Starting Defensive Tackle?

[Mr. Scot]

Reed and Gantt made mention of the fact that Nick Hayden was actually promoted to starter last week over Ed Johnson (Derek Landri retained his starting job on the other side). If it's been discussed much here, I missed it.

The question would be who starts this week.

[Cyberjag]

It can't be Hayden, because the Huddle hates him, yet thinks that Meeks is smart.

[TerriblePizza]

Gantt made a hilarious tweet the other day:

@daringantt Neglected to mention earlier, Nick Hayden on the start for Ed Johnson. I'll be honest, Hayden's no longer one of the 5 worst players in NFL

From the game last sunday.

[DynastyRTR]

Andre Nebblet

[Davidson Deac II]

Our run defense improved somewhat last week. Gore really run right through us the week before, so maybe Hayden helped.

[Anybodyhome]

Improvement was the only direction left after the 100+ yard first quarter by Matt Forte...

[mmmbeans]

aren't we 12th against the run?

[scpanther22]

Hayden did a good job last week but DT is still our biggest need

[Zod]

aren't we 12th against the run?

Its sad when being barely better than half the league makes us feel good.

[mmmbeans]

Its sad when being barely better than half the league makes us feel good.

it's a hell of an improvement over last year.

[Davidson Deac II]

We are behind a lot, so teams tend to run the ball on us more than average.

We are 5th in the league in yards allowed per carry, which is pretty good.

[Dpantherman]

Its sad when being barely better than half the league makes us feel good.

yea, but we he had the 12th run D, 4th passing D, and an average offense--like 15th. we'd be at least .500

[twylyght]

Its sad when being barely better than half the league makes us feel good.

With how long our guys are on the field coupled with always being behind, I think it's pretty astounding.

[Phil Dees]

If our offense was on the field only 2 min 59 more per game it would be 50% Offense and 50% Defense.

New England Defense is on the field longer than Panthers and they are 6-1 :eek: