Anytime touchdown6/17/2023 ![]() Dean and Morrow would make for a relatively small linebacker corps. Pairing the 6’3”, 231-pound Elliss with the 5’11, 231-pound Nakobe Dean could be ideal as opposed to having the 6’0”, 216-pound Morrow next to him instead. He continues to build a case for getting snaps on defense. Elliss displaying athleticism to hang in coverage and instinctual play-making ability is certainly a positive development for the team. Elliss broke up a short Hurts target intended for Jack Stoll and then intercepted Hurts in the middle of the field for a pick six. The 24-year-old took first team reps next to Nakobe Dean (not sure if Nicholas Morrow was around) and did his part to flash. I bring this up because Elliss stood out again on Thursday. Interesting under-the-radar candidate to monitor. At the very least, he should be a good special teams contributor. He showed some juice in an incredibly small sample size last year. But I feel like Elliss has more of a chance to play meaningful snaps than most would think. ![]() The most likely outcome, of course, is that he falls between those two options. or he could potentially steal a starting off-ball linebacker spot. He could conceivably not even make the roster. I’ve mentioned on a couple BGN Radio podcasts that I believe Elliss might have the largest delta on the roster. The other memorable Mariota moment was when he threw a pass over the middle that didn’t get high enough to not be intercepted nicely by Christian Elliss. If you missed last week’s notes, I wrote the following about Christian Elliss:.I expect him to be sharper in training camp. But I will say I thought he performed better in OTAs last year than he did in the two practices I watched this year. It’s impossible to get too troubled by a single OTA practice after what we saw Hurts accomplish last season. On the bright side, Hurts did have some good connections with DeVonta Smith. Hurts slightly overthrew Quez Watkins on another downfield throw. broken up by 2022 UDFA signing Mario Goodrich. He also had a short target to Greg Ward Jr. He got picked off twice by two unheralded players (Christian Elliss and undrafted rookie free agent Mekhi Garner) and had another deep shot down the left sideline knocked down. ![]()
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