It’s time to talk about what’s wrong with Luke

[L-TownCat]

Ok lets chat about Luke.

The guy is the only one on the field who knows what's going on.

He's constantly directing and shifting and covering everyones ass.

His coordinator is ass.  Continually putting our best player in bad situations.

Luke is balling despite the poor design.  

Finally, of all the harebrained, insignificant, laughable gripes, this is by far the worst.

[LA_Panther]

LB play has been bad this year, but that doesn’t explain the total defensive capitulation.  

[billionairemonk]

1 hour ago, countryboi said:

i have seen him pic off that vance mcdonald TD so many times i was shocked when it didnt happen 

he got pushed with two arms by mcdonald

 

[micnificent28]

11 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

Angry fans need a fall guy and OP picked the wrong one. There’s a lot of hyperbole thrown around in this dogshit cesspool of stupidity and too much is in this thread. 

Who’s angry... who’s throwing insults, I’m just aknowleding an observation. It could be the bad play around him dline or whatever, but the fact is he hasn’t been the top lb in football this season by a mile. Not seeing the splash impact plays and he seems to always not be in position on passing downs. Seeing him miss more tackles this year. 

I want him to succeed, but nobody is exempt from criticism. I’m not gonna blindly homer cheer for a lie like you tho.

[Rickson]

If you watch the game offensive linemen are regularly getting to the second level.  Our Dline does not demand double teams.  No matter how good Luke is he either has to take on and shed the block of a 300lb Olineman, choose a side and go around giving the running back a cut lane, or take an angle slightly backwards to make the tackle 6 or 7 yards down field.  This is an issue with the Dline and no middle linebacker can continuously take on Olineman in the second level and be successful.  Just look at what happened to Ray Lewis the year after Goose retired.

[Wolfpack352]

I think Luke is a very smart man and I feel like he thinks we could be a lot better defensively but we're not, and that sorta sucks the wind out of him.  So he sorta starts playing half heartedly here and there while thinking to himself......This shouldn't be happening!  The guy is a beast when things are going right, he feeds off of that.

[MountaineerChemist10]

1) Luke is playing more cautious. He can't afford to have another concussion, especially not like the '15 or '16 ones; the '16 was a nightmare.

2) He plays best under McDermott's playbook. He regressed a bit last year & has been a bit better under Washington's but not All-Pro.

[micnificent28]

Holding him to his own standard, there are some good games in there but more pedestrian performances than I can remember him having for any stretch in the past.

[Immortal]

It seems we play the same soft zone with him and TD and tight ends eat up the middle alive. you always see the replay saying oh td or Luke had this guy while they stay 10 yards away in their zone.

 

I don't get it. It seems it has happened every game and the all 22 film doesnt show that level or perspective a close up game cam does.

 

the touch down last night over the middle with Vance was a push off on Luke. He was on him until the last 2 seconds and got pushed back.

Steelers got those calls all night and that is ABs game is the hip push off. No one seemed to tell Donte Jackson about that either.

 

Luke is a beast and will always be. I think its more coaching. His blitz only work when its a delay or a stunt to open up a gap. 

[Carl Spackler]

2 hours ago, micnificent28 said:

I’m not gonna blindly homer cheer for a lie like you tho.

huh?

[TheMaulClaw]

Luke isn't blameless. He's having a bad year and has issues when teams run right at him. 

[Frizzy350]

18 hours ago, MHS831 said:

He is Starless. 

Not resigning him was a big mistake.

[thefuzz]

Star.  It's not that hard to understand.

We decided to go with 2 penetrating DT's over a space eater and a penetrator.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

Eric Washington is the problem. When the entire D looks broken after a coordinator change it's easy to pinpoint the issue. Yeah, we lost Star but we gained Eric Reid and Dante Jackson. From a personnel standpoint there's no excuse for our D falling off a cliff. Eric Washington is trash as DC.