Analyzing Pete Werner's Potential and Could He Be Next In Line as the Next Great Saints LB (3 Viewers)

[Dome50]

Werner is a promising player. He was leading the league in solo tackles before getting injured in week 9. A lot of downhill tackles, getting stops at or near the line of scrimmage (if memory serves, hopefully no film fatigue). Anyway, not saying he is elite, or average, but lots to look forward to from him. And I do think he is a better player than Scott Shanle (who started for us for SEVEN years).

 

[Dome50]

The only things holding Pete Werner back from "greatness" from a fan's perspective are:

His name
His number
His shoulder pads
Debilitating lack of swag

That's pretty much it. The guy has no swag. No sweet dark visor, arm bands, elbow brace, etc. The dude is a living computer generated player on Madden or NCAA. If you take this same player, name him something like Donovan Slade and have him drippin swag the he'd be viewed way different.

Totally agree with this. Guy looks like a BYU safety...but he is 6'3" and 242. Big dude. He should change his last name to Hawk and grow his hair out. He'd be on every pre-season All Pro list.

 

[kennydfresh]

Lol what is film fatigue? I'm no hating, I've just heard of that. Is it like you were grinding so hard watching film that it altered your perception of a player?

Yeah basically. Watching film for countless hours and then reality sets in and you realize your not getting paid for this.

 

[saint_drago]

Totally agree with this. Guy looks like a BYU safety...but he is 6'3" and 242. Big dude. He should change his last name to Hawk and grow his hair out. He'd be on every pre-season All Pro list.

It's just hard to go from this...

To this...

One guy has max swag unlocked and the other looks like a try hard walk on and the equipment manager just gave him whatever he could find. It sounds silly (and it is silly) but a player's name and the way he looks are major factors in terms of perception. Most of the SSF draft crushes have awesome names and/or look the part. Just look at Smoke Monday. Lol the man hasn't even seen the field yet and he's already a fan favorite because of his name and his swag. I don't think we even know who he is if his name is Stanley Smith and he doesn't look like this...

 

[Dome50]

AJ Hawk made a lot of money just on his hair and name alone.