05-22-2017, 12:51 PM
(05-20-2017, 05:49 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: Haha....you nailed it. I am just afraid of the banhammer so I didn't name names. Of course, you knew who I meant when it comes to defending MJ.
MJ is a really, really good guy and was a solid part of our defense for some time, but he just seems to have lost a step or two and doesn't have much of an inside counter move. He just (seemingly every time) takes a wide arc and gets ridden 10 yards upfield. Just because the QB sometimes scrambles in to him after he was taken out of the play was luck not skill.
I have always said: show me what you are made of when it matters most. Geno hasn't always been one to blow up a guard and kill a QB at critical moments. I love the guy, but if you look when his sacks come it isn't always at critical times. One guy that always seemed to make really big plays at big moments was Reggie Nelson, but a lot of that was the result of pressures and he was able to make teams pay. Dre Kirk has actually had some big moments. MJ simply isn't impactful at the key moments. Solid run defender, but that is about it. I can't wait to see what this new crop of young, tough DEs/LBs can do on the outside.
MJ should be good in a rotation and he is a good run stopper. He just has no bend in him, he is a great one for batting
down balls and stopping the run. With Willis and Lawson, these guys are pass rushers. Cannot wait to see these guys
getting after the Pig on 3rd and long.
True on Geno not making those plays at critical times, this is something he needs to work on but i think with Billings
beside him instead of Peko O-lineman will not just be able to ride Geno past the QB anymore. Geno should really benefit
from Billings.
