StillCurtains
10-09-2015, 01:43 AM
The defense seems to be coming around and trending up so far this year. I hope that it's a continued upward trend. We're having rotation issues at NT due to injuries, and I know most of us don't like Cam Thomas in the rotation. McClendon has played fair and McCullers has been hurt.
We've been mostly solid with W. Allen, Mitchell, Gay, Cockrell, Moats, and Timmons.
Shazier has been great while playing and Spence has been solid while filling in.
Heyward and Tuitt of course have been monsters. So that would leave Jarvis and Blake on the outside looking in. So, if you were to chose one player to be removed from the starting lineup, who would it be?
Blake is a liability in coverage and ball skills. He also at times allows extra yards by not wrapping up on his tackling. As for Jarvis, is he a bust? I really hope not! As far as what I've seen, his run defense is solid, but to me it seems he still struggles with shedding blocks while pass rushing.
Is his strength the issue? I don't know, but it also seems his first step rushing the passer is slow.
I also am concerned about the fact that he doesn't have a mean streak to play the position.
Is it due to the lack of snaps rotating with Harrison?
I'm not sure, it's hard to gauge but as of right now, not to anyone's surprise I would remove Blake. I like his fire, intensity and hard hitting, but if we have a 2 point lead with a minute and 30 seconds left on the clock at midfield with the opponent facing 4th and 7, Could Blake get us off the field if the ball came his way? I really dont think he can?
What are your thoughts?
We've been mostly solid with W. Allen, Mitchell, Gay, Cockrell, Moats, and Timmons.
Shazier has been great while playing and Spence has been solid while filling in.
Heyward and Tuitt of course have been monsters. So that would leave Jarvis and Blake on the outside looking in. So, if you were to chose one player to be removed from the starting lineup, who would it be?
Blake is a liability in coverage and ball skills. He also at times allows extra yards by not wrapping up on his tackling. As for Jarvis, is he a bust? I really hope not! As far as what I've seen, his run defense is solid, but to me it seems he still struggles with shedding blocks while pass rushing.
Is his strength the issue? I don't know, but it also seems his first step rushing the passer is slow.
I also am concerned about the fact that he doesn't have a mean streak to play the position.
Is it due to the lack of snaps rotating with Harrison?
I'm not sure, it's hard to gauge but as of right now, not to anyone's surprise I would remove Blake. I like his fire, intensity and hard hitting, but if we have a 2 point lead with a minute and 30 seconds left on the clock at midfield with the opponent facing 4th and 7, Could Blake get us off the field if the ball came his way? I really dont think he can?
What are your thoughts?