Easily top 3 draft bust for us. Guy was an animal in college.
Nope…
He has 6 career sacks
Him and Tyson Jackson. LSU’s finest D-lineman.
Not going for it.
I remember hearing that his play style in college was completely different from what he was asked to to in the pros. – he was not so much a bust as a square peg that didn’t work out in a round hole?
OMG, the next Warren Sapp that turned out to be a bust. But he wasn’t as big a bust as his buddy Tyson Jackson at #3.
He was drafted to be DT in a 4-3 but then we switched to a 3-4 after his rookie season and he switched to a DE and was never as effective.
I don’t think he would have ever been worth near the 5th overall pick, but he could have been a good rotational guy had we stuck with a 4-3.
No
We could have had game changers instead of those dudes, admittedly both drafts were weak and John Dorsey started off weak asf with those guys successive but at least he turned it around at the with his last couple of drafts.
He was an absolute freak. Then he had a knee injury and just wasn’t the same athlete anymore. He ended up being a solid rotational type player.
Maaan I thought that dude was going to be the next Warren Sapp
Knee injury derailed his career
was Dorsey really so long ago that we now refer to him as “this guy”
Nope
Tbh I think he busted harder after they went to a 3-4
Tbh I think he busted harder after they went to a 3-4
He wasn’t even the worst LSU defensive lineman draft bust of that era, but his career isn’t what it probably could have been. He was a 3-technique DT (Warren Sapp) who was asked to play 3-4 DE (Richard Seymour). He ended up getting better at it after a few years but the bad fit made him an average player. He was good enough to get a decent second contract in SF. He had a bum knee too that I think they ignored coming out of college. That didn’t help.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD…
Who?
He was great! At LSU, not with KC
Dorsey was NOT the answer…
*sigh* He was a “can’t miss stud” who ended up a dud.
Tbf, injuries and a switch to 3-4 didn’t do him any favors.
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Easily top 3 draft bust for us. Guy was an animal in college.
Nope…
He has 6 career sacks
Him and Tyson Jackson. LSU’s finest D-lineman.
Not going for it.
I remember hearing that his play style in college was completely different from what he was asked to to in the pros. – he was not so much a bust as a square peg that didn’t work out in a round hole?
OMG, the next Warren Sapp that turned out to be a bust. But he wasn’t as big a bust as his buddy Tyson Jackson at #3.
He was drafted to be DT in a 4-3 but then we switched to a 3-4 after his rookie season and he switched to a DE and was never as effective.
I don’t think he would have ever been worth near the 5th overall pick, but he could have been a good rotational guy had we stuck with a 4-3.
No
We could have had game changers instead of those dudes, admittedly both drafts were weak and John Dorsey started off weak asf with those guys successive but at least he turned it around at the with his last couple of drafts.
He was an absolute freak. Then he had a knee injury and just wasn’t the same athlete anymore. He ended up being a solid rotational type player.
Maaan I thought that dude was going to be the next Warren Sapp
Knee injury derailed his career
was Dorsey really so long ago that we now refer to him as “this guy”
Nope
Tbh I think he busted harder after they went to a 3-4
Tbh I think he busted harder after they went to a 3-4
He wasn’t even the worst LSU defensive lineman draft bust of that era, but his career isn’t what it probably could have been. He was a 3-technique DT (Warren Sapp) who was asked to play 3-4 DE (Richard Seymour). He ended up getting better at it after a few years but the bad fit made him an average player. He was good enough to get a decent second contract in SF. He had a bum knee too that I think they ignored coming out of college. That didn’t help.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD…
Who?
He was great! At LSU, not with KC
Dorsey was NOT the answer…
*sigh* He was a “can’t miss stud” who ended up a dud.
Tbf, injuries and a switch to 3-4 didn’t do him any favors.