A lot of overreaction to Nolan's first game as a pro. Some good to take away and some stuff to work on, as with any rookie. I'll have a more in depth review of the preseason game later this week, but I think we're going a little far in the Nolan criticism. The very best pass rushers only win on about 20% of their pass rushes, I think many people came into the game with expectations that Nolan was going to win every rep or something. If I released a video on Sweat or Reddick showing all of their snaps in a game you're going to see them get shut down on half their snaps. I'm still very bullish on Nolan.
My issue is more the amount of snaps that seem like he has no chance at a pressure. He seems to come off the ball with no plan on how to get to the qb for the majority of snaps. I would have been happier seeing him failing but trying more things out. Even a simple long arm or rip
100%. First live action against a different opponent. Nolan is going to be a good player, just need to be patient like with the vast majority of rookies.
@@leakdinero I know Sweat's story. Check my breakdown of him. Sweat got hurt his senior year in high school and was ready to play game 1 his true freshman year. Played 3 years in college post injury. He hardly played his rookie year for the Eagles and had 4 sacks his 2nd year. Didn't become a full time starter until his 4th year. He took time to develop too, wasn't a star right away.
My takeaway from this is beside that one play where the running back cut in and bounced back out, Nolan did a fairly good job setting the edge. I think he was overly cautious about not giving the QB a pocket to escape in. He didn’t try any speed moves to get around the defender. I’m sure it will work better when he’s going again a non mobile QB and have more elite DT to clog the pocket. When it’s an obvious passing situation during the season I sure it will be more balls to the wall pressure from him.
Nolan was the main guy I wanted in this past draft and I think he’s going to be a stud for us. With that said the main thing he has to learn and work on is, just from the tape on this game, is staying home and not over committing on the run game. That and try to force the runner wide, so his teammates can get there instead of trying to take on a blocker and being moved out of position by his own momentum. Not worried tho, once he gets more comfortable in this defense he’ll be doing that on pure instinct, and he’ll have more trust in his teammates to make a play. Also, he did do a good job staying home on passing plays when he had to drop back in coverage, making sure to pick up a receiver when necessary…
Ugly tape. 77 is a back up tackle with slow AF feet. Smith has to be attacking around the edge not trying to bull rush someone who outweighs by 100 pounds. No explosiveness, no nuance to his pass rush and blown off the line on run plays. He looks undersized and lacking strength. Not good.
I'm high on him but nothing theyve said about him in practice shined into the game He doesn't look quick at all granted he could have been nervous with the adrenaline pumping cause he ain't seen a game in almost a year His power was nonexistent He looked very raw he needs to get in the weight room put on more muscle and strength and stick with these vets and learn more moves cause there was only 1 good play he almost made in the game everything else was ehh
The thing about the practice reports, if you read who he is going up against in 1 on 1's the majority of the time, it's 2nd/3rd/4th string OL. He's definitely a very raw player, he needs time but with those traits he can become a force. I'll have a more in depth breakdown of the preseason game later this week.
@@PhillyFilmRoom I agree but he also went up against the ravens backup so unless their backups are just great and ours are just ass Or they were feeding Nolan smith fake news cause he didn't look fast at all
@Tpuff58 yeah not sure what they're seeing at camp. You never know with some reporters. Hopefully just getting back into the swing of things since he hasn't played since October of last year.
I am far more concerned with Milton Williams. Lots of talk about him taking a bigger role this year and considering he only had 6 snaps and got manhandled on half of them. I hope was just a bad night trying to shake off the off season rust.
He's an undersized guy, he's probably always going to struggle against double teams. My guess is he will settle into a bigger role in passing situations and JD will play more in early down and short yardage situations.
He was better (far superior IMO) to Linval Joseph last year. No ideal why Joseph was taking snaps over Milton Williams after the mid season signings - Linval did 0 in pass rush and his size made no noticeable different against the run. There is ample tape of Milton Williams playing being a plus NFL DT.
I'm sorry I dis agree, his hand work was trash he dip his shoulder once and when he did he got to the QB he mis a open tackle and he run a 4.3 didn't really get in his bag need more work for sure
For sure needs more work. He had way less snaps in college compared to all the other 1st round DE draft picks. He needs time to develop but his elite traits will be scary when he gets it figured out.
