08-29-2017, 05:49 PM
(08-28-2017, 11:46 PM)redwood Wrote: I see Willis and Smith playing a lot. MJ? I think has a role, like Giberry had, DE+DT. I was impressed by Josh Tapuo in the minutes he played. The guy is HUGE and hard to block. However.... Sims is also a very big guy. Clark likely sticks but has to have a good year.
Tapou will have to beat out Glasgow for that last DT spot to make the team who was a 4th round pick.
Don't know if this happens. All i know is that Tapou can stop the run, he was great at this in college.
But so was Billings and Glasgow. Like i said, Billings is really young and is coming off injury, he will get better.
Sims has been the DT i have been the least impressed with this Preseason.
(08-29-2017, 01:02 AM)blt4584 Wrote: Peko always seemed to start the season strong and then run out of gas around the 4th game.
Yep.
(08-29-2017, 09:28 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I want to see Chris Smith at RDE every snap that isn't first and 10 and I want to see Willis rotating with him there as well as with Dunlap at LDE.
The one guy that really hasn't shown much (that we expect a lot of) is Atkins?
That is what is cool about Willis, he can play both sides at a high level.
I don't blame Geno with Sims playing so bad next to him.
Geno will be alright once Billings improves and becomes a starter IMHO.
(08-29-2017, 11:37 AM)Millhouse Wrote: I like Willis, and hope he is good enough to start by the end of the season.
But early on, I prefer to not start rookies if there is no glaring need to. That doesnt mean Willis and SMith shouldn't play. Not at all. But I like MJ in there on 1st downs due to him being a veteran that knows the pro game and can help stop the run better by having better knowledge of reading the offense at snap. Then bring in the rooks when it gets 2nd & 3rd and long.
But if MJ isnt cutting it, then make a move sooner than later. At least the rooks will have some time to absorb the speed of the game from a mental and physical standpoint.
Good point about experience but Willis already acts like a veteran and is ten times as disruptive as MJ and can stop the run.
I expect Willis to start soon enough. MJ will be in the rotation though for sure.
