Indianapolis ‘colts’ The choice of draft in the second round, the defensive winger JT Tuimoloau, brings a well -balanced set of skills to the defensive program of Lou Anarumo.
“Super excited,” said Anarumo about the addition of Tuimoloau. “I just think that JT brings so many different tools with him. He can rush. He is a big guy, so can slide inside and use him somewhat like an interior rusher potentially. He is solid against the race. He was able to remove the ball, I think he had 16 bags somewhere in his career. You talk about a guy who had been proven at the highest level.”
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Tuimoloau was a three presence towards Ohio State, presenting his ability to put pressure on the quarter-back and to hold in the race game. Among all the defensive ends last season, TuimoLau ranked 14th in a total of pressures, and he was sixth in Pff Execute the defense note.
But beyond its production, Tuimoloau brings additional versatility Foal“Front too. As Tuiimoloau described, he can gain various ways and has been responsible for different responsibilities at Ohio State. He can also line up with several gaps, which is an important element in the defense of Anarumo, where we will see a little more movement at the front.
In fact, Tuimoloau’s skills can be very familiar to Anarumo. After the draft of the NFL, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN emptied his notebook and included was a COM for Tuimoloau, who was compared to the defensive winger of the Bengals of Cincinnati now Sam Hubbard.
Like Tuimoloau, Hubbard had an impact against the race and the pass. This regularly included the ranking well in the metric of the degree of PFF’s defense, as well as the recording of two seasons of pressure over 60 years.
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Tuimoloau will be an immediate factor in the rotation of the defensive end of the colts. At the beginning, he could potentially carve out a role of early defender which could also rush from the inside during obvious situations of passage.
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