What are you expecting from Derrick Brown this year??

[stirs]

 

Be very disruptive and require double teams.  If he does that, the rest should be free.  If he does not require doubleteams, then he will disappoint as and early draft pick

[Catsfan69]

Make us forget John Randle was ever born.

[panthers55]

On running plays I want him to clog up the middle and force things outside. On pass defense I want him to collapse the middle of the pocket to keep opposing QBs from stepping up to avoid outside pressure. Sacks are really not the primary mission of a nose tackle.

[TrevorLaurenceTime22]

4-5 sacks 15+ tfls around 45-tackles and just to hold the point of attack and eat blockers.

[trueblade]

Did you see Vita Vea tonight? Be that disruptive. No rushing lanes, always pushing the pocket, and a key 3rd down pickup as the blocking fullback.

[bigskypanthersguy]

10 hours ago, joemac said:

I just saw that she recently got married.....YIKES. 

more blown out than a Goodyear Tire on a hot summer day.

[bigskypanthersguy]

Be a slightly better Star and I'm good.

 

[Ivan The Awesome]

What year is he in? 2? 3?

If second year, I expect 5 sacks, 9 TFL, plenty of QB pressures and for him to eat up space for others to eat.

If 3rd year I expect him to have 9+ sacks, 10+ TFL, Deflected passes, and of course to still be a space eater. 

[cardiackat88.]

I am hoping a lot of this is sarcasm.

These conversations always lead to the fact that OL and DL (defensive tackles in particular) are not stat stuffers or eye-catchers.

A DT or OL may be putting on a dominant performance, but at the end of the game, you are not going to talk about how one OL put on a show or how one DT was so dominate it changed the outcome of the game (yea I get it, Aaron Donald and maybe an exception or two).

For the most part, a lineman (offensive or defense) is not going to be named as the player of the game. If anything, most lineman's names are thrown out after the game after a noticeably bad performance.

Ask yourself, of all the years watching football, how many times did you say "that OL/DT really put on a hell of a show today!" 

[BrianS]

Anchor the line, command two blockers every play.  Thanks big guy.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

After watching last night we need him to be Vita Vea.