Originally Posted by wist43
Yeah right... b/c everyone loved watching AJ Hawk and Brad Jones on the field 24/7
This year and moving forward though, TT seems to have made a bigger mess of the DL, as there is only 1 DL on the roster (Daniels) that has any business on the field in a pass rush situation.
Datone Jones has pretty much proven himself a bust; they moved Perry to LB, but that doesn't preclude him putting his hand in the dirt; I like Guion, but he's strictly a run defender; Clark won't offer any pass rush...
Hell, we might as well just go with a 1-5 and jungle rush anyone who feels like moving forward at the snap.
I think the front seven is going to take a serious step backward this year. They're going to have no choice but to go with 2 of Barrington, Ryan, or Martinez... Barrington and Ryan can't run; and even though Martinez isn't a blazer either, he might be the best of that bunch. Moving Clay back outside is definitely going to hurt the defense overall.
I thought that TJ Lang's commentary in the JSO on today's defensive tackles might help explain both why the Packer guards are not the old-timey maulers, and what today's defensive lineman looks like and what the advantages might be in not having a line filled with slow-moving run-stuffers...
"You see D-tackles in this league lately? (laughs)," Lang said. "You see the evolution of the defensive linemen in this league. You rarely get the 350-pounders anymore.
"Everybody is strong, everybody is fast, everybody is quick, everybody can rush the passer and everybody can stop the run. We don't go against those big space eaters anymore.
"I still feel there's a sense of, when you think about guards, you think about being maulers and run blockers. Maybe that was the case 10, 15, 20 years ago — but you look around the league now and those guys have to be pass blocking. And I think playing guard — it's not what it used to be. I think it's a more important position than many people think."
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