Need a lot more work to put in didn’t do anything ain’t use his speed . Ain’t go right at the lineman no spin move to get off the blocks or nothing . Looked alil scary he gon be str8 tho
Ghost move was very nice. Bad mental error on one of them. Not great outing, but this is his first time on the field. Lots to improve. Lots of time still. Most rookies don't shine in first year anyways.💯💯💯
His first pro scrimmage reps came against a guy that weighs 150 lbs more than him so obviously he was overpowered, but surprisingly stout all things considered.
He's definitely raw and looked like he missed half of last season. But he definitely doesn't back down. We need to be patient with Nolan, he'll grow with time.
@@Tpuff58Faalele weighs about 385, he's massive like fellow Australian Mailata and about 70 pounds more than the average Olineman. He's also pretty skilled. 4th rounder going into his 2nd year.
Nolan might need to switch to linebacker in the future or put on weight because he’s severely undersized and OT are gonna just need to put hands on him and he ain’t going nowhere….
Over committing, trying to be everywhere he thinks the ball is. Needs to mentally settle down, stick to assignments and read plays. Trust in the other 10 teammates to do their assignments as well. The potential is big with Nolan, it’s 99% mental right now. He will get bigger and stronger as he ages.
Hes got the raw talent but hes gotta string his pass rusher moves together with purpose. Seems like hes flailing hoping to get by at times. Also cant get sucked inside if youre on outside contain. (Pause) We'll really see where hes at on Thursdays game depending on what, if anything, he learned in this game against 77. Still excited for his long term future in philly tho. Just looks like there will be some growing pains.
Facing that big azz LT 😂 and RT had to be his welcome to the NFL moment! You can see flashes in the plays he did well in imo solid overall with time and experience we set up for the future and as I said before the start of last season Dynasty incoming 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅ganggang
Not bad from Nolan, has to commit to long arm if that’s his go to move. I love the dip move to get pressure on QB. He only played 7 games for UGA last year so he will adjust.
Definitely has to get better at that long arm. He extends it well before contact so there's no pop to it. Will need to improve that long arm if he's going to use it to set up his ghost technique or else tackles will just ignore that long arm. Would like to see him develop a eurostep with how explosive he is.
My main 2 things are his long arm and his stunt He needs to refine his long arm so that teams will respect it and he can utilize the ghost move and his stop momentum stop and rip but what I’m really exited about was the stunt he did… even though it was a completion… if that’s Jalen carter and Brandon Graham setting that stunt whoever is the QB will get a baddd concussion… that stunt with mediocre Dline and still being somewhat raw he ran that very fuvjing fast and physical
He just needs more reps. Nothing to worry about here. We got the depth to bring him along slowly, when the game slows down for him, we'll forget about this easily.
This Dline is shooting for the all time sack record, Smith has all the athletic tools he needs, he has to get better with his hands and winning at the point of attack, or else teams will just run to his side all day long
He looked raw ashell to the point u can easily forget he is a first rounder. Nolan ain’t had not one answer Fo #77 at all and I hope it was just first game nervousness and doesn’t carry on
He hit him with a nice ghost technique late in the game, something he should be doing against 6'8" OL. His testing catapulted him higher than where his game really is at though, but the Eagles have the luxury of letting him develop unlike most teams.
I'm a ravens fan and his name is Daniel Faalele he is super talented who has gotten a lot of reps last year as a rookie and probably our future starting RT.
This is exactly what you want to see from a high upside 3rd round pick that did well at the combine. He randomly abandons his run fit and clearly isn't rushing with any plan. But the one time he did try a pass rush move off the snap 3:16 he utilizes the ghost technique well enough to show he has the speed and bend to be a menace if he can ever put it together. Also shows very solid strength and willing takes on a pulling guard. I am still excited about Nolan Smith but this makes me think he is not nfl ready yet.
100%. His elite traits are what got him drafted so high. He's still a raw player, but he also didn't play that many snaps compared to the other first round edge rushers, plus Georgia's defensive scheme didn't allow for him to have a ton of true pass rushes. I'll have a more in depth breakdown of the Ravens game coming up later this week.
Always so excited for your vids I think all in all nolan smith is a luxury pick that we can afford as a team that can reasonably sit a first round pick for the majority of there first season. I think the eagles always planning for the future makes them a great team
@dashiellhalpern5743 appreciate it! The Eagles are definitely a perfect spot for Nolan to come into, not having the pressure to be the top dog right away and can have the time to learn.
