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Is it me or did they beef up Saunders quite a bit this year?

I remember him looking kind of like a Chris Jones weight when he was in his 1st-2nd year. If he gained (good) weight or more bulk, they probably saw he had skills and talent to eat up blockers and still hold the point but wasn't knifing through or getting interior rush like Jones.

If I'm just making up crap and I'm completely wrong, then ignore everything.
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I seem to remember him always being built like a barrel. Maybe he's a larger barrel now, but it doesn't seem like he's lost any quickness at all. Wasn't he the dude who was doing the backflips around the time he got drafted?

There was one play in (I think) the third quarter where Jonathan Taylor got a really quick start off of the right guard, and the blocking was such where I thought it was going to be a long run. But Saunders suddenly flew in on Taylor's left and pulled him down for a very short gain. I was impressed that he got to Taylor so quickly, and also impressed that he had the strength to pull Taylor down from the side.
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He's always looked big to me.

But maybe it's just because he's healthy - but he seems to be carrying it better. He's looked better than Nnadi out there and by a fair amount.

He's been a really exciting development on the DL. He can give us 90% of what Nnadi gives us as a run-plugger with 80% of what Wharton can do as a pass rusher. He could be a genuine 3-down sort of DT with what he's showing thus far.

I don't think this is a fair comparison at all because he's not going to be this good - but poor man's Kenny Clark?
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Agreed, baffled by the Nnadi love. He looked good a couple of years back and absolutely hopeless now.
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He just hasn't developed any.

I don't think he's any better or worse than he's ever been - he just never improved any. And that's fine - he'll probably stick around another 3-4 years by signing 1-year deals and being a rotational contributor (if not in KC, he'll land somewhere).

But he was always drafted for his floor over his ceiling - nobody ever expected the guy to be a star. I am just a little surprised he didn't seem to develop anymore functional strength after being in the league for 5 years.
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I noticed him in preseason to. There was a series he shut down
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Yeah, I told TwistedChief after the 3rd preseason game that I thought this was the most talented LB group we've had since the 90's probably.
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I only remember your telling me that Frank Clark had turned the corner and would break Strahan’s sack record.
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:-)
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Different conversation. Harris came up when I was telling you that CEH was going to rush for 1200 yards.
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Must've been drinking absinthe. Or injecting it.
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The only proper way to ingest absinthe is via an enema.
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