"That’s the best-looking linebacker I’ve ever seen. This guy’s (Jack Campbell) unreal.”
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Lambert's playing weight was closer to 220. Go back and look at the footage and he was downright skinny compared to modern MLB's. IIRC, Mike Webster, their center, only weighed about 265. Different era.
I saw him play a couple of times against the #1 IC West team (lost to dowling in the championship sadly) in '17, and the guy was the best player on the field on either side of the ball on either team.
This will sound strange to say, but you could tell the kind of athlete we were getting just watching JC play basketball. Physically, he was just on a different plane...big bodies just bouncing off him, like Tecmo bowl. An absolute freak.
As happy as i am with campbell, i couldn't be more excited for jacobs and that is no dis to campbell.
Here's 5 minutes of Jack, from @TomKakert
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He plainly states he's not "Chad Greenway." It would have been nice to at least add "not yet, anyway."
i kinda hate when a current player is compared to one from the past
why not simply celebrate what we have in Jack?
Campbell has better instincts ... but he's not nearly as fast as Greenway.
For the record ... all three of Iowa's top LBs were productive today. I'm happy we have each and every one of 'em!
some of the Hayden great o-lines averaged 180-90s and was considered almost NFL size. Back then, Iowa and MSu were putting big lines on the field
I think Benson had 11 tackles. He is a tackling machine. Jacobs was told cover #85 and he did a pretty good job. Campbell did the rest. Phil knows he needs Belton and Jacobs both on the field.
yep. they combined for 29 tackles; 18 for Jack, 11 for Benson.
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Remember when Iowa lost 2 games at the beginning of the year last year? Guess who didn’t play in either game because he had mono. If he was healthy he might’ve been the difference in those close losses.
As of today, I think your spot on. At worst a coin toss.
IF JC can produce as long as CG, he will end up as high or higher on the all greatness list. Both are athletic across the board with high football IQs. The thing about CG is he played at a very high level for many years. He tore ACLs right at the beginning of both his college a pro careers but besides that stayed mostly injury free throughout his career.
He perfected the gator roll tackling technique and percentage wise a very effective way to tackle but also has a low impact velocity.
I love the way JC f’n crushes people but a human body can only take so much punishment.
As a fan, it sucks so many underclassmen from Iowa jump to the nfl but it is also proof as to how good the coaches are at identifying and developing talent. I think as of today, JC is no lower than 2nd round talent at the next draft. With his height, frame and athleticism he’ll crush it at the combine.
If he can stay healthy, mature physically and maintain speed, I see Urlacher potential.
Also, if he would have played instead of Doyle against Wisconsin 2019.
