On the near future of the Big Man [one old guy's opinion]:
1). Big Eddie will not start next year but he'll play a lot. We have two All-Americans and one All-American coming-to-be on that three-man Dline. Springmann and Schwenke will hold down the middle behind Irish Chocolate, so Eddie will be used at DE. At that position he will probably share the relief work minutes [mainly for Sheldon since Diaco doesn't like to sub for Tuitt much] with either Hounshell [who'll probably be stuck again behind Tuitt], Rochell, or Jones. All that will depend upon whether The Mighty Romeo becomes the violent monster yet that I believe he will. Upon reflection, this array of destroyers shows us how powerful ND is next year at Dline.
2). Comparisons to people like Aaron Lynch are not fruitful. Both players are going to be great, but with very different skill sets. Unlike others on this board, who maintain a useless hatred for Lynch, I don't, and instead see him as a "romantically-conflicted" immature young man, who will soon grow up to become an adult, a husband/father, and a kicka$$ NFL football player. Eddie seems to be FAR advanced from Aaron on very substantial maturity issues, probably attributable to a good "father presence" guiding his adolescence. By the way, I EXTREMELY admire and honor Aaron's mom, Alice, for doing all a mother could.
3). Eddie is going to be great because [paradoxically] he's quick. [Lynch is too]. Vanderdoes has the unteachable. He's quick and he's fast to the QB or RB. This, when combined with his size and proportions, makes him more like Nix than Lynch or Tuitt. What Eddie doesn't seem to have yet [from the film] is really powerful arm and hand strength. His base seems superb. Straight-on hits "stand him up" a bit, but his base doesn't go anywhere. He's getting by people more by out-quicking them and getting angle leverage than he is simply shedding them [like a Tuitt would do, or even Lynch to a degree]. This actually pleases me, as if the quickness is there [the God-given] but the upperbody strength needs to catch up [the Longo-able], then, unlike what some recruiting commentators claimed, Big Eddie DOES have quite a higher ceiling than he's already achieved. "A Year With Longo" is probably exactly what he needs.
4). Now I'll be curmudgeonly unpopular. I would not be unhappy to see the "Dutch Phuck" business dropped. It's unnecessary and doesn't even relate well with what the Big Man will be accomplishing as a DE for Notre Dame. Something like the "Flying Dutchman" or "The Dozer" [after Vander DOES], would be far more appropriate, civilized, and much less offensive for what seems to be a religious family.
... much less the best player in his class... much less the best player at his position! Jadeveon Clowney is the closest thing we've seen to a "once in a long time" prospect coming out of HS recently... and he was in the same year as Lynch.
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