(09-08-2023, 07:55 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: The hyping up of Hutch from last night is a little out of control around here.  He played well, but wasn't "dominant" or "unblockable".  2 tackles on the stat sheet, no sacks.  At least a couple of QB hits, one of which was blatantly late and should have been called roughing considering how the league has been calling things over the past 10 years or so.  Sure he helped collapse the pocket at times and created pressure.  I also saw Taylor completely handle him a lot of times as well.  I don't recall him ever embarrassing Taylor. 

At least one of his hits on Mahomes came off a delayed stunt.  Good for him for being relentless, but that doesn't contribute to the description of being "unblockable".  He played well for not registering a sack or TFL.  Other than that, try and relax a bit.  It's still way too early for second guessing and Travon should be much improved as well with a full offseason behind him now.  I'm sure many Jaguar fan eyes will be watching him specifically on Sunday.

Again, we can play the other side of the coin with the same people that champion Josh Allen for virtually being the same guy with more years of experience under his belt. Say what you want about Hutchinson. Taylor was playing his [BLEEP] off to get a head start. Something even Collinsworth had to call out routinely to the point to where he said in the 4th quarter late "Oh, finally! Now they're calling him for a false start!"

Hutchinson was getting chipped constantly, they were throwing everything at him to keep him away from Mahomes. It's Mahomes, man. Mahomes. He's one of the slipperiest QB's in the pocket. He was still able to effect him more often than not. At least enough to help hold them to 20 points offensively. And it's not just about last night's game. It's about the full body of work so far. Hutchinson clearly had the better rookie season and last night's game is why he did.

Walker needs to show less guess work in his play this year and more violence, more consistency and more disruption. We'll see if he can do it starting this Sunday. I think he can. I hope he can. That's all we can do.

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