Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by Heroism:
Ferrell did a good job of winning his match ups in college with advanced hands, size and strength. He was really strong, long and could win in multiple ways with his hands at that level. I remember being impressed while watching his tape by the wide array of moves that he had in his arsenal as well as his ability to win all 3 ways(outside, inside and power). Unfortunately, he's not a good athlete. The dude is stiff, can't bend and isn't twitchy.
I think he came into the NFL at his ceiling already. It's hard to translate the ability from college to the NFL when there's not much room for growth. He relied a lot on generating a get off with anticipation and jumping snaps. He's a segmented mover that struggled to marry his feet and hands. There's no juice off the ball to threaten the the top the arc or to close distance.
That said, Kocurek is going to get the most out of him, and maybe being in a scheme where he's focused on firing off the ball and attacking will help unlock some of his ability.
I think his ceiling is an elite run defender that can get some clean up sacks on an elite pass rushing line. If Ferrell wants to have a long career, he needs to stay on teams with top tier D lines.
I can see this SPEEF 4 line up when it's obvious passing downs..
BOSA - GIVENS - DRAKE - FERRELL
