Sublime Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Sacks is the stat lots of people use to look at d-linemen. It's the one that gets talked about the most and is the one that is tracked the easiest, linemen on both sides of the ball are hard to accurately judge without watching a lot of games with the players. Talking heads and news reports will talk about guys getting a lot of sacks but will ignore guys who disrupt the game in other ways such as taking double teams to free up linebackers, closing lanes or even QB hurries don't get enough attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, supremebve said: I have no idea what Clowney has done to make so many people nitpick him Get drafted #1 overall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 14 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Get drafted #1 overall It feels like more than that though. Are we out here complaining about Eric Fisher? Andrew Luck is more injury prone than Clowney, and he tends to get a pass. People give Sam Bradford all the chances in the world for some reason. I don't even think Jameis gets all that much nitpicky stuff. Clowney is the best out of all of those dudes, but people point out his flaws way more than they celebrate his success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 So word on social media is that Morgan Burnett is in Pittsburgh today to finalize a deal. Great move for us if it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I forgot Sam Bradford was a #1, which without looking, might be where he ranks for games missed to injury since entering the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Seattle signed DJ Fluker today. That's how bad the offensive line has been. I'm excited that they signed DJ Fluker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Ndamukong Suh is meeting with the Raiders tomorrow. And that makes so much sense, the league should just force him to sign there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 16 hours ago, RIPPA said: Eric Ebron will now be dropping passes for the Colts I was so scared that the Lions were going to re-sign him because he played well the last month or so of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 22 hours ago, supremebve said: I have no idea what Clowney has done to make so many people nitpick him, but he's been pretty incredible over the last couple of years. He's legitimately one of the most destructive defensive players in the league. People expect him to be a 15 sack pass rusher, but that's not really what he's asked to do. He's the guy who destroys running lanes, rampages through your entire screen pass game, and makes everything harder for the offense just by being an unblockable tasmanian devil. I live where he went to college, and there were a lot of times when he would get himself into trouble for stupid shit, decide he didn't want to practice because he didn't want to, etc. Yeah, he got that one massive hit, but he was inconsistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 11 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: I was so scared that the Lions were going to re-sign him because he played well the last month or so of the season. Dammit anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 ESPN says the Giants have traded JPP to Tampa for two draft picks (3rd and 4th round). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Pete beat me to it, but not to saying "The Giants are no longer down with JPP" (yeah you know me) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, Pete said: ESPN says the Giants have traded JPP to Tampa for two draft picks (3rd and 4th round). ::Insert Captain Hook joke:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 On one hand (I didn't intend the pun when writing it but when I saw it I was like Dammit - I am keeping it)... Okay - on one hand - this really seems like the Gettleman I know in passing from the Panthers days. But on the other - the Giants are switching to a 3-4 so JPP probably didn't fit as well anymore and it gives them cap room (in theory) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 And the exact trade is JPP and a 4th rounder (#102) for Tampa's 3rd and 4th (#69 and #108) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, RIPPA said: And the exact trade is JPP and a 4th rounder (#102) for Tampa's 3rd and 4th (#69 and #108) Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 20 minutes ago, SirFozzie said: Pete beat me to it, but not to saying "The Giants are no longer down with JPP" (yeah you know me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, Pete said: Let me guess. that earworm is now stuck in your brain for at least five minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Gotta hand it to the Giants for this trade. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Suh rumor du jour is the Rams making a play for him. Suh and Aaron Donald side by side is potentially terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Frank Gore is coming home. He's signed a 1 year deal with the Dolphins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Josh Mann said: Suh rumor du jour is the Rams making a play for him. Suh and Aaron Donald side by side is potentially terrifying. How the hell would you block them? God damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 This fucking league... I swear to god... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Say the scouts about the guy dwarfed by cameramen and journalists, let alone his own linemen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: How the hell would you block them? God damn The only potential problem I see is that both of them should probably be playing next to a nose tackle. If they are both ends, and you have a massive block eating nose tackle between them, they could be completely unblockable. I don't know how it would work if either of those guys had to play nose, or if they put a sub par nose tackle between them. I think the biggest problem would be that their linebackers kind of suck and you can try to double team both of those guys and get away with it. If they get Suh to go along with Talib and Peters...that pass defense could be ferocious. 2 minutes ago, Contentious C said: Say the scouts about the guy dwarfed by cameramen and journalists, let alone his own linemen. Look, if someone signs a woman beating, cocaine addicted quarterback, who has never even average, before they sign a dude who took a knee for racial equality...I don't know how much more time I have for this sport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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