06-26-2024, 02:16 PM
(06-26-2024, 01:24 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Our Defense was one of the worst run stopping Defenses in the league with Reader last year. One player does not make a team good at
stopping the run, fact. The reason we were bad at stopping the run was Hubbard being injured, Trey always being bad at stopping the run,
Logan Wilson being injured, Pratt taking terrible angles, bad communication on the backend and poor tackling.
Stopping the run is a team effort and if we are not better than last year we will be the worst run stopping Defense in the league.
If you want to bet Lou Anarumo won't get this Defense together and playing better than last year I think that is a poor bet.
One player, especially a DT can have a huge impact in stopping the run. The injury excuse....You can use an injury excuse every year if you want to. Fact of the matter, our front 7 (6) was healthier than 90% of NFL teams.
Logan Wilson - 0 missed games
Germain Pratt - 0 missed games
Sam Hubbard - 2 missed games
Trey Hendrickson - 0 missed games
DJ Reader - 3 missed games
BJ Hill - 0 missed games
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Bench:
Zach Carter - 0 missed games
ADG - 4 missed games
Joseph Ossai - 3 missed games
Myles Murphy - 0 missed games
Josh Tupou - missed 2 games
Every team has players playing banged up. Expecting that to be any different this year is naive. Our front 6, starters, and bench combined to miss 10 games. That is incredibly healthy. Using the injury excuse last year is honestly bad karma since we were so healthy there.
