Tennessee Titans aim to make effective use of LB Akeem Ayers’ skills diversity – NFL News
The Tennessee Titans said they are aiming to make the need-based effective use of linebacker Akeem Ayers’ skills multiplicity and diversity this season.
Mike Munchak, the Titans’ head coach, said Ayers presence in the team gives them an additional option of using him on the line of scrimmage along with his natural linebacker position.
He said:
“I just think it gives us more options. Does that mean he’s going to be a true defensive end? No. It just means he’s going to have more of an opportunity to work there with his speed.”
It is effectiveness of the player into different roles that the team entrusted him with the starting responsibilities last season. He started all 16 games for them in the 2011 National Football League (NFL) regular season, coming out with an encouraging
record.
Akeem said he is ready to return to action to his natural position this season but showed willingness at the same time to serve to the team’s requirements at any other position on the defensive line.
He added:
“I am real motivated to help out even more whatever they want me to do. Hopefully I can get the opportunity to rush the passer more. I want to do more things. I am excited for the season to come. I want my hard work to pay off. And I will definitely be more
prepared for the season.”
The LB is coming on the field into his second pro year and the Titans expect an even better performance from him this season.
It is the unique ability of the player to respond to the needs of different positions with an equal enthusiasm and effectiveness, and the team plans to rotate him between the LB and scrimmage positions as and when the need arises.
Some commentators note the player’s ability to play with so much interest and vigour at both places as if they are his natural positions, a plus for the Titans. It is very rare for a player to quickly adapt to the requirements of each one of them and Ayers
has this special point to prove his worth in the pro league.
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