{"id":24018,"date":"2025-04-17T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/?p=24018"},"modified":"2025-04-17T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:44:13","slug":"darius-alexander-idl-toledo-senior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/darius-alexander-idl-toledo-senior\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Alexander, IDL, Toledo (Senior)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24018\" class=\"elementor elementor-24018\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ffff27b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ffff27b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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elementor-element-5c0321ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c0321ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Darius Alexander, IDL, Toledo (Senior)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b0c69cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b0c69cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fc1ce3e\" data-id=\"4fc1ce3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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M\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d38f6e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d38f6e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1eb40b2\" data-id=\"1eb40b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20a86e4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20a86e4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The 2025 NFL Draft is fast approaching, and despite an initial impression that this year's class might lack talent, The Trick Play team has once again delved into the tapes to bring you scouting reports on the players who will soon wear the jerseys of your favorite franchises.<\/b><\/p><p><b>From Quarterback to Safety, including the trenches where Offensive Linemen and Defensive Linemen engage in a relentless battle, <\/b><b>Rayane and Valentin will walk you through the new faces of this 2025 draft class while everyone is excited about the coming NFL Draft<\/b><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Strengths<\/strong> :<\/p><ul><li>Powerful punch<\/li><li>Good explosivity<\/li><li>Athletic abilities<\/li><li>Nice abilities against double teams<\/li><li>Leverage<\/li><li>Footwork<\/li><li>Huge qualities as a run stopper<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Weaknesses<\/strong> :<\/p><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docsshared-no-select-when-no-download docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><ul><li>Age<\/li><li>Indisciplined pass rusher<\/li><li>Reading ability<\/li><li>Passes his moves late<\/li><li>Doesn't have too many moves<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cfb60c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cfb60c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5afb9088\" data-id=\"5afb9088\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f04235 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"40f04235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IDL Darius Alexander<br><br>A player with great physical abilities who can dominate his opponents, Darius has one major problem when it comes to giving him value: his age<br><br>This age is likely to be a determining factor for a player who also requires a great deal of development<br><br>Tier 5\ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vk1eq1hZvJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Vk1eq1hZvJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rayane M (@RayaneScout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RayaneScout\/status\/1907746180307505454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2936f2d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2936f2d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-103141ab\" data-id=\"103141ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d367157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d367157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>TTProfil<\/strong><\/h3><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><div class=\"docos-docoview-rootreply\"><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docos-replyview-first docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><div dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"docos-docoview-rootreply\"><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docsshared-no-select-when-no-download docos-replyview-first docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docsshared-no-select-when-no-download docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable-background\" dir=\"ltr\"><p>Darius Alexander is a player who long remained *under the radar*, having played for the modest Toledo Rockets. His stock skyrocketed following a standout performance at the Senior Bowl, where he clearly made the most of his opportunity to shine. But what\u2019s the real story here? Do the tapes back up the impressive flashes seen during the Senior Bowl, or is the hype\u2014like so often these days\u2014far too exaggerated compared to what the player is actually capable of doing? <br \/>Let's dive into his scouting to get a clearer idea of who Darius Alexander is.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The first quality to highlight with Darius\u2014and one that trickles down into several of his other strengths\u2014is his impressive athleticism. Whether we're talking about mobility, raw strength, or overall power, Darius stands out. For his size, Alexander is fast, explosive, fairly agile, and capable of generating the kind of force and power that allows him to truly dominate his matchups.<br \/>In terms of explosiveness, as always, it\u2019s most evident on his takeoff. Darius comes out of his stance with power and violence that immediately puts his opponents in trouble. This explosiveness also shows up in his punch, which is genuinely high quality.<br \/>In terms of power, it\u2019s both what allows him to generate significant force in his punch and what helps him stay low and take advantage of good leverage. Now that we\u2019ve established that Darius has impressive athletic potential, it\u2019s time to dive into the details of his other strengths, which directly benefit from those physical attributes.