10-03-2017, 12:14 AM
(10-02-2017, 11:30 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: That's because the armchair coaches around here only look at raw stats and not what the player actually did. He plugged his gap and usually took up two blockers like he was supposed to. But he didn't get pressures or sacks so he was trash.
Exactly.
Now when he takes on two guys and plugs his gaps, he has a lot of other damn fine defensive players who swarm the ball and don't miss tackles. I wrote somewhere on this board about what was going to happen when Peko ended up having a good season and everyone laughed saying it couldn't happen.
Well, it's happening. The guy is doing his job, with better coaching and a better scheme and surprise surprise, he's got a chance to win a playoff game.