@dashiellhalpern5743 You are 100% correct in your assessment. Nolan Smith is Green. He's too Raw, but I also believe Howie Roseman does a good nay GREAT Job picking the cream of the crop. He has talent and you see his ability to adapt as things progress; and I whole heartedly believe N.S. will adapt and progress far better then we expect. Just give it time!!
His name is Daniel Faalele and is super talented I'm a ravens fan. He got a ton of reps last year, we got high hope for him so don't feel to bad Nolan not going up against no scrub.
I can't see him having too many snaps this year, he looks ineffective. He keeps engaging and sticking with the RT with both hands and loses awareness of the play too many times.
A lot of overreaction to Nolan's first game as a pro. Some good to take away and some stuff to work on, as with any rookie. I'll have a more in depth review of the preseason game later this week, but I think we're going a little far in the Nolan criticism. The very best pass rushers only win on about 20% of their pass rushes, I think many people came into the game with expectations that Nolan was going to win every rep or something. If I released a video on Sweat or Reddick showing all of their snaps in a game you're going to see them get shut down on half their snaps. I'm still very bullish on Nolan.
@ 3:15 I understand why you’re bullish on him. Like my grandma would say, “it take time boi”
My issue is more the amount of snaps that seem like he has no chance at a pressure. He seems to come off the ball with no plan on how to get to the qb for the majority of snaps.
I would have been happier seeing him failing but trying more things out. Even a simple long arm or rip
Took Josh sweat and reddick time to adjust to the nfl as well, he’ll be fine
100%. First live action against a different opponent. Nolan is going to be a good player, just need to be patient like with the vast majority of rookies.
@@PhillyFilmRoom Yes, just that doesnt work with Carter, he was ready to kill the QB snap number 1 lol
Not really sweat was good off rip he just dealt with injuries even before he got drafted that’s why he dropped to us
@@leakdinero I know Sweat's story. Check my breakdown of him. Sweat got hurt his senior year in high school and was ready to play game 1 his true freshman year. Played 3 years in college post injury. He hardly played his rookie year for the Eagles and had 4 sacks his 2nd year. Didn't become a full time starter until his 4th year. He took time to develop too, wasn't a star right away.
@@HurtsGood1 Carter's just a different breed. He was the best player in the draft, really excited for what he's gonna bring this year.
Did anyone else notice Kvon in these clips? Dude balled
My takeaway from this is beside that one play where the running back cut in and bounced back out, Nolan did a fairly good job setting the edge. I think he was overly cautious about not giving the QB a pocket to escape in. He didn’t try any speed moves to get around the defender. I’m sure it will work better when he’s going again a non mobile QB and have more elite DT to clog the pocket. When it’s an obvious passing situation during the season I sure it will be more balls to the wall pressure from him.
Nolan was the main guy I wanted in this past draft and I think he’s going to be a stud for us. With that said the main thing he has to learn and work on is, just from the tape on this game, is staying home and not over committing on the run game. That and try to force the runner wide, so his teammates can get there instead of trying to take on a blocker and being moved out of position by his own momentum. Not worried tho, once he gets more comfortable in this defense he’ll be doing that on pure instinct, and he’ll have more trust in his teammates to make a play. Also, he did do a good job staying home on passing plays when he had to drop back in coverage, making sure to pick up a receiver when necessary…
You can see he learned his lesson on the blown run earlier. The next couple times they ran that same action, he stayed backside
Ugly tape. 77 is a back up tackle with slow AF feet. Smith has to be attacking around the edge not trying to bull rush someone who outweighs by 100 pounds. No explosiveness, no nuance to his pass rush and blown off the line on run plays. He looks undersized and lacking strength. Not good.
He should probably retire huh
I'm high on him but nothing theyve said about him in practice shined into the game
He doesn't look quick at all granted he could have been nervous with the adrenaline pumping cause he ain't seen a game in almost a year
His power was nonexistent
He looked very raw he needs to get in the weight room put on more muscle and strength and stick with these vets and learn more moves cause there was only 1 good play he almost made in the game everything else was ehh
The thing about the practice reports, if you read who he is going up against in 1 on 1's the majority of the time, it's 2nd/3rd/4th string OL. He's definitely a very raw player, he needs time but with those traits he can become a force. I'll have a more in depth breakdown of the preseason game later this week.
@@PhillyFilmRoom I agree but he also went up against the ravens backup so unless their backups are just great and ours are just ass
Or they were feeding Nolan smith fake news cause he didn't look fast at all
@Tpuff58 yeah not sure what they're seeing at camp. You never know with some reporters. Hopefully just getting back into the swing of things since he hasn't played since October of last year.
