krammer said:IntuitiveGriz said:Love Nagler's move to OLB for two reasons. One being we are going to have TEs coming out of our ass pretty soon. It will be the too many position, like WR was. Hah. And two being Nagler will be an athletic OLB that is good in pass defense being that he has receiver skills. His height and ability to run will rival that of one of the Grizzlies all-time leading tacklers...the 6-foot-5, 227-pound Tyler Joyce.
From Billings Gazette: http://billingsgazette.com/sports/griz-linebacker-tyler-joyce-plays-a-good-game-then-writes/article_c278342c-1e4e-5261-91db-d9f344c14910.html
Montana coach Bobby Hauck is well aware of the impact Joyce makes for the Griz.
"Tyler is a smart player," Hauck said. "He's intense and is a real physical presence on field. It's good to have him on our defense. He brings a lot of things to the plate as a linebacker."
It's a wonder the Grizzlies were lucky enough to get Joyce.
As a junior at Overland High School in Aurora, Colo., Joyce was one of the most highly touted players in his state and was ranked in the top 20 nationally for prep linebackers.
But going into his senior year, Joyce had suffered some injuries and the bigger schools that were courting him shied away.
"Some of the schools looking at me were Michigan, Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Colorado and Colorado State," Joyce says. "Then I had some shoulder problems going into my senior year, and that sort of held me back in some camps, and a lot of those teams fell off.
side note...imo that is the best looking uniform we have ever had, period.
Minus the shoulder stripes, I'd agree. Maybe a nice big Griz paw or something