<\/p><p>First of all, as mentioned in the previous paragraph, Darius has a powerful punch in his arsenal that he uses in all game situations. Both explosive and strong, this punch allows him to jolt opposing offensive linemen while creating excellent separation\u2014especially when he remembers to keep his arms extended, thanks to his solid wingspan. <br \/>This punch is clearly his primary weapon, no matter the situation he finds himself in. He very rarely engages blockers with his shoulder or head first\u2014which is a good thing, as it allows him to keep his eyes up, read the play, and react when the ball carrier enters his range. As mentioned above, when Darius remembers to fully extend his arms, he creates impressive separation thanks to his strong upper body. On top of that, when he combines this with what I\u2019d describe as very solid hand placement, he further amplifies the power of his punch by targeting leverage points and taking advantage of even the slightest imbalance in his opponent.<br \/>This solid hand placement allows him to truly manipulate the transfer of force between himself and the offensive lineman trying to block him. When he spots an opportunity, his strength, good leverage, and clean footwork enable him to shoot through the gap and apply significant pressure in the opponent\u2019s backfield.<\/p><p>Now it\u2019s time to talk about his leverage ability, which is truly solid. Darius constantly strives to play lower than his opponent to maximize leverage, and he often succeeds. Whether it\u2019s by getting as close to the line of scrimmage as possible to engage the offensive line immediately at the snap, launching forward at the snap for the same reason, or deliberately adjusting his power angle to ensure he's lower at the point of contact, Alexander consistently works to stay low\u2014and that\u2019s something you love to see. <br \/>His leverage and the power he\u2019s able to generate from his lower body are clearly among the key reasons why he can dominate his opponents in certain situations.<\/p><p>Another point that allows him to shine is his excellent footwork. Although Darius sometimes stops his legs once the block with his opposite number has begun, his footwork is generally solid. <br \/>It's rare to see him lose his balance, even during bull rush situations. He almost never gets tangled up on his first steps, usually keeps his feet active, and rarely narrows his base too much. It's solid stuff. <br \/>In the end, the situations where Darius seems least in control are when he's passed his opponent and is in a position to make a tackle in open space. In these situations, Darius tends to lunge for a big hit and can end up completely whiffing on the tackle.<\/p><p>Now, beyond his physical abilities, which can indeed be impressive, the biggest strength of Darius Alexander is unquestionably his strong run-stopping ability. Whether it's as a gap shooter or in gap control situations, Darius is excellent.<br \/>As we've seen throughout this section on strengths, all the qualities I've mentioned about Darius allow him to shine when he's in a run defense situation. His power, explosiveness, punch, leverage, and footwork\u2014all of these qualities come into play when he's in position. Just throw on any tape or highlight, and you'll see him in action. <br \/>Thanks to all these qualities, Alexander is sometimes even capable of lining up in a Tech-1, which is typically a position for a Nose Tackle. To go even further, if you check his highlights, Darius can even stuff his gap like a true Nose Tackle, thanks to his solid base, wide stance, and powerful punch.<br \/>Still on his ability to defend the run, he is also pretty good when facing double-team situations. Of course, he's not able to win 100% of his reps against a double team, and honestly, who can? You will sometimes see him get moved on certain reps, but overall, it's really solid. He's occasionally capable of disrupting the point of contact in a double team thanks to his explosive power and very good hand placement. At other times, he can fight back with his good leverage, strong base, and wide stance to contain the double team, allowing his linebackers or fellow defensive linemen to make plays.<br \/>In certain racing situations, Darius seems to be a much heavier player than he is and that's a very good point, I sometimes see players with 30lbs more being unable to do what he does.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><br \/>Yes, but here's the thing: while on paper this player seems to have some extremely interesting qualities, as you'd expect from the tweet illustrating the article, there are also some real grey areas with Darius.<\/p><p>Darius Alexander's advanced age is one of the points that could reduce his value. This is the first point to have a direct impact on his value. At 24, Alexander is already a player who could be described as old, but what's more complex is that his birthday is next August, so Darius will be 25 for his rookie season.<br \/>Complex for a player who is likely to need a lot of development to become more complete, but that's not the only question mark raised by his age. <br \/>Indeed, it's often something we don't dwell on when we talk about a player's age, but over and above a 21-year-old's potential for progression, it's also their ability to dominate the competition at such a young age that's of interest, because the athletic abilities of a 20-year-old and a 25-year-old are very different indeed. It's not for nothing that Junior and Senior players are often the most dominant and that seeing Freshmen dominate is always put forward. This raises the question as to why Darius Alexander should be so dominant at the top level against men his own age and with a completely different size and physical capacity from what he's faced up to now.\u00a0<\/p><p>Darius Alexander is also a player who can sometimes be rather undisciplined in the way he penetrates the Offensive Line. In both passing and running situations, Darius doesn't hesitate to pass where he can rather than where he should. He makes a greater effort to stay in his gap when faced with a running situation, but despite this he can sometimes be seen slipping into an opening gap, even if it means abandoning his gap of responsibility. This is also the case in passing situations, and is related to the points that follow, but in both situations Darius tends to take the easy way out rather than discipline.<br \/>This undisciplined side is also very noticeable on the stunts played by the Toledo defense, as it's not uncommon to see Darius collide with his team-mates or make a \u201cmistake\u201d in the gap in responsibility. While the Stunt can still create chaos on the Scrimmage Line, it is clearly no longer as lethal and less of a threat to the opposing passing game.