(09-13-2023, 06:07 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(09-13-2023, 05:26 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Baalke talked about Fatukasi's prowess vs the run when we signed him  - not sure why that seems to touch a nerve with you. It's OK for the team to value getting him lots of NT snaps, you know.  As much as you want to pretend you have every nuance of the DL figured out - you clearly don't see this part clearly. 

Hamilton had good pass rush win rates last year and it helped him get re-signed - that's great - but he still didn't get home much, and he indeed was a solid rotational player for the Jags. He played in 61% of the defensive snaps or fewer in FOURTEEN games last year. Hamilton played less than 50% of the snaps in eight of those games. Call him the starter all you want, and he technically was on paper  - but he also played 3-4 End - and he also sat a lot while Fatukasi played the nose. They shared the position on the weeks when Fatukasi was healthy.

 What you read on a depth chart doesn't mean much about snap numbers. You need to pay attention to how often it has been Fatukasi gumming up the middle in run sets. 

It sucks this was supposed to be a bit of a breakout year for Hamilton and he got himself hurt off the field somehow. I hope he's back before the bye week, but it really doesn't look good.

Not a nerve for me, you were just wrong on it again.  We absolutely signed him for his run defense.  But it wasn't for him to just play NT.  I'm not looking at a depth chart.  I'm looking at who starts at NT when both are healthy and that's Hamilton.  We gave Hamilton the big contract in our offseason to be our NT or start at NT, he will start next to Hamilton.  Peters also play NT for us last year and did a pretty good job.  He comes out in passing situations, I thought you knew this lol. Big boys gets tired and is not going to be able to play the % of snaps as the ends and you want him resting in passing situations, hes 335 lbs lol.  I'd bet the house on if you asked Doug if Hamilton is a rotational player he would tell you no he's our starting NT  lol.   It's good Fatukasi is looking healthy and can hold the middle down in base packages until Hamilton gets back

Derp-Derp

Hamilton starts at NT and Fatukasi plays the same spot on a very similar amount of snaps. They both also play elsewhere. 

You can die on this hill all you want. 

I just had the KC vs Jags games from week 10 last year pulled up on rewind to check out the chefs before this week.

So I started it over (in all22) and counted the number of snaps from each of these players when lined up over center.

I got 34 minutes into the all22 footage (just before half time) and the count was 

8 snaps over center for Fatukasi
7 snaps over center for Hamilton

I expected it to be more weighted in favor of Davon since the chefs pass so much, but it wasn't.

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