News/Rumors 3.9.18

03/09/2018
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The Bills continued to add free agent pieces by signing defensive end Owa Odighizuwa. The Giants made Odighizuwa, a physical specimen weighing in at around 270 pounds on a 6’3″ frame, a third round pick out of UCLA in the 2015 NFL Draft. He has incredibly long arms at 33 and 3/4 inches and even ran a 4.62 forty at the combine. But all of that athleticism hasn’t had a chance to develop. Odighizuwa took time away from the game prior to last season, then after his return he was suspended four games for testing positive for performance enhancing substances. In total, he has played 299 snaps and registered two sacks, two QB hits, eight pressures, and three stops, per Pro Football Focus. After watching all of his snaps over the last few seasons, Odighizuwa appears very raw. He uses his length really well, typically winning the hand placement battle on runs, and he has the feet to stack and move laterally on outside runs to hold contain. But he struggles to disengage consistently on inside runs and at the point of attack. Aside from his obvious athleticism, his consistent pass rush move was the straight arm to the chest of opposing tackles. If that…

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