Had an NFC Personnel executive tell me “He reminds me of J.J. Watt, when Watt was coming out. An explosive and versatile playmaker who has a high motor and can line up at 3,5, or 7. Very strong kid” #NFL#NFLDraftpic.twitter.com/5qM3g6OrMr
This is team is really good in spite of having 3 clear areas where we're somewhere between not very good and absolute dog-shit. That's amazing and should be celebrated. But I don't see how or why people think it necessary to ignore where we're weak.
From my perspective having 3 crappy areas is also kind of encouraging. It means a team this good can get even better. I mean ANYTHING at DE or DT would probably make us better, almost anything at OT or WR. You can acknowledge that whilst also enjoying the UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS we're having. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
It is. And it's also because he doesn't have that connection with these WRs like he did with Hill. It will come over time but being 4-2 with a brand new set of WRs is pretty damn good.
Honestly with the turnover on this team and the early schedule it is amazing that they are 4-2 and took one of the best teams to the end with a chance to win. Imagine when the offense and defense start to gel. They are going to be very good. [Reply]
I still think he’s white Tamba. He just doesn’t have Jared Allen across from him chasing QBs to his side like Tamba did early.
He’s been really close to having 3-4 sacks at this point and the more he refined his technique and learns his opponents weaknesses, the more those plays that were/are close will convert into finished sacks.
Also, Tamba and Jared were all we had at end at the time and Tamba was playing about 90% of snaps…where George isn’t anywhere near that because they have 4 they rotate here. So less opportunities.
I still think he ends the year with 7-8 sacks and may get more. He will start to produce more down the stretch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BossChief:
I still think he’s white Tamba. He just doesn’t have Jared Allen across from him chasing QBs to his side like Tamba did early.
He’s been really close to having 3-4 sacks at this point and the more he refined his technique and learns his opponents weaknesses, the more those plays that were/are close will convert into finished sacks.
Also, Tamba and Jared were all we had at end at the time and Tamba was playing about 90% of snaps…where George isn’t anywhere near that because they have 4 they rotate here. So less opportunities.
I still think he ends the year with 7-8 sacks and may get more. He will start to produce more down the stretch.
Wow - that'd be an enormous 2nd half of the season if he can do that, especially for a guy that has accumulated .5 sacks to date. Here's hoping... [Reply]
For crying out loud, it's week 6, guys. You guys know that a lot of rookie pass-rushers, some of whom played for this team, started slow in the sack department that later became solid or even great pass-rushers, right?
Just one example: Justin Houston. No sacks through his first 10 or 11 games, finished the season with 5.5. The following year he had 10, then 11 the next, then 22.
Now I'm not saying Karlaftis is going to follow the same exact trajectory; some of you knee-jerk reactionaries can keep your pants on, I'm just saying that we need to let things play out a while longer. The kid is a rookie going into his 7th week in the NFL. And it's not like he's been shut out. He's got 4-5 QB hits I think, 13 pressures(?), a TFL . . . he's shown some flashes, he'll be fine. Still think he can get 7-9 sacks before the season is over. [Reply]
