My Analysis Of Players We Drafted and Undrafted Free Agents

I'm going through all of our drafted and undrafted players watching games and whatever I can find on them and giving the best analysis I can on them. This will take a while so I will update the thread as I do each player. I did this last year. So here goes.

I went back and watched 5 or 6 games of Bresee and what I saw was a dominant player when he was healthy.

Brian Bresee- DT, Clemson
Height- 6'5.5 Weight- 305# 40 Time- 4.86 Bench Press- 22 Reps.

The Positives:
Bresee has amazing physical attributes with elite power and agility for a person his size. Bresee plays with leverage and brings good power, especially in his lower body, consistently holds up against double teams in the run game. Finds the ball well and explodes into the backfield at the snap to disrupt passing lanes and find ball carriers. Plays with leverage at the point of attack whether inside or outside and moves linemen to either side with strong hands. He as lateral agility and balance to cover two gaps and Bresee shows some good closing burst when moving down the line in pursuit. He can win with leverage and is capable of dipping around the edge, But he is better off from what I've seen winning inside on counter moves with a combination of quickness and violent hands.

The Negatives:
My main concern with Bresee is the ACL. Watching him play the last couple of games this past season, it looked like he was back to playing like his old self again. He can play too upright and struggles with his leverage. I think he also needs to improve some against the run. He could also put on about 10 more pounds of muscle on his upper body and that would make him even stouter against the run. Bresee needs to be more consistent with his pad level and leverage on the line and also work on his change of direction skills, it looks average from what I've seen. It might be due to his height/weight. Taller and heavier payers have a little trouble with their change of direction.

Final Thoughts:
This is my overall thoughts on Bresee. I believe Bresee is an elite prospect. I say prospect because he hasn't set foot on an NFL field yet. His physical abilities, explosiveness, lateral agility, length, power and relentless motor, makes him a very good fit for our defense. Even though he is very fast, he lacks elite speed. No, Bresee isn't perfect, however, he still has room for improvement with his hand usage, pad level and leverage. I believe Bresee will a day one starter in our defense.