I Sure Hope Frank Alexander Lives Up To

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

When you're DPOY you should win 99% of those one on one match. Pouncey murdered his ass last week. Same crap again today.

It's not like they're coming after him with two OLs. It's ONE.

 

ray lewis won 2 DPOYs and had the same thing happen to him before the ravens drafted ngata

 

really if a DPOY should win 99% of those matchups then let's line luke up at DT i guess

[Khaki Lackey]

do you guys remember Juses Crust from last season ?

He was far superior to the sortie of trolls with "heel" in the username like we've got this year. I hope next years batch of trolls are better than these.

[carolina-chuck]

ray lewis won 2 DPOYs and had the same thing happen to him before the ravens drafted ngata

 

really if a DPOY should win 99% of those matchups then let's line luke up at DT i guess

 

but.................. we have Star

[CarolinaSock]

ray lewis won 2 DPOYs and had the same thing happen to him before the ravens drafted ngata

I remember reading articles about Lewis complaining his Dline was not keeping him clean the year before they drafted Ngata. Linebackers aren't meant to have to fight off lineman every run play.

[TheRumGone]

i also remember luke winning droy with fua

[TheRumGone]

and alexander is our most complete de outside of cj who has been terrible.

 

hopefully it helps. alexander is a 3 down de.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

i also remember luke winning droy with fua

 

he was a rotational player and his snaps went way down during the second half of the 2012 season

[TheRumGone]

he was a rotational player and his snaps went way down during the second half of the 2012 season

 

true i was using hyperbole to make luke sound like a badass.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

but.................. we have Star

 

yeah and he's not playing particularly well right now

how do you think guards and centers are getting to the next level with ease exactly

[ZeroZeroSeven]

and alexander is our most complete de outside of cj who has been terrible.

 

hopefully it helps. alexander is a 3 down de.

 

That might be the best attribute of getting him back.  Horton and Addison are quality depth, but they're just that, depth.  With Johnson hurt, Alexander steps in as the best DE and it may be time to start increasing Ealy's work load.

[jamos14]

Look at how badly Cole is dominated and how quickly the G is on Luke.

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/ByyguJaIIAAjAK7.mp4

[Mr. Scot]

ray lewis won 2 DPOYs and had the same thing happen to him before the ravens drafted ngata

 

really if a DPOY should win 99% of those matchups then let's line luke up at DT i guess

 

Star's getting handled because with Hardy out there's nobody to worry about outside him. 

 

No one's all that scared of Charles Johnson on the other side either.

 

Colin Cole is no longer overachieving and Dwan Edwards looks like he might be on the downside.

 

Everything our defense does feeds off the line, and they're not getting it done, which means blockers can get in the way of our linebackers.

 

We're getting beaten in the trenches on both sides of the ball.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

Look at how badly Cole is dominated and how quickly the G is on Luke.

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/ByyguJaIIAAjAK7.mp4

 

it wasn't like luke was bulldozed to the other side of the field or anything either.  he was still close to the ball.

 

harper had the cleanest avenue to the ball carrier of anyone relatively speaking but he took a bad angle and just kind of fell down at the guy's feet.

[jamos14]

it wasn't like luke was bulldozed to the other side of the field or anything either.  he was still close to the ball.

 

harper had the cleanest avenue to the ball carrier of anyone relatively speaking but he took a bad angle and just kind of fell down at the guy's feet.

 

By the time Luke touched the ball carrier, he was already 7 yards down field with a full head of steam.

 

In general the whole d has stunk but the majority of blame goes to d-line.  They were built to be our strength and aren't living up to it.