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Minnesota Vikings Defensive End Battle: Edwards or Robison?
Published: June 4, 2009
Last season after the acquisition of Jared Allen, Ray Edwards vowed that he would break Strahan's single-season sack record. He came just shy of that mark last season. Another 18 sacks and he would have done it.
This was Edwards' first full season as a starter. He hasn't proved to be the pass-rushing specialist the Vikings were hoping for, but he is still young and has a lot of time to improve.
What Edwards has done is stop the run which he is very underrated for doing. He recorded a solid 54 tackles in 2008, 35 of which were solo.
At 6'5" and 270 pounds, Edwards has just the right size to be an NFL defensive end in a 4-3 scheme. He is fast, but he tries to rely too much on his athletic ability rather than his strength.
Edwards was drafted in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Vikings.
Edwards' only real threat to his position is Brian Robison, the third-year player out of Texas. Like Edwards, Robison was drafted in the fourt...
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