Found February 01, 2012 on Pro Football Zone: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Former NFL defensive tackle and current NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp had plenty of negative things to say about the Detroit Lions defense and Ndamukong Suh during Tuesday’s Super Bowl media day. We’ll start with what Sapp had to say about Suh. Sapp believes that Suh won’t be a complete pass rusher until he adds some more moves to his skill set. “The thing that affected him was he played such a power game, grabbing people and slinging them out of the way,” Sapp said during Super Bowl media day.”He had rotator cuff surgery. I had one on each shoulder. I kind of know what that’s like. You have to put yourself in a position where there was no offseason, no rehabbing and all the things he needed to do to be able to get that strength back. Now without that power, snatching and slinging people out of the way, he’s never been a hip-flipper or a true pass rusher in a sense. “He was just overpowering and throwing people out of the w...
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