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Ron Rivera "We're leaning towards starting CJ and Allen."

nctarheel0619

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i think this has more to do with which end of the line these guys play best on. Kony was the RDE to start the season and he struggled against the other team's LT. CJ is a LDE who has always played against the other team's RT. When CJ went down, they shifted Kony to LDE and he has thrived there. Additionally, Allen has played RDE his entire career and that is "his side". 

I think the staff has seen that maybe Kony is better suited to LDE and either won't ever be a RDE or hasn't gotten good enough to be the starter on the RDE side. That means with CJ back, Kony is in competition to start on the LDE side against CJ who is the vet and -- assuming he is at full speed-- probably better for now. For now, we're going with the vets who fit well as bookends on our line. Kony will probably back up each spot, maybe with a little more on CJ's side, they might even split time there. 

I think this season has shown that Kony can be the guy to fill in for CJ, should we decide to move on from him or try to negotiation something with him. We still need a guy who can take the RDE spot after Allen is gone, right now Delaire and Addison are good as rotation guys on that side, Addison appears to be maxed out at a third down/rotational guy, maybe Delaire can develop into a full time guy, but in the draft and FA we'll probably be looking for a pass-rusher who can be the guy at the RDE side for the future.

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3 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

Just becuase CJ would start doesn't mean he'll get more snaps than Ealy...

you guys and your butts... Why do they hurt so often?

This^^

I swear....we are 10-0....we have a 3 game lead in the division with 6 games to go....we have the top 3 scoring offense....we have a top 5 defense....yet some people on the huddle just have to search for things to bitch and moan about.

Some on here (not you Nasty) need to get laid (probably for the first time)

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1 minute ago, Ship said:

i think this has more to do with which end of the line these guys play best on. Kony was the RDE to start the season and he struggled against the other team's LT. CJ is a LDE who has always played against the other team's RT. When CJ went down, they shifted Kony to LDE and he has thrived there. Additionally, Allen has played RDE his entire career and that is "his side". 

I think the staff has seen that maybe Kony is better suited to LDE and either won't ever be a RDE or hasn't gotten good enough to be the starter on the RDE side. That means with CJ back, Kony is in competition to start on the LDE side against CJ who is the vet and -- assuming he is at full speed-- probably better for now. For now, we're going with the vets who fit well as bookends on our line. Kony will probably back up each spot, maybe with a little more on CJ's side, they might even split time there. 

I think this season has shown that Kony can be the guy to fill in for CJ, should we decide to move on from him or try to negotiation something with him. We still need a guy who can take the RDE spot after Allen is gone, right now Delaire and Addison are good as rotation guys on that side, Addison appears to be maxed out at a third down/rotational guy, maybe Delaire can develop into a full time guy, but in the draft and FA we'll probably be looking for a pass-rusher who can be the guy at the RDE side for the future.

Right or wrong, this is such a better contribution than the standard, "Hmmm, I don't know about this..." 

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Ealy has been outstanding, and personally, I'd rather see CJ worked back into the rotation slowly taking more snaps away from Allen than Ealy. But, then again, I'm not the coach and not privy to what he sees in practice too, so I'll just keep my trust in Ron and Co, since they've led us to 10-0 so far (soon to be 11-0).

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1 hour ago, PanthersBigD said:

LOL at all the Ealy love after so many on this board were ready to call him a bust just a month or two ago. Dude is our future at DE. Ealy is going to be all over the line during this game. I wouldn't worry about him getting enough snaps. The two old timers get the start. It's almost ceremonial. That's how it should be. 

QFT

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1 hour ago, ItsNotGonnaBeAlright said:

Really thought if anything Johnson would replace Allen. 

You do understand they play different sides?

One plays left, and the other plays right. 

Yes, they could play either, but when you have two vets as good as these guys, you let them start at their natural position.

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