KK Short may be the best DT in the league

[wud35]

When you're being hugged like a long lost child and can still reach out and take down a QB with just a few fingers....... Your one of the best.;-)

[pantherphan96]

love when he was getting blocked and still reached around and grabbed bradford and threw him and the OL down at once. just an absolute beast.

[tukafan21]

Did Short get the credit for what would have been Allen's first sack because he knocked the ball out of Bradford's hand before he went down?

Because ESPN's boxscore has 3 sacks for Short and 1 for Allen, shouldn't they at least each get .5?

[Hogmolliesmaht]

We've come a long way since the days of Fua, Terrell McClain, Nick Hayden, Corvey Irvin, Andre Neblett, ect, ect.

Gettleman knows his DLineman

I'm amazed that you can even remember all of those names. That's a whole bunch of suck.

[Paa Langfart]

Did anyone see our new guy Allen single handedly take out the eagles o line ?

[bigskypanthersguy]

I'm one happy defensive tackle fan right now, let me tell you what.

[Eazy-E]

I had to search for this thread. He is absolutely beasting without much help around him. For those of you praising Aaron Donald, let the Rams lose Robert Quinn in FA, Put Chris Long on IR, and see how well he does. Short and Star are putting this D line on their backs and it is showing big time.

[Mr. Scot]

I was happy when we picked him up in the draft.

Worth remembering a lot of people weren't.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Both have played 6 games 

Arnold leads in Tackles only and only by 1.

more solo tackles less assists leads Short 25-26

Short

More Sacks 5.0 - 4.5

More sack yds   31 - 22   6.2 yds per sack compared to 4.9 yds per sack

More forced Fumbles 1-0

More Pass Defended 3-1

Based on this information.  I would say Arnold is BEHIND Short not in front of him.

Short is a monster and though he benefits from Star

Donald has quite a bit of help too. Quinn, Long, Fairley, Brockers.   So it is easy to claim he is better but he also has a better supporting cast.  Not by much but better. 

[bababoey]

Both have played 6 games 

Arnold leads in Tackles only and only by 1.

more solo tackles less assists leads Short 25-26

Short

More Sacks 5.0 - 4.5

More sack yds   31 - 22   6.2 yds per sack compared to 4.9 yds per sack

More forced Fumbles 1-0

More Pass Defended 3-1

Based on this information.  I would say Arnold is BEHIND Short not in front of him.

Short is a monster and though he benefits from Star

Donald has quite a bit of help too. Quinn, Long, Fairley, Brockers.   So it is easy to claim he is better but he also has a better supporting cast.  Not by much but better. 

Aaron Donald not Aronld Donald.

[PandaPancake]

Didn't we learn this last season?

 

Damn you NC public schools!

[juliosantos]

hes insane lol best dlineman on our team. 

[Khyber53]

What more does he have to do? He draws double teams, stuffs the run, consistently pressures (and sacks) the QB. On PFF he's getting a +4 or +5 every week. I'd be shocked if he isn't rated #1 or #2 with them.

All he's got to do is keep it up. It's a long season and the best ones play steady throughout. I think he can do it, and rise to the top, but six games is a small sample to judge against. Heck, we might not have seen the best of him yet.

[mc52beast]

Bu..bu...bu... But why did we take two dt's in the draft...