(09-26-2023, 09:35 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(09-26-2023, 08:55 AM)Mikey Wrote: This sounds like a sloppy, undisciplined team.

I don't have the prescription for a magical cure-all tonic that will fix these woes. They are gonna have to put in work and hold each other accountable. We know that much of this team is the same as last year, so yeah, I'm confident that the ship can be righted. But they gotta get their heads outta their butts or the newspapers, whichever is leading them astray.

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....meanwhile Hutch putting in work.

I guess we couldn't get lightning to strike in consecutive seasons.

Hutch is playing well, but TFL's often get overlooked and Travon has 4 plus the 1 sack for a total of 5 negative yardage plays.  Hutch has 2 sacks and 1 TFL as well as a FF.  Yes the sacks mean the QB got hit/tackled which can add up over the course of the game to help rattle the opposing QB/offense and sacking the QB is exciting, but the net result of a sack and TFL is the same. And yes I would take Hutch's stat line to date over Travon's even considering the TFL difference, but Travon is not necessarily playing poorly.  He does need to start getting to the QB, however.  I'm willing to give him to the halfway point before seriously questioning the pick considering his circumstances and athleticism.  He is very likely not yet who he is going to be a year or two from now.

Another fun stat, Walker has 4 QB hurries this season. Hutch has TEN, and with little help around him. Walker had no control over where he got picked, but the thinking that someone capable of being the first pick of the darft needed two full seasons to show his potential is crazy talk. I have a feeling the team is cursed to have no pass rush, we could pick an LT in his prime and have him end the year with 5 sacks.

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(09-27-2023, 02:31 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: Never forget, you can criticise Lawrence but we nearly had Zach Wilson!

Puts things a bit more into perspective.

worse, we coulda then ended up saddled with A. A. Ron

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