Bill Belichick Zoo siab New England Patriots Muaj 'Lub Sij Hawm Thib Ob Ib puag ncig' Nrog Linebacker Jahlani Tavai

Nyob nruab nrab ntawm 2019 NFL cov qauv kev xaiv ntawm cov neeg txais dav N'Keal Harry thiab lub kaum sab xis Joejuan Williams, ib tug linebacker uas New England Patriots tau paub txog mus rau lub ntsej muag paub.

Matt Patricia thiab Detroit Lions tau muab daim npav rau Hawaii cov khoom lag luam Jahlani Tavai hauv qhov thib ob ntawm No. 43 tag nrho lub Plaub Hlis.

Ntau yam tau hloov txij thaum ntawd los. Ob leeg nyob hauv Foxborough tam sim no. Thiab yog hais tias lub rooj tsavxwm nthuav tawm txawv, nws yog qhov chaw tom kawg tuaj yeem ua tau tag nrho.

"Yog lawm, kuv tau ua haujlwm rau nws ntawm UCLA," Patriots tus thawj coj qhia Bill Belichick nco txog 26-xyoo-laus Tavai thaum nws hnub Friday nias sablaj. "Peb tau siv sijhawm ib hnub nyob ntawd ua ke ntawm UCLA thiab Matt tau sau nws hauv qhov thib ob. Peb yeej tsis tau txhaj tshuaj rau nws, tab sis peb ib txwm tau txais peb tus txiv neej. Tsis tas li, feem ntau qee zaum. Qee zaum peb tau txais peb tus txiv neej zaum ob. "

Tavai tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv 31 qhov kev ua si raws li ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Lions, pib 16. Nws nyob tau coj 116 tackles, ob lub hnab, peb yuam fumbles, ib fumble recovery, ib interception thiab nres ntawm raug mob reserves.

Kev zam ib nrab ntawm nws plaub xyoos, $ 6.893 lab daim ntawv cog lus rookie nyob rau lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2021, Tavai dhau los ntawm cov pab koomtes tsis tau lees paub. 6-ko taw-2, 250-phaus qub All-Mountain West xaiv tau kos npe rau New England xyaum pab pawg los ntawm qhov ntawd. Ua li ntawd rov los koom nrog nws nrog tus kws qhia lub taub hau uas Detroit tseem tau txav los ntawm, uas tam sim no tuav lub npe ntawm tus kws pab tswv yim ncaws pob laus thiab tus kws qhia kev tawm tsam uas nws tau ua tus tiv thaiv yav dhau los.

Kev nce qib rau Patriots '53-tus txiv neej cov npe ua raws thaum ntxov ntawm lub caij nyoog dhau los rau Tavai. Nws tau ua tiav ob xyoos uas pom nws ua si hauv 13 qhov kev ua si thaum qeb thib yim hauv snaps ua si ntawm pab pawg tshwj xeeb.

Cov kev txwv tsis pub dhau thiab cov ces kaum tsis ncaj tau pom los ntawm tus neeg yuav khoom uas ib zaug khiav 40-yard khiav ceev hauv 4.86 vib nas this ntawm nws hnub pro. Tab sis Tavai outlasted lub preseason npuas txawm tsis yog tus qauv niaj hnub ntawm txoj hauj lwm. Scheme-hloov me me thiab ua si lub zog ua si hauv qhov yog vim li cas. Tawm ntawm ntug thiab tawm pob, nws tau mus tshwm sim hauv tag nrho rau qhov kev sib tw no, sau nws thawj lub hnab txij li nws txoj kev sib tw rookie mus nrog 22 tackles.

Tavai tau sau npe 75%, 79% thiab 63% ntawm kev tiv thaiv downs, feem, txij li daim ntawv qhia hnub hloov mus rau Lub Kaum Hli. New England ob qhov kawg yeej, suav nrog 29-0 kaw tawm tsam Lions, ob qho tib si pib rau No. 48.

"Zoo, kuv xav tias Jahlani muaj ob peb yam mus rau nws," Belichick hais rau cov neeg sau xov xwm. "Ib tug, nws yog ib tug me nyuam ntse zoo nkauj, thiab nws tau ua si sab hauv thiab sab nraud hauv tsev kawm qib siab thiab tom qab ntawd nrog Matt hauv Detroit. Yog li thaum peb tau txais nws xyoo tas los, nws tau paub ntau yam ntawm peb lub cev, ntau yam txuj ci thiab ntau yam uas peb tau ua thiab lwm yam. Tab sis tsuas yog tag nrho, nws zoo li muaj qhov kev txawj ntse uas nws tuaj yeem ua si ntawm qhov kawg ntawm kab, ua si tawm ntawm txoj kab, muaj qee qhov kev sib tw nrawm, ua si ntawm plaub theem ntawm kev ncaws pob. "

Cov Patriots tau ua tag nrho kaum qhov kev xaiv hauv 2019 tsab ntawv. Tsuas yog plaub leeg nyob nrog lub koom haum. Khiav rov qab Damien Harris, tus pib hauv a xyoo cog lus, thiab punter Jake Bailey, thawj pab pawg 2020 All-Pro uas tau kos npe rau plaub xyoos, $ 13.5 lab txuas ntxiv nyob rau lub Yim Hli, tam sim no nyob rau ntawm daim ntawv teev npe nquag. Undrafted txais thawj coj Jakobi Meyers kuj ua tom qab ua kev sib tw nyob rau theem thib ob txwv tsis pub dhau $ 3.986 lab lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav dhau los.

Tavai tuaj yeem raug saib ua ib qho ntxiv rau qhov uas tshuav ntawm chav kawm ntawd. Nws tus naj npawb ntawm $ 1.143 lab nyob rau 33rd ntawm pab pawg, raws li OverTheCap.com, thaum nws Pro Kev Ua Si Ncaws Pob qib 65.0 nyob qib 11 ntawm kev tiv thaiv. Tus downhill linebacker tseem tsis tau nco txog qhov kev sib tw lub caij nplooj zeeg no.

Belichick hais tias "Nws yog ib tus neeg uas muaj ntau yam zoo nkauj thiab tuaj yeem txuas rau ntau qhov chaw sib txawv, uas yog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig zoo vim tias tsis yog txhua tus tuaj yeem ua qhov ntawd lossis yuav tsum muaj peev xwm ua tau," Belichick hais. "Tab sis qee tus yuav tsum muaj peev xwm ua tau, yog li nws haum qhov ntawd."