Quote:Marks with another 2 sacks and is now tied for team lead with 7. Telvin Smith led our team in tackles for a second straight week. Gus is a savant on defense

 

In fairness, Telvin got ragdolled on a few blocks when the Giants running game was going in the first half, but those runs were up the middle.  He probably does better defending against sweeps or runs to his side.  Sunday was the first time that I keyed on him for pretty much the entire first half because he has been getting a lot of praise lately.  He's either not designed to defend against a power running game or he needs to put on some weight this off season and hopefully not lose much in the way of quickness.  His strengths are better suited to coverage right now, IMO.  I'd rather not see him on the field for 1st or 2nd downs against a power running game like the Giants were executing perfectly in the first half.

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