Once he master the move at 3:15 goodnight. He needs more focus on getting to the ball rather than contact with linemans.
It's gonna be an unstoppable move once he masters it. His bend is crazy
I am far more concerned with Milton Williams. Lots of talk about him taking a bigger role this year and considering he only had 6 snaps and got manhandled on half of them. I hope was just a bad night trying to shake off the off season rust.
He's an undersized guy, he's probably always going to struggle against double teams. My guess is he will settle into a bigger role in passing situations and JD will play more in early down and short yardage situations.
He had two guys with hands on him most this video and fought through it ,he'll be fine
He was better (far superior IMO) to Linval Joseph last year. No ideal why Joseph was taking snaps over Milton Williams after the mid season signings - Linval did 0 in pass rush and his size made no noticeable different against the run.
There is ample tape of Milton Williams playing being a plus NFL DT.
I'm sorry I dis agree, his hand work was trash he dip his shoulder once and when he did he got to the QB he mis a open tackle and he run a 4.3 didn't really get in his bag need more work for sure
For sure needs more work. He had way less snaps in college compared to all the other 1st round DE draft picks. He needs time to develop but his elite traits will be scary when he gets it figured out.
1 preseason game
I can’t knock Nolan. Daniel Faalele is 6’8 380 LBs with pretty quick feet for a guy that size.
Not much to cheer about for all the hype in camp!! Oh well he’s a rookie and he’s learning!!
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Need a lot more work to put in didn’t do anything ain’t use his speed . Ain’t go right at the lineman no spin move to get off the blocks or nothing . Looked alil scary he gon be str8 tho
Marlon T stood out, getting in the face of QB causing rushed passes.
Once he gets over his imposter syndrome and understands his role better, he'll be a menace
Ghost move was very nice. Bad mental error on one of them. Not great outing, but this is his first time on the field. Lots to improve. Lots of time still. Most rookies don't shine in first year anyways.💯💯💯
I was happy to see that ghost tech. Good to see he has that ability. Now about developing that consistency and some set ups and counters to it.
90 percent of the ravens plays were away from him.
3:14 is a VON MILLER move he looked just like him on that move
He was at his pass rush camp, definitely took notes on that move. A lot of Von's former teammates have implemented the ghost tech into their game
Pick 30 just needs to be an 8 sack guy
His first pro scrimmage reps came against a guy that weighs 150 lbs more than him so obviously he was overpowered, but surprisingly stout all things considered.
Theyre all going to be 100 to 150lbs more theyre olinemen he looked raw
He's definitely raw and looked like he missed half of last season. But he definitely doesn't back down. We need to be patient with Nolan, he'll grow with time.
@@PhillyFilmRoomI agree. The good thing with us is he can have a year to learn where he's sprinkled in and not relied upon
@@EagleSZN678 Definitely. Howie knows how to keep the trenches stocked so we're not relying on 1 guy to be the savior
@@Tpuff58Faalele weighs about 385, he's massive like fellow Australian Mailata and about 70 pounds more than the average Olineman. He's also pretty skilled. 4th rounder going into his 2nd year.
Nolan might need to switch to linebacker in the future or put on weight because he’s severely undersized and OT are gonna just need to put hands on him and he ain’t going nowhere….
He'll be fine, give him some time to develop. Was also his first game as a pro after missing the 2nd half of last year.
My boy Daniel eat up Nolan I like what I see from smith he just need more time.
Yeah Faalele was fucking up everyone on the Eagles. You guys got a stud.
Needs to trust his teammates
Over committing, trying to be everywhere he thinks the ball is. Needs to mentally settle down, stick to assignments and read plays. Trust in the other 10 teammates to do their assignments as well.
The potential is big with Nolan, it’s 99% mental right now. He will get bigger and stronger as he ages.
Hes got the raw talent but hes gotta string his pass rusher moves together with purpose. Seems like hes flailing hoping to get by at times. Also cant get sucked inside if youre on outside contain. (Pause)
We'll really see where hes at on Thursdays game depending on what, if anything, he learned in this game against 77. Still excited for his long term future in philly tho. Just looks like there will be some growing pains.
