Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Bobby Babich has been impressed with what he's seen from Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson thus far.
despite the fact that he had never laced up a pair of cleats until a few days prior to his signing. His onboarding at One Bills Drive was attributed to head coach Sean McDermott’s penchant for Steveson’s area of expertise; the sideline boss has long been an outspoken advocate of amateur wrestling and its relation to football, feeling as though there’s significant overlap in the skill sets and psyches deployed by the athletes competing in each sport.
“Gable’s doing a nice job,” Babich said. “If you think about it, he’s never put shoulder pads on before. We have a couple guys on the team, one of the coaches was joking around, I think we have two guys that have never worn shoulder pads. He’s done a nice job, he’s got to continue to grow. He’s extremely powerful, as we can all imagine, in more of a compact body. He’s very strong. He’s very strong, he understands leverage obviously. We know that, he won a gold medal for leverage.
Minnesota's Gable Steveson reacts after his match at 285 pounds in the finals during the sixth session of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich. 220319 Ncaa Session 6 Wr 025 Jpg / Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK
This is just the latest bit of praise that Buffalo’s brass has offered about Steveson since his late offseason signing. General managerSteveson already showcasing impressive strength and understanding of leverages is not necessarily surprising—after all, he’s an Olympic gold medalist in a sport predicated on those two elements.
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