DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2019 NFL Season 2019 NFL Draft Browns pick Sione Takitaki 80th overall

On my buddy's fb, he read a meme that Browns fans are getting Greedy for some shiTakitaki 'shrooms in a nice Redwine sauce....

How are you saying that Taki squared? Or is it just short-hand way of writing his name. Maybe I'm putting too much thought into it.

It's a clever nickname, though.

Well,mayhap Dorsey builds a better board. Surprising to hear he was tops. Love to know what bumped him up for us, or maybe backed some other folks off.

Welcome aboard; win us some games!

As someone who deals with mathematicians, that should be (Taki)². The whole Taki is squared, not just the i.

Nice!


It's not only fun to say, it's also fun to hear Freddie say it in stride and not even crack a smile that he said it.

I think I already heard Freddie shorten it to Taki. I like Taki².

(For those looking on their keyboards for the ² key, hold down your ALT key and type 0178 then release the ALT key)

My first thought was "who"?

Definitely a bit of a head scratcher here.

Hopefully, he doesn't start getting flagged a lot and we start calling him ticky taki.

...or hanging out with Josh Gordon and we call him toki-toki

And now I've randomly got this stuck in my head:

Shouldn't it technically be 2 * (Taki)?

Nice way to tie it all together lol.

Groannn....

or making jokes like this we can call him tacky-taki

No. TakiTaki is (Taki)². Taki + Taki would be 2 * (Taki)

A reminder of why I did poorly in algebra... I loved geometry but man I was bad at the rest of advanced math. Too many rules. In my mind it’s too many letters and not enough numbers to be math. It was my only GPA killer.

I hear a rumor that Whitewine was offended.

What about his girlfriend, Chardonnay?

pray hes not another David Veikune.
darn Mangini was totally clueless when it came to drafting

Well we did have one GM try to claim Kaluka Maiava was the best LB on the USC roster in 2005... Mathews, Cushing, Maualuga...
Man we’ve had some awful front office.

I wish I knew more about this kid. CleveSteve would have known all about him.

I saw that Elliot Wolfe said that we "need to go watch the Wisconsin game"

and guys, I don't see it.

Doesn’t get off blocks very well imo. Tight ends were able to block him. He did make a few splash plays but overall he was just a guy.

Yep, the way wolfe was talking I was expecting to see a wrecking ball. He missed a tackle on Alex freaking Hornibrooke.

He's not really a great athlete either, he's decent but Winnovich taken 3 picks ahead of him is a way better athlete.

I am much happier with Takitaki than Winnovich, IMO he is a much better on the field "Football Player" ...

Good link Grateful. I like Jake Burns breakdowns.

Not at all (very little at least to me) . I've been watching a lot of Schobert after hearing the trade rumors. I'm tempted to call him Joe "Charmin" Schobert at times, he plays so soft. A bit of an exaggeration, but physicality is definitely an area Joe could improve.

Takitaki isn't as fluid in coverage, but he's way better (more physical might be a better way to put it) in the running game imho.

Responding to others more generally,

There's not a whole lot a LB can do when the DTs in front of him are getting blown 5 yards off the ball and into his lap. So it's hard to get a good read on him on dive plays. As far as plays to the outside and with pulling guards, he was blowing up the blocking schemes.

Someone mentioned he wasn't good at shedding blocks. I'm not sure this is entirely accurate. Sometimes you don't want to shed a blocker. Often it is more effective to compress the hole and/or occupy multiple blockers. Re-watch the Wisky game and notice how often he just walks his man back into a pulling lineman and makes a mess of where the play was supposed to go. He might not make the tackle, but there were multiple times he "made the play."

He did miss some tackles, but when you're flying around full speed it's bound to happen more often than if you don't hustle to get there in the first place.

After watching other LBs in this class, I can see how he looked like a wrecking ball. He's not always making the splash play himself, but he sure can make a mess for the RB.

Watched the video.

He is relentless and aggressive in his pursuit of the ball. At times overly aggressive. He is chasing down the ball carrier and his weight gets forward causing him to get juked and miss some tackles.

When the bid Wisconsin linemen get to him he had a hard time shaking them.

I only saw 2 plays where the TE was able to take him out of the play. Once the TE controlled him the other time the TE took advantage of that over aggressiveness and just pushed him into his momentum to take him out of position.

Didn't get a great feel for him in the passing game. Seems like BYU played a lot of zone coverage. Most of the passing plays seemed to go to the opposite side of the field. Likely coincidence. On the ones to his side I saw nothing great but nothing eggregious either.

If this guy develops over the next year he is taking Kirksey or Schobert's spot:

https://expo.cleveland.com/sports/g66l-2...-film-room.html

We can't afford to pay both of them.

What a world we live in where a player like Takitaki can play sparingly in his rookie year because we have legit starters in front of him. In 2016 we were starting guys like him.

We can get out of Kirksey's deal next season with a cap savings.

Right. If it were up to me that money would go straight to Schobert. My point is that we can't keep Kirksey and Schobert going into the 2020 season.

I agree. However, it's likely that Dorsey is hoping that he can go into 2020 with Avery, Wilson, and Takitaki as his LB corps.

I'd be shocked if that was the plan. Wilson was a fifth round pick. Not many guys go from fifth round pick to starter on a contender in one year.

I don't see Avery as a linebacker. My bet is that he ends up as an edge rusher more often than not in 2019.

As long as it adds up to Takitaki going all tiki torchi on pittsburgh.

Nope. Ain't gonna happen. You should know why.

Imho. This is the last year of both.

Keep drafting Dorsey. Cause NO WAY is Schoebert worth 10+ a year.

When they announced that Kirksey was going to announce the 3rd round pick, I speculated that he could be announcing his replacement. Seriously Kirko, I was joking.