Facing that big azz LT 😂 and RT had to be his welcome to the NFL moment! You can see flashes in the plays he did well in imo solid overall with time and experience we set up for the future and as I said before the start of last season Dynasty incoming 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅ganggang
He forgot he has speed and a crazy bend
Yeah but no technique 😂
U can tell he not trying fr he gone cut up soon just preseason
Nah fam dude just flat out sucks. 🤣
3:18was nice
he might be a little small in the run game
Against 380 pound linemen yes. But coaches should understand that and limit his exposure to guys that big in obvious run situations
Not bad from Nolan, has to commit to long arm if that’s his go to move. I love the dip move to get pressure on QB. He only played 7 games for UGA last year so he will adjust.
Definitely has to get better at that long arm. He extends it well before contact so there's no pop to it. Will need to improve that long arm if he's going to use it to set up his ghost technique or else tackles will just ignore that long arm. Would like to see him develop a eurostep with how explosive he is.
My main 2 things are his long arm and his stunt
He needs to refine his long arm so that teams will respect it and he can utilize the ghost move and his stop momentum stop and rip but what I’m really exited about was the stunt he did… even though it was a completion… if that’s Jalen carter and Brandon Graham setting that stunt whoever is the QB will get a baddd concussion… that stunt with mediocre Dline and still being somewhat raw he ran that very fuvjing fast and physical
Yo you already know
He gonna a beast too 🫡🦅🔥💪🏼
He just needs more reps. Nothing to worry about here. We got the depth to bring him along slowly, when the game slows down for him, we'll forget about this easily.
You already know
This Dline is shooting for the all time sack record, Smith has all the athletic tools he needs, he has to get better with his hands and winning at the point of attack, or else teams will just run to his side all day long
its preseason, theyll coach him up just fine. he isnt fighting for a roster spot either so this is getting his feet wet people be trippin
He will be fine. That was his first game action in 10 months!!
Exactly!
Needs to develop
He looked raw ashell to the point u can easily forget he is a first rounder. Nolan ain’t had not one answer Fo #77 at all and I hope it was just first game nervousness and doesn’t carry on
He hit him with a nice ghost technique late in the game, something he should be doing against 6'8" OL. His testing catapulted him higher than where his game really is at though, but the Eagles have the luxury of letting him develop unlike most teams.
I'm a ravens fan and his name is Daniel Faalele he is super talented who has gotten a lot of reps last year as a rookie and probably our future starting RT.
Doesn't look impressive to me.
He going up against a beast in Daniel Faalele Nolan will be find.. I'm a ravens fan btw
This is exactly what you want to see from a high upside 3rd round pick that did well at the combine. He randomly abandons his run fit and clearly isn't rushing with any plan. But the one time he did try a pass rush move off the snap 3:16 he utilizes the ghost technique well enough to show he has the speed and bend to be a menace if he can ever put it together. Also shows very solid strength and willing takes on a pulling guard. I am still excited about Nolan Smith but this makes me think he is not nfl ready yet.
100%. His elite traits are what got him drafted so high. He's still a raw player, but he also didn't play that many snaps compared to the other first round edge rushers, plus Georgia's defensive scheme didn't allow for him to have a ton of true pass rushes. I'll have a more in depth breakdown of the Ravens game coming up later this week.
Always so excited for your vids I think all in all nolan smith is a luxury pick that we can afford as a team that can reasonably sit a first round pick for the majority of there first season.
I think the eagles always planning for the future makes them a great team
@dashiellhalpern5743 appreciate it! The Eagles are definitely a perfect spot for Nolan to come into, not having the pressure to be the top dog right away and can have the time to learn.
1st rounder*
@dashiellhalpern5743 You are 100% correct in your assessment. Nolan Smith is Green. He's too Raw, but I also believe Howie Roseman does a good nay GREAT Job picking the cream of the crop. He has talent and you see his ability to adapt as things progress; and I whole heartedly believe N.S. will adapt and progress far better then we expect. Just give it time!!
#77 giving him that work 😂 🤣🤪
dude big af lmao i was like damn nolan looks like a TE on a blitz next to that dude 😂
His name is Daniel Faalele and is super talented I'm a ravens fan. He got a ton of reps last year, we got high hope for him so don't feel to bad Nolan not going up against no scrub.
I can't see him having too many snaps this year, he looks ineffective. He keeps engaging and sticking with the RT with both hands and loses awareness of the play too many times.
This is just his 1st pro start in the NFL. I don't deny he looked Green/Raw, but he's got TALENT to adapt. Just give him time!!