Peppers Vs Clady

[footstepsfrom#27]

That is an incredibly good stat. Aren't most good QBs in the 30s?

I really liked Clady in the draft and would still favor him seeing how well Otah has panned out. We could have stuck Clady at LT and kept Gross at RT. It's not like Clady is a small lineman and bad run blocking, he's just much better at pass blocking imo.

Clady had a couple of knocks on him going into the draft that are textbook examples of over analyzing by draft gurus. He pitched a less than steller 16 on the worthless Wonderlic, het picked up the most complicated offense in the NFL from day 1. He also played against supposedly inferior competition at Boise State, but he's stonewalled the NFL's top DE's every week...go figure. His run blocking is not as good yet but he's getting there. Against the Chiefs last week he wiped out a linebacker 20 yards downfield on a running play...that's a 325 pounder getting to the second level. It will come...for now we're just glad he's got Jay's back. Shanahan has been reluctant to draft OL guys in the top of the draft...fortunately he departed from that in this case.

[KillerKat]

Here you go...

http://hosted.stats.com/fb/findplayer.asp?type=position&position=95

Thanks!

[Gscottnc5]

Denver's O-line is on pace to allow the 3rd fewest sacks in NFL history. They have only allowed 8 sacks all year, but 3 of those sacks were credited to backs and TE's.

Clady has only given up .5 a sack this year I can't wait to see what he does against arguably the best DE in the NFL.

Stats are for losers. But if you wanna a stat

Tampa had only given up one rushing td all season until monday night, now they have given up 5. So your stats can be thrown out the window. It's what you do on the field at that moment

[monstercat]

It's gonna be a good match up. Peppers seems to step his game up when he goes against the better LT's. I expect to see Cutler roll to his right a lot too though, so that will make it difficult for Peppers to get there from his normal spot.

[DENVER4LIFE]

Should be a interesting matchup. If we get time Cutler will pick apart your weak secondary.

[Stalkerfishy]

Clady has only given up .5 a sack this year I can't wait to see what he does against arguably the best DE in the NFL.

And that wasn't even a sack really.

It was the odd call play against SD.

I say Pep gets no sacks. But 1-2 QB hurries

[Pimpdaddy]

Clady tho a rookie this year is having a great season and proving he can hang with some big boys. 0 sacks to Porter/ 0 Sacks to Abraham. How do you think Peppers will do against him? I say 1.5 sacks on his side and 2 sacks not against him.

I pray he totally tears his @ss up....

[Kaylore]

That is an incredibly good stat. Aren't most good QBs in the 30s?

I really liked Clady in the draft and would still favor him seeing how well Otah has panned out. We could have stuck Clady at LT and kept Gross at RT. It's not like Clady is a small lineman and bad run blocking, he's just much better at pass blocking imo.

That's a good post. People don't realize how well Clady has been playing. Remember we've been throwing more than other teams, have not had a consistent running game, and have been trailing late in games where defenses know we're going to throw. It's basically a worst case scenario for a tackle. Despite this he's only surrendered half a sack and stonewalled some of the best. And this knock on Clady's run blocking is exaggerated. He started out slow, but remember our line has had 8 different starters at RB, so it's been hard for all our linemen to get into any kind of rhythm in the run game. Clady was destroying players in the last game. Safeties were running away from him on the toss sweeps. I mean he played a zone-run scheme in college so it's not like he's a moron out there.

As for going against Peppers, I don't think Peppers gets a sack. I'm not saying that to be rude, I just think the more speed burst players haven't given him a problem this year. He tends to struggle (again this is relative as he's not really been beat that much this year) against power ends.

[Jrock88]

Peppers will get atleast a sack. Clady's good but Peppers is GREAT

[Kaylore]

Peppers will get atleast a sack. Clady's good but Peppers is GREAT

Joey Porter, John Abraham, Derrick Burgess, Mario Williams and Demarcus Ware are all pretty good too. Guess what they all have in common?

[BHiott]

Joey Porter, John Abraham, Derrick Burgess, Mario Williams and Demarcus Ware are all pretty good too. Guess what they all have in common?

None of them are Julius Peppers?

[House]

As for going against Peppers, I don't think Peppers gets a sack. I'm not saying that to be rude, I just think the more speed burst players haven't given him a problem this year. He tends to struggle (again this is relative as he's not really been beat that much this year) against power ends.

So which do you qualify Peppers as? A speed DE or a power DE? Because anybody who has watched him much will tell you that he is both and that is what makes him so good. Much like a Strahan type DE, he can run by you on one play and then straight flat back a tackle on the next play.

Clady has been very good this year, so has Pep. Its pretty much a toss up, I know this though, if they single him up on Pep all day, Pep will get his sack.

[DENVER4LIFE]

None of them are Julius Peppers?

You're right, they're better.