01-17-2018, 11:52 AM
(01-17-2018, 11:45 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Peko was excellent in this system. From '08 to '15 he helped anchor a Bengal defense that was 5th in yards allowed, 5th in tds allowed and 7th in rushing yards allowed, and over that period Peko was NUMBER ONE in the league in tackles by an interior lineman.
Peko...........388
Ngata.........379
K. Williams..377
He was wearing down some in '16, but the people that hated on him were hating on him for years before that. People even hated on him after Mike Zimmer said he was the best NT he had coached. Even in Domata's decling years the Broncos were willing to pay him very well to start for them.
That's how it can be "much more clear".
Which was what I said. In '15, he was rotated much more, and had a pretty good year, IMO. In '16, he just wasn't very good. It was time to move on. As for those stats, can you show us how many snaps he played vs those other cats, and how many were beyond 3 yds past the LOS? It seemed he was getting shoved off the ball a lot in his later years. People that were really hating on him, were a bit over the top, but those watching with an objective eye, and not just looking at raw stats could see that he was a rotational player at best in his last few seasons here.
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