Khyri Thornton hungry to make an impact, earn spot on defensive line· Page 2

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

I guess it's one scout word vs another. Then again, what does high motor even mean?

Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra

Well there's "try hard" guys, then there's guys who get by on superior talent. Then there's also guys who have both.

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Mucky Tundra
Honored Member

9 years ago

#12

Here's what I was thinking of

Third-round pick Khyri Thornton gets motor runnin'

The first order of business was to watch every single snap of the players he inherited. Southern Mississippi's new defensive line coach, Derrick LeBlanc, popped in the 2012 film and it was not pretty.

Even for his best player.

Through the winless footage, LeBlanc saw Khyri Thornton — a massive, athletic man-child of a defensive tackle — take plays off. Loaf, at times. So they met one on one.

"His motor was an issue," LeBlanc said. "What I did was I pulled up some clips of him on the field not playing hard and we addressed it right away."

And in 2013, a problem for Thornton became a strength. His motor.

Eyebrows were raised when the Green Bay Packers selected this 6-foot-3, 304-pounder from Conference USA in the third round. Soon after the pick, defensive line coach Mike Trgovac cited Thornton's "competitiveness" and "explosion." Thornton repeated that he'd make a conscious effort never to quit on plays, even as Southern Miss lost by an average of 30.3 points per game last fall.

“Nah. I like having the island. It’s pretty cool...not too many visitors”

"I’ve got it." -Aaron Rodgers

Rockmolder
Honored Member

9 years ago

#13

He's one of these "high talent, low motor" guys iirc.

Wasn't even on my board.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

Low motor? If anything, I'd say decent talent, bad conditioning when he played in college. He dropped off late in games, but I don't think it's a motor issue.

I don't think he'll amount to anything amazing. I think the reasoning behind this pick was to stop those pesky running QBs. He appeared to have the agility and overall skill to be good at that. I hope he at least succeeds in that niche role.

EDIT: Didn't read through the whole thread. I see the motor issues are well discussed already.

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