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- Aug 19, 2013
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I see a spark for sure but I also see him standing around with his hands down his pants.Ok, he's only 11 games into his career, so it is waaaaay too early say one way or the other what type of career he is going to have.
But right now I just wish I was seeing more from him that had me thinking "yep, he's going to rip apart a game one day"
I'm not seeing top level skill, run or determination. He's clearly not a dud, but he's a first round pick and needs to judged by that level. And right at the moment I feel like his game is a bit... nothing.
Too often we see him stand back while the tackle is there to be made, the defensive effort is very poor, and I'm not getting any sense of him making up for that by being a goal scorer.
I really want him to succeed, but right now I think he needs a good month against (generally) weaker sides to show us what he has.
Yes you need to give kids time to develop, but whereas with CC you'd see a spark of something - a tackle, a run, a kick - that would have you think "woah, if he can do that more often, he's going to be anything" I'm just not getting that with Milera.
Am I'm being too harsh? Too early (clearly it is)? But still, just feeling like I don't know where he is at.
Thoughts?
EDIT - want to make it clear I like him, and am certainly not saying we shouldn't have picked him. I guess this is more of a "what would you like to see more of from him" question... and perhaps a "do you think he will be able to deliver it"? I recall him laying some nice tackles, so not sure why he doesn't get stuck in more. Maybe does just need the confidence of more games?
I love what he does when he has the ball but he needs to find alot more of it.
In his first pre season we were told he did most of the work and had to be held back so his fitness level is decent. I guess what I'm getting at is he has to work harder.