(09-27-2022, 08:51 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Found it funny Carlyon I think on the Frank Frangie show was surprised by this defenses performance. Especially against the run. A lot of us on here are not surprised at all. It was pretty clear what they were doing in free agency and the draft. This division is won by the ground game. When you think of the tacks. You think of Henry. Not Tannehill. When you think of the clots. You think of Taylor. Not Ryan.

You don't go out and add guys like Fatukasi & Oluokun because you were concerned with the passing game capabilities in this division. Walker was also already highly touted as a run defender coming out of Georgia. Lloyd is a flyer so he can do a bit of both. It really shouldn't be surprising that this team is good against the run defensively when it was pretty obvious that was mission number on during the off season.

Shoot, Man!  If you aren't surprised by the level of play we've seen from our team the last 2 weeks, you have either been a Jag fan for about 5 minutes or you have brain damage lol

There is so much newness and youth on this team that they shouldn't realistically be able to come together this quickly, and while improvement was certainly expected, Number 1 in defensive standings against the run was not.  Remember when Philly won the off-season with the free agency "dream team" and then fell on their faces?  Hell, we've been winning the off-season almost every year, and it rarely makes much difference - the impact of the free agents we got this year is amazing on both sides of the ball.  Expensive free agents are a big fail much more often than not, and rookies rarely make a big impact, let alone elevate their teammates as Walker an Lloyd appear to be doing. 

It will be awesome and near miraculous if our team keeps it up for the rest of the season on both sides of the ball.  Can't wait to watch for the first time in a long time.

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