Quote:1. He isnt a Defensive Tackle... and he isnt an undersized DE.


2. He's quite bad at the run game. Our run d has been bad every year since he's started, people use the good run stopper excuse to grasp at straws.


3. If he was a second rounder, and hadnt already given him 30 mil, he wouldn't be on the team.

 

1.  He was a defensive tackle prior to this year.  As a DE, he is too slow.

 

2.  Just because a defense is bad at run stopping doesn't mean it is one players fault.  I've watched him and while he doesn't man handle anyone, he does a decent job at holding his position, which in most defenses that is what a DT is supposed to do.

 

3.  He is a hard working, tough nosed player.  Coaches like Bradley love that.  You dont think Caldwell would have purged Alualu like the rest of the Gene Smith castoffs?  lol

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