The Battle for Right End
July 1, 2008
When you look at Tyler Brayton from a far and on paper you see a guy whos biggest play as a Raider was kneeing Tight End Jeremy Stevens in the groin. A guy who hasn’t gotten a sack in the past 3 years, and a guy who has virtually fallen off, or really never been, on the map of great pass rushers.
As true as this all is, Brayton has been given another shot to wipe the phrase “bust” from conversations about him. In Carolina he certainly seems to have an edge in the right defensive end competition, being a 1st round pick, but don’t tell that to Charles Johnson or Stanley McClover. Both vying to start at defensive end.
Throw in 7th round pass rush specialist Hilee Taylor and we have a full blown competition on our hands here folks. Though weighing only 250 lbs Taylor gets off the line like no other. He also looks like he can gain a couple pounds and still keep his speed.
Both Johnson and McClover have seen action in games, and Johnson even started a couple, but neither has shown anything spectacular so far. McClover certainly has the speed to get off the edge, but often burns most of it running around the blocker. Johnson got man handled at the line of scrimmage a lot against Dallas last season.
With Brayton getting the reps in this past mini camp it looks like he is all set up to see 1st team reps at training camp.
So is it possible that the black hole that is Oakland sucked the talent from Brayton? Perhaps it was the poor coaching, the constant losing, and the bad defensive schemes that were used?
Of course none of that matters now because Brayton has a new team and a new attitude.
He has a chance to start and shine but he’ll have to earn it in training camp.
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Just want to point our another first round pick who was supposed to be a victim of circumstance down in Houston: David Carr. Everyone though Carr’s performance was due to the offensive line in Houston, but it turned out it was just Carr. Bratyon may be the same way. But still, he does have a shot at a new beginning in Charlotte.
David Carr could have been a solid back up, but our running game wasn’t good enough to alleviate the pressure placed upon the pass.
So Carr and his terribly slow side arm release did nothing to help us.
But with Moore I’m glad we have the QB situation we do.