Any Manti Te'o fans still out there?

[Feel Real Good]

[BucsBay]

Te'o is still a stud. Even Ray Lewis looked bad on Baltimore's defense in 2005 before they went and got Ngata (21st rank run D that year). If you're D-Line is getting dominated Linebackers are going to look bad, don't care who you have. Did Te'o have a bad game? Yeah. Still will be a beast though.

Would I want him at 13 though? There are 4 pass rushers and 3 O-Lineman I'd take before him right now.

[BucNY]

Stupid post shows little to no understanding of run defense.

There is no LB, in any league, that can consistently fight through a lineman and be in great position to make a tackle on a hog like Lacy.

You need defensive lineman who demand double teams in order to let the LBers be where they need to be to make plays. Look at the difference in the Bucs one year to the next, just with McCoy and Miller being healthy and playing tough all year.

[youngone]

Manti who?

[McBarron]

Te'o is definitely first round talent.......hard to judge the kid based on his overrated team's embarrassing play in the f$%^in Nat'l Championship Game, a game which they had no business competing in.

Now, is/was he overrated? Absolutely......to think he was a Heisman finalist as a LB when a beast like, say, Patrick Willis, never even got a sliver of a mention for the Heisman is a damn joke. It's the epitome of the 'overrated-ness' that is ND football.

[El Diablo]

He had a good year but his numbers are inflated a bit because of some bad QBs he played. http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/517633/manti-teo

That being said he will be a serviceable player in the NFL but I don't think great one by any means. He really didn't get after it last night.

[Holy Facepalm]

He did look bad last night.
That said, I remember Miami making FSU's Derrick Brooks look silly in one game.  Completely out of position.  He turned out OK if I recall correctly.

[sunrisejeff]

I didn't read to much into him not being able to shed the blocks of the linemen when they got to him untouched but there was no excuse for all the missed tackles I saw. That had nothing to do with the guys in front.

[McBarron]

He did look bad last night.
That said, I remember Miami making FSU's Derrick Brooks look silly in one game.  Completely out of position.  He turned out OK if I recall correctly.

Don't you dare compare this cat to Derrick Brooks.............

[BucD]

Did Manti get exposed or was it just a bad game?

Regardless, with how bad he looked last night, it most definitely will hurt his draft stock, IMO.

[McBarron]

Did Manti get exposed or was it just a bad game?

Regardless, with how bad he looked last night, it most definitely will hurt his draft stock, IMO.

No.....no.....no......people here think he's the next Derrick Brooks. Do not dare say bad things about the next Derrick Brooks.

[-ts]

He looked really bad last night. He was on roller skates all night long.

[acacius]

I'm not willing to write him off as an NFL prospect based on last night's game.  After last night's game however, I AM willing to say he's not a guy that I think the team would *need* to draft when the team already has two solid linebackers.  (And runs a scheme where the third linebackers plays a relatively limited role.)

[JavaRay]

He reminds me of Ruud.  Baller.

[chace1986]

I'm not willing to write him off as an NFL prospect based on last night's game.  After last night's game however, I AM willing to say he's not a guy that I think the team would *need* to draft when the team already has two solid linebackers.  (And runs a scheme where the third linebackers plays a relatively limited role.)

+1.