12-30-2024, 09:29 PM
(12-30-2024, 08:14 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Reader’s 3 sacks would be tied for 2nd on the Bengals right now.
Ossai has 4.5. But it would be tied for 3rd with BJ HIll.
https://www.bengals.com/team/stats/
For interior guys especially, the sack number is not the most important. I want a guy who is constantly pushing the pocket back at the QB. Even if not technically getting a pressure or a sack. Make the QB uncomfortable. Push guys into his line of sight. Make it hard for him to scramble because there are no clear lanes.
The Reader/Rankins thing was so dumb on so many levels. And one did not need hindsight to see it. Rankins cost DOUBLE what Reader made this year. Now, Reader makes +$1 million more next year. But the value the Lions got was way better than what we got. Even prior to Rankins' illness. He had one good game against us and 7 years of 'meh'. Reader had been a stud for over half a decade. Plus we had to burn two day 2 picks at DT.
