Miami's top four pass rushers produced a combined 26.5 sacks over their past season. Alex Donno and Larry Blustein discuss how fearsome Miami's pass rush can be with Tyler Baron, Rueben Bain, Elijah Alston and Akheem Mesidor leading the charge.
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00:00 Miami's top four experienced edge rushers.
00:03 They returned 26 and a half sacks from last season combined.
00:07 You'd be hard pressed to find a better unit in the entire country.
00:10 >> Yeah, no doubt.
00:11 And that's why I kind of caution people when they look at these players,
00:16 this guy could do this or this guy could do that.
00:20 What I think the intention was is to have enough depth where they could
00:24 interchange these guys and not lose much.
00:27 That's what I think has happened in any team that has depth.
00:32 Because you're gonna get a kid, like you said, Marquis Lightfoot or
00:36 McConaughey or one of those guys like that.
00:39 It'll end up with two or three sacks at the end of the year.
00:42 And then you and I are gonna be talking next year and say, well,
00:45 he had two or three, he had three sacks last year.
00:48 Then you said, but you know what, he only played a part time.
00:51 And that's what the whole thing is, is you're not gonna have one guy with 25 sacks.
00:55 Most teams that have that one guy that has 16, 17, 18, 19 sacks,
01:00 then that means you don't have a cohesive unit across the front.
01:06 And this is what Miami with Bane and these guys like that,
01:08 I think Barrow's gonna make a huge difference.
01:11 I think he's gonna be the type of guy that's gonna lighten the load,
01:14 especially for Ruben Bane.
01:16 I mean, the guy's got experience and he's a really, really good player.
01:20 And with the addition to some of these other really good prospects,
01:24 individually, they're gonna do well, but
01:27 that all adds up to what the team's gonna do.
01:30 >> You covered Ruben Bane so closely when he was at Miami Central.
01:34 You probably covered him since he was a kid, knowing you.
01:36 You probably knew Ruben when he was like seven, eight years old.
01:40 Blue is the most comprehensive,
01:42 offers the most comprehensive coverage of South Florida athletes.
01:46 Coming off of that seven and a half sack season that he had last year,
01:49 12 and a half tackles for loss, phenomenal true freshman year for Bane.
01:53 How much of a jump Blue do you think he can make in his second year?
01:57 >> Well, obviously he's worked real hard.
01:59 He's gotten bigger, he's gotten stronger, and
02:01 with the addition of the people around him.
02:04 And that's what I always emphasize.
02:06 There's a lot, HB Blades is a perfect example.
02:09 If you put him out on the island, he may not be as good as some of the other
02:14 linebackers, but you put him with other people who are playmakers, and
02:18 then suddenly the roof falls off.
02:21 And I think that's what Bane's gonna do.
02:22 He's gonna be benefited that he's gonna get a lot of one on one coverage.
02:27 You're not gonna be able to double team him as much with some of the other talent.
02:32 And that's the good thing.
02:33 And he's gonna kind of like really be able to kind of freelance and
02:38 do what he wants and not have to worry about a center coming over or
02:42 a tackle blocking down on him.
02:46 So he's, yeah, he's definitely gonna benefit more than anybody on that
02:50 defensive line because he's already got them massive talent.
02:54 Now he's gotta have an opportunity, not have two and
03:00 three guys on him at every play, especially with all the talent Miami has around him.
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