing you've said, but with one caveat. I've watched a bit of his high school tape and all of his snaps at Texas. I think he is actually a sophisticated pass rusher, but is still working out what he can and can't do as a college freshmen. He used the basic rip move pretty well in high school and was happy to bull rush, but has avoided those at Texas, which is probably smart. He's not strong enough (yet) to bull rush most OTs he'll face and the rip move is really more useful after you've gotten tangled up with the tackle - something he's avoided as much as possible. I've haven't really seen him use the swim move in college or high school, but maybe that's because he doesn't like giving the tackle a chance to get under his pads. I think he's been relying primarily on speed rushing because that's the advantage he has at this point in his game and at this level. But I recommend watching his feet. He very good at playing the "game within the game" against the OT across from him. He'll use a stutter step inside in a series after the OT scene a stunt or two, making the OT pause and lean inside just enough to give Simmons an easy path around. He'll also change his pace up from down to down, making it harder for the OT to get into the same rhythm. To be clear, he's still playing like a freshman. But his pass rush is probably a little more developed/sophisticated than it seems so far this season. Just to add to this, I recommend watching his third and longhorn interview for those that haven't seen it. He talks about his bag of rush moves and goes into some detail with Alex Okafor. I think he's a pretty advanced rusher. There's only so much to show in five games. 1 Quote
William Bludworth 16028 Posted September 30, 2024 Wisner is just getting better and better after watching that clip. He's a man-child. Dude runs between the tackles, has burst, and is a tough SOB. Anyway, Simmons is an athletic freak whose ceiling probably won't be reached until he's in the NFL. He'll be almost unstoppable by the end of next year and his JR year. 1 Quote
Dbeasy 18612 Posted November 9, 2024 Simmons was a really high profile recruit, has played great as a freshman. But man he’s not very big. I don’t know how he will be able to handle bigger fast tackles. 1 1 Quote
VirginiaLonghorn 5568 Posted November 9, 2024 1 minute ago, Dbeasy said: Simmons was a really high profile recruit, has played great as a freshman. But man he’s not very big. I don’t know how he will be able to handle bigger fast tackles. I was surprised how much taller than Simmons that UF OL is .. 😳 Quote
texifornia 68758 Posted November 9, 2024 2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said: Simmons was a really high profile recruit, has played great as a freshman. But man he’s not very big. I don’t know how he will be able to handle bigger fast tackles. There are so many of those in college football. And he definitely won't grow as an 18/19 year old 2 Quote
BurntOrange&White 51679 Posted November 9, 2024 8 minutes ago, Dbeasy said: Simmons was a really high profile recruit, has played great as a freshman. But man he’s not very big. I don’t know how he will be able to handle bigger fast tackles. He’s as big as Micah Parsons lol Quote
BurntOrange&White 51679 Posted November 9, 2024 Floridas tackles are 6’6 315 and 6’7 320 lbs fwiw 1 Quote
westexhorn 2756 Posted February 18 1 minute ago, General Colt said: Texas Longhorns Star Freshman Gets Massive Recognition jeez scared tf out of me 1 Quote
Dbeasy 18612 Posted February 18 Simmons is right now almost a carbon copy of Micah Parsons. He’s been incredible. Once in the NFL, whoever drafts him has to understand how to use him effectively. Micah and Simmons are both 6-3 245. Maybe Simmons grows some, which would solidify him on the Edge position and less in LB coverage. At various points Dallas has struggled a bit with how to best use Parsons. In coverage too much and he can’t keep up with speedy receivers on cross routes. But if you line him up every play on the edge to stop the run, he sometimes wears down because he’s not quite big or heavy enough to go toe to toe for four quarters with a huge OT or TE. So Dallas will move him around and let him wreak havoc. They will need to do the same with Simmons if he doesn’t grow 2” and 25+ pounds. Either way, he’s a unique highly coveted nfl quality talent. 1 1 Quote
Sgt Hulk 17929 Posted February 18 1 hour ago, General Colt said: Texas Longhorns Star Freshman Gets Massive Recognition Hey fuck you guy 2 Quote
Popular Comment closetojumping 79863 Posted February 18 Popular Comment 1 hour ago, westexhorn said: jeez scared tf out of me Colin Simmons is one of the highest paid non-QB players in all of 2025 for the duration of the season. There is nothing to worry about regarding his commitment to Texas through this calendar year. 16 4 Quote
MuellerHorn 7947 Posted February 20 (edited) I know he’s highly incentivized to be at Texas, but bumping a thread like this during the offseason to post a public stat we are already aware of is neg worthy given we’re on high alert for bad news (injury, arrest, etc.) this time of year. Edited February 20 by MuellerHorn 2 Quote
Popular Comment Huckleberry 39414 Posted February 20 Popular Comment No it's not. If everyone would stop being pussies then you would see that posting information about a player on the thread about the player makes perfect sense. But instead "omg I was so scared!" is the thing to do on surly. 13 2 1 Quote
MuellerHorn 7947 Posted February 20 2 minutes ago, Huckleberry said: No it's not. If everyone would stop being pussies then you would see that posting information about a player on the thread about the player makes perfect sense. But instead "omg I was so scared!" is the thing to do on surly. It’s pointless information given it’s not novel nor relevant to anything happening today/recently. I’m not saying threads can’t have purposeful discourse; but that post, imo, was not. Quote
Josef Pwag 2941 Posted February 20 The bassist from Kiss has the last name Simmons. He is also a big guy. I wonder if he is realted to Colin? Quote
Katfid54 9124 Posted February 20 12 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said: The bassist from Kiss has the last name Simmons. He is also a big guy. I wonder if he is realted to Colin? Quote
TotallyLegit 3469 Posted February 20 14 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said: The bassist from Kiss has the last name Simmons. He is also a big guy. I wonder if he is realted to Colin? I'll reserve judgement until I see the NFL combine tongue measurements. Quote
Teryor 6326 Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Huckleberry said: No it's not. If everyone would stop being pussies then you would see that posting information about a player on the thread about the player makes perfect sense. But instead "omg I was so scared!" is the thing to do on surly. It's the recruiting forum and he's a sophomore. Take it to the football board 1 Quote
irishtexan 13045 Posted February 21 15 hours ago, Teryor said: It's the recruiting forum and he's a sophomore. Take it to the football board But the football board sucks ass. Quote
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