Rousseau The Sack Artist

[Doc]

9 minutes ago, BigAl2526 said:

I'm excited about his natural talent, but I think he needs to work on developing a more polished arsenal of pass rush moves.

 

Up until last weekend, he hadn't really played any meaningful football in a year-and-a-half.  Need to give him some time.

[Milanos Milano]

Going to give AJ a shout out as well, his sack today was bad things! Just straight up activated Pamplona mode. 

[BigAl2526]

10 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Up until last weekend, he hadn't really played any meaningful football in a year-and-a-half.  Need to give him some time.

Of course, he needs some time, but if he starts playing a lot of minutes and he continues to rely on that one signature move, opposing teams are going to  spot it, and the offensive line coach is going to drill his offensive tackles on combatting that move, and Rousseau's effectiveness is going to decline quickly.  I'm sure the Bills' defensive line coach has him on a crash course in moves to add to his arsenal.  It just takes time and hard work.

Edited August 22, 2021 by BigAl2526

[DCofNC]

18 minutes ago, BigAl2526 said:

Of course, he needs some time, but if he starts playing a lot of minutes and he continues to rely on that one signature move, opposing teams are going to  spot it, and the offensive line coach is going to drill his offensive tackles on combatting that move, and Rousseau's effectiveness is going to decline quickly.  I'm sure the Bills' defensive line coach has him on a crash course in moves to add to his arsenal.  It just takes time and hard work.

Yes and no, there are things that you can know are coming and still not stop.. a dude that punches you before you can get your base is hard to deal with, knowing it’s coming or not.   Does he need more? Yeah, for sure.   Will he be able to have success without it, yeah.  Plenty of guys have been good with nothing more than a bull rush.   For this season, I don’t think you will see a lot more than that. 

[Mikie2times]

Wingspan has to be part of "the process" the Bills use at DE. Rousseau was 9th among DE's in this years class with 34.75 inch arms, that would have been good for 3rd last year. Instead, last year Epenesa was 3rd in 2020's class with 34.50 inch arms. Reach allows ends to keep separation from lineman. It's a fundamental advantage if you have it. Doesn't mean you will be successful, but it helps if the other skills are present. Rousseau also shows closing ability, leverage, and power. He's also not exactly a poor athlete. He ran Sub 4.7. I think Esenesa will be much improved this year, but Rousseau eventually taking more snaps. He's just more talented. We will rotate a lot anyway. Good problems to have. 

[Kwai San]

57 minutes ago, IronMaidenBills said:

Rousseau is going to paint a happy little cloud on every single QB he meets! 

 

Happy.  Little.  Clouds.

Edited August 22, 2021 by Kwai San

[BaaadThingsMan]

The young man is doing good things in the preseason practices. Groot is a great nickname too. 

[Freddie's Dead]

The Sack Philosopher, not Artist:

 

[Mikie2times]

Another interesting tidbit on Rousseau, he has the 13th biggest hands ever recorded for a DE. It goes back to 1987. So he has elite extension and hand size that you see once about every 3 years. I think he uses both to maintain control over his opponent. 

[Milanos Milano]

59 minutes ago, Kwai San said:

 

Happy.  Little.  Clouds.

Somebody needs to add Rousseau to this a pic of him painting him sacking a QB on the canvas. 

52 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

The Sack Philosopher, not Artist:

 

There was also a Rousseau painter. 

Edited August 22, 2021 by IronMaidenBills

[Kwai San]

10 minutes ago, KzooMike said:

Another interesting tidbit on Rousseau, he has the 13th biggest hands ever recorded for a DE. It goes back to 1987. So he has elite extension and hand size that you see once about every 3 years. I think he uses both to maintain control over his opponent. 

 

Very interesting info....did not know that.  GROOOOOT!

 

Go BILLS!!

[Freddie's Dead]

4 minutes ago, IronMaidenBills said:

There was also a Rousseau painter. 

 

You are correct sir.  I'd never heard of Henri Rousseau before.  Thank you for the edumacation.  Us CWade fans have to stick together (we are a shrinking minority) 😉

[Bronxbomber21]

How did Basham look tonight i haven't heard anything about him? Does anyone know where I can watch the replay of the game?

[gdabillsfan]

1 hour ago, machine gun kelly said:

Get ready for OP grass Ben because you’re going to be lieing on it a lot.

 Never heard of OP grass, but I've smoked some good OG, Not to be a wise guy, but don't we play on turf?

🤔

[Mango]

Hopefully the anti Maybin who was a sack ARTIST. Here is to Groot being a SACK artist. 

[Milanos Milano]

35 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

The Sack Philosopher, not Artist:

 

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than sacks” - Rousseau 

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

2 hours ago, MWK said:

Pumped about him. Hopefully he can keep it going. Wonder how many sacks he winds up with. It would be amazing if he could become a 10+ sack guy

 

I'm hoping for like 15+ honestly. He almost got Dalton a second time today with what was one of his signature shoelace sacks back at Miami with his big mitts. 

[Motorin']

2 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

Embrace it bud, he is…

 

 

Those arms are pure weapons.  Now if we can get him to put on 10 lbs. of muscle, he could be a serious threat to any opposing offense.  The other guy I’m having so much fun watching is AJ.  He looks very powerful out there.

 

Everytime he gets a sack, they have to play the "I am Groot" audio clip at the stadium.

[Warcodered]

39 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

The Sack Philosopher, not Artist:

 

Jean-Sackues Rousseau.

[Milanos Milano]

Lol everyone in the stadium is going to be like Rooooooooooouuu. And I’m going to be like, who are we cheering for? Table sauce? 😂