Eagles Take DT Brodrick Bunkley
Philly Sports Net readers hit the nail on the head. The Eagles took a Defensive Tackle with their first round pick. From what I’ve heard Brodrick Bunkley has really turned a corner in the last year and now stand’s out as a premier DT with quite a bit of upside. He’s big and he’s strong, and he’ll get some push. Just what the Birds needed.
From NFL.com:
Brodrick Bunkley is not a player who just jumps off the film at you right away, but the more you watch, the more he grows on you as you see him consistently make and disrupt plays. He is a tremendously well-built player, who really showed off his stuff at the Combine — not only did he look great, but he worked out very well and stole the show with his bench pressing of 255 pounds over 40 times. He is a very good athlete for a defensive tackle, which gives him the ability to impact games in all areas. One of the things that is really impressive about Bunkley is that he plays with tremendous competitiveness and does whatever it takes to make the play, or to slow it up so that his teammates can make the play — when you realize how many defensive tackles do not compete hard on every snap, it makes Bunkley stand out even more. Overall, Bunkley has all the physical tools to be a very good starting defensive tackle, who will consistently disrupt plays in the backfield and will collapse the pocket regularly as a pass rusher. He is talented enough to start as either a traditional two-gap tackle in a 4-3 defense, as the under tackle in a 4-3 defense, or as a defensive end in a 3-4 defense — and he will start early in his career.
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Posted on April 29, 2006 by Micah | Filed Under Philadelphia
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