Here’s an article on Jeff Otah that had me a little worried at first as it highlights his ‘sluggish’ 40 times at the combine and his Pro Day. Yet we now know it was due to a lingering ankle injury. Don’t worry about Jeff Otah, he has a plan :

"I play to the whistle," he said at his post-draft press conference. "I try to dominate a guy the whole game."

A lot of people think the Panthers paid too much to his services but I’ve beat that subject to death.

 Carolina's first choice in the draft was power back Jonathan Stewart out of Oregon, leading to speculation that John Fox was going to move even more to a grind-it-out running game. A key component of that strategy is Otah, described as a "massive mauler" by one scouting service. Another scout observed "He never loses a battle once he's locked on."

Hence the numerous YouTube videos showing Otah bulldozing opponents (he had 101 knockdown blocks as a Pitt senior). He even handled Virginia DE Chris Long, the No. 2 pick in the draft.

So here are a couple of the videos in question. I love this first one as he clearly just drives his opponents out of the play.

Here’s another analysis on Otah by Trev Alberts.

I get exciting watching this guy play and thinking of the dimension he adds to the Panthers running game.

One word comes to mind: Dominate!

My apologies for missing my usual Sunday post but I had a tornado knock out my power all day and night Sunday. I watched it go by my house about a 1/4 mile away. Close call and quite the excitement for a few hours!