<\/p><p>It\u2019s also important to discuss Darius's ability to read plays, and it\u2019s quite a struggle. It's not uncommon to see him make a solid impact at the line of scrimmage, whether it's against a single opponent or even a double team, as we saw in the strengths section. However, he often loses a lot of time trying to read the play. <br \/>You can often see him trying to look over the blocker\u2019s shoulder, or scanning the sides to locate the ball, before attempting to shed the block. And since we're talking about separation, this smoothly transitions us to the next point.<\/p><p>Because this sense of lost time is clearly a real issue with Darius\u2014especially considering that he already takes quite a while to read the play, and once he does locate the ball, he tends to delay even further in executing his techniques and shedding the block. <br \/>It's actually so slow that I\u2019ll tie this into the next point: Darius Alexander struggles so much to disengage that it almost seems like he simply doesn\u2019t possess any technique at all. It\u2019s honestly tough to watch at times\u2014he\u2019ll explode off the line and dominate his matchup in the first few steps, only to just stall out. You see him flailing and trying to break the block, but without actually attempting any real technique, making it almost inevitable that he won\u2019t be able to shed it\u2014even against the relatively weak competition in his conference.<br \/>More broadly, I only saw a few rare and very subtle swim moves on tape\u2014and virtually nothing else. For the NFL, that\u2019s far too limited in my opinion to warrant an early pick in the upcoming draft. A major development effort will be needed on this specific aspect for Darius to become a more consistent threat in passing situations. The physical tools are already there, but as long as Darius has such a limited pass-rush arsenal, he\u2019s unlikely to be a constant enough threat for a team to take a chance on him early\u2014especially given his relatively advanced age.<\/p><div class=\"docos-docoview-rootreply\"><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docos-replyview-first docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><div dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docsshared-no-select-when-no-download docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable-background\" dir=\"ltr\"><p><strong>To conclude, Darius Alexander profiles as a Defensive Tackle best suited to play as a 3-tech in a 4-3 front, with real strengths as a Run Stopper and the potential to make occasional splash plays as a pass rusher thanks to his impressive physical and athletic tools\u2014especially if he\u2019s left in one-on-one situations. Having seen him at Toledo, he also appears capable of transitioning to a Defensive End role in a 3-4 front, again thanks to his athleticism, ideally on the strong side to help set the edge in run situations and take advantage of one-on-one matchups on passing downs.<br \/>However, whatever his use or the scheme in which he evolves, Darius will have to make enormous progress on his abilities as a pass rusher and in particular on his ability to learn techniques in order to expand his arsenal and above all to succeed in using them in a match in order to waste as little time as possible. For the moment, he's extremely Raw on this point, and if he wants to earn a place on an NFL roster, he absolutely must make progress on this point. The physical and athletic Tools he possesses will enable him to gain access to a roster, but the progress he makes as a pass rusher will surely decide his future in the big league. <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>But while most teams would quickly dismiss this kind of thinking in a 21-, 22- or even 23-year-old player, Darius Alexander will be 25 when he arrives in the league. <br \/>Not only do most teams at this age risk devaluing the player enormously in view of the project he represents, or worse still, labelling him a specialized Run Stopper role player and automatically relegating him to a rotation position, but his age also raises the question of his physical dominance. Did Darius dominate his opponents because he's a physical and athletic monster, or because with his adult body he played in an average conference against \u201ckids\u201d?<br \/>Personally, his performances at the Senior Bowl against players who aren't necessarily older but who represent the best in the country make me think that the reality lies somewhere between the two extremes I've mentioned, but as a GM or coach, you could very well say that Darius won't be able to dominate as much once he faces players of the same age, who are more experienced and vicious, and at least as physically monstrous, if not more so, than Darius. <br \/>Here again, it's a point that's likely to really knock him down in a draft packed with talent, potential and projects at this very position. <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>So here we are on the reasons for the Tier 5 I've decided to apply to Darius Alexander, who is nonetheless a really nice player to see play, I hope he falls into the best environment for him and that he makes me feel like an idiot for having seen him so low, but as it stands I can't see him as anything other than a Day 3 pick. While I can understand really liking the player I'd have a hard time seeing him and understanding him being selected earlier given his age and not-so-important value position on a really stacked talent position.<br \/>Darius Alexander is therefore Tier 5 and with a projection to Day 3 for me.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darius Alexander, IDL, Toledo (Senior) La Draft NFL 2025 approche \u00e0 grand pas et malgr\u00e9 une cuv\u00e9e qui de prime abord semblait manquer de talent, l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de The Trick Play s&rsquo;est \u00e0 nouveau plong\u00e9 dans les tapes afin de pouvoir vous proposer les scouting reports des joueurs qui porteront bient\u00f4t le maillot de vos Franchises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,262],"tags":[261,77,86,205,75,72,280],"class_list":["post-24018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idl-2025","category-scouting-2025","tag-defensive-tackle","tag-draft","tag-idl","tag-mac","tag-nfl-draft","tag-scouting","tag-toledo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24018"}],"version-history":[{"count":94,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24492,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24018\/revisions\/24492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}