Tuesday, December 24, 2013

A Bunch of Words on Vic Beasley and his 2013 Performance

Beasley vs. Georgia


  • Gets around the edge, does a good job of swatting the LT's hands away to keep himself clean
  • Disengages & shows great closing speed as he hits QB
  • Shows off a really good inside move. Gets LT to over commit and beats him inside step(misses tackle in backfield
  • LT blocks him down about 5 yards on the goal line
  • Fires off the ball, gets into LTs pads, punches him, and falls down. Underrated strength
  • LT tries to cut block and VB avoids it, runs right around him for sack. Crazy closing speed
  • Tips screen pass for PBU
  • Walks LT back on bull rush-but doesn't counter, so no effect
  • Beats LT to spot on run play, gets their late. Likely an assist on TFL
  • Gets sack-gets into LT's pads, gets him off balance for sack
  • Tries to lower shoulder and take on block and gets completely blown up by FB
  • TE drives him out of the play pretty handily/easily
Overall, a really good game for Beasley. He's all speed. Whether he;s beating the LT to the edge, or using his speed to set up a counter move. Or beating the OT/TE to the spot on a run play. Speed, Speed, Speed. He was very impressive this game. Did have an issue when he was ran at, defenders were able to lock onto him and wash him out of the play.

Beasley vs. Virginia

  • After being locked up for a few plays, good job of beating LT to spot to make TFL
  • Whoa. has QB in backfield on option, QB out runs him/stiff arms him & beats him to edge for TD
  • Not a factor in this game after 1st half. No splash/impact plays. Only pressure off of screens.
  • Tried Bull-rush and failed
Not a very good game for Beasley. Didn't show much at all. In his defense, they were chipping him with a RB early, but couldn't get around the LT with speed, and wasn't able to counter at all.

Beasley vs. Wake
  • Ridiculous jump off the snap, beats LT inside, forces QB to roll out and throw before he wanted too
  • Is getting around the LT, just a step late for a sack. Maybe needs to bend the edge a little tighter
  • Shows off that good counter step inside, beats LT for sack.
  • Chasing down speed, you can really see his athleticism. Can really run.
  • Tries out of control spin move and LT just locks onto him
  • Coverage sack
It's hard to describe exactly what I mean, but I'm not sure Beasley is a great "stop and start" athlete. Seen it twice now where he was caught flat footed, and the QB accelerated right by him. But as I stated, he can certainly run. His ability to beat LT's to the spot with his speed is a blue chip quality.

Beasley vs. NC State
  • Has a chance for TFL on WR, misses tackle, goes for big gain.
  • Splits defenders, beats LT to spot, blows up pulling G, WOW play.
  • Seems more active-disengages from TE and runs down the line for tackle of 2
  • After the 1st half, really didn't generate pressure as a pass rusher
  • Unable to disengage on run play, shying away from contact
  • There's that hard inside step. Beats the LT so fast the RB didn't have time to pick him up. Sack
  • Catches LT on his heels, drives him back into QB for a strip sack. Great stutter step then convert speed to power. 
  • The wild spin move worked, but QB got rid of the ball under 2 seconds
  • Explodes off the line, tips screen pass
  • Pinning his ears back and abusing #54. Another sack. Just walked him back into the QB
  • +2 for that spin move
  • +3 for the spin move
The 1st half, Beasley was active in the run game, but no so much in the passing game. Didn't really generate any pressure. The 2nd half, he had the chance to pin his ears back, and you could see his pass rush skills on full display. It was one of the better halves I've seen from a player this year.

Beasley vs. South Carolina
  • Early on the LT is pretty much controlling him
  • Comes free on nice stunt up the middle.
  • Explosive 1st step and nice dip move. Forces QB to run
  • Is incredible at getting a jump off the ball. Strip sack
  • Plays with good leverage and kind of lucks into a sack. OL had him pretty good. Leverage won here
  • Nice hard counter inside step. Looks like a clear hold
  • Is really getting around the edge quickly.
Beasley was able to show off his explosive 1st step again this game. I wonder why we don't see this all the time. When he doesn't fire off and win with speed, the LT neutralized him pretty easily. When he did, he was a nightmare. Wouldn't say it's a liability when he's run at, but certainly not a strength.

Beasley vs. FSU
  • Nice job of scraping down the line to make tackle at LOS
  • Gets into LT's pads and walks him back into QB
  • Back to back plays washed out vs. run
  • Tries to beat LT on inside step but gets washed down LOS
  • Not a very good 1st quarter, was highly ineffective 
  • Drops into coverage, comfortable in flats
  • Unable to win with speed, getting chipped
  • Beats LT inside to the spot and gets a QB hit. There's the speed & quickness
  • Good job of holding his ground at POA vs. run
  • Noneffective generating pressure still. He's trying his spin, a counter, rip, nothing working
No reason to sugar-coat it, it wasn't a good game for Beasley. As a pass rusher he was completely taken out of his game. He couldn't beat the LT to the corner, his counter moves weren't working, nothing really was. I did like that he kept on trying and didn't give up. FSU had success running his way outside of a couple times where Beasley beat the LT to the spot.

Grade/Final Thought


Multiple Pro Bowl Player, Top 10  8.5 – 9.0
Highly Productive Starter, 1st Round  8.0 – 8.4
Very Good Starter, Early 2nd Round  7.8 – 7.9
Reliable Starter, 2nd Round  7.5 – 7.7
Potential Starter in Year 2, 3rd Round  7.0 – 7.4
Backup/Spot Starter, 4th Round  6.5 – 6.9
Productive Backup, 5th Round  6.0 – 6.4
Very Good Backup/STs, 6th Round  5.5 – 5.9
Quality Backup/Good STs, 7th Round  5.0 – 5.4
Backup/STs/Project Player, 7th Round  4.5 – 4.9
Priority Free Agent w/ Limitations  4.0 – 4.4
Non-Draftable    < 4.0



TraitWeightGrade
Vs. The Run43.4
Pass Rush Ability44
Read & React32.8
First Step22
Pass Rush Moves21.8
Tackling 21.7
Coverage2INC
Motor22
Stack & Shed/Strength at POA21.5
Feet/COD21.8


Beasley graded out to a 7.4, but I have an incomplete for his coverage, because he only dropped a handful of times. He did look comfortable when he did, so he would grade out likely to a 7.6.

Beasley is certainly one of the more explosive edge rushers in the country. Everything he does is revolved around speed. He has a very good counter step to the inside, and has a stutter step pass rush that he should rely on more often. Teams had success running his way, and him only making plays when he beat the OL to the spot makes me think he's primarily a weak-side player at the next level. Beasley is a good looking athlete, that does have some change of direction skills, but is at his best going north and south. Beasley has the skills to be a very good weak-side pass rusher at the next level. He'll need to improve at winning at the POA, but is already very good at beating lineman to the spot in the run game to make plays in the backfield.

I watched all these videos via draftbreakdown.com 

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