NAME | POSITION | Boston College | 6'1" - 227 lbs.

 

Strengths
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Coach's son with outstanding work ethic on and off the field.

Toughness and intensity are trademarks.

Relentless chase-and-tackle energy.

Recognizes formations and tendencies from formations.

Beats running back to the run lane in some cases.

Rapid downhill trigger to attack ball-carrier or pass-catcher.

Pursues with leverage but has burst to find his prey.

Agility and GPS to work around interior traffic.

Upper-body power to fling guards off of him.

Little wasted motion to plant and drive down on the throw.[/list]

Weaknesses
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Smallish as interior linebacker.

Takes chances that get him stuck in traffic.

Must learn to slip blocks and stay clean.

Too small to separate quickly once block gets into him.

Needs discipline to play his role and not search for every single tackle.

Momentum gets away from him as open-field tackler.

Off-balance tackle tries turn into broken arm tackles.

Overestimates speed on extended pursuit angles.

[*]Ineffective playing pass from zone.[/list]

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Isaiah McDuffie, ILB from Boston College

Pre-Draft Analysis (nabbed from ESPN)

McDuffie is an undersized linebacker who chases with great effort and has good upside as a special-teams player. He's a relentless pass-rusher who flashes the ability to slip blocks. He doesn't have great change of direction and gets grabby in coverage. -- Steve Muench




First head-scratcher this draft. Doesn't seem like a run stuffer or cover guy and a bit small to be on the edge rushing. Seems like it's ST or nothing for this guy. That said, I do love his last name

Edit: I should clarify, it doesn't seem like he'll move past ST to be a rotational guy in the future.

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The Packers need to upgrade special teams, hopefully this guy fills the bill.