Originally Posted by
Big Bird
IMO, the biggest difference in Snyder vs Sadulaev round 2, is that Snyder hasn't looked invincible all year. Loss to Coon (who is a monster), very poor BTS performance, loss in the run up to Worlds, and even at the World Cup and Trials, he just wasn't his typical dominant self.
J'Den Cox makes it 3 World Champs for Team USA. He still doesn't attack as much as I'd like, and his par terre still isn't great (one leg lace against the best Bison withstanding), but he looks significantly improved to me.
I know this is an unpopular opinion...but Cox will be our 97kg entrant at the Olympics in 2020...Not a slight towards Snyder, but we'll have 2 of the 3 best in the World at 97 kg (Plus Bo Nickal as a third banana), and I think Cox continues to improve.