just to be contrarian one might argue that donald plays in an era where there is more passing than ever before so are those sack numbers inflated?

on the other hand he’s pretty damn good against the run too with all those tackles for losses.

zn wrote:

He said that directly in response to the 2 screens where Lions DL pulled up and played the screen. They were obviously coached to recognize those plays.

i seem to remember the falcons shutting down the screen game last year in the playoffs.

rams need to figure out a way to counter that.

Zooey wrote:

I do not believe that the Chiefs had nothing to go on but what Hunt told them personally.

i don’t know whose version is correct.

but i figure two situations were in effect.

legally they had no right to obtain that video.

or they obtained the video by outside means but chose to ignore it.

either way they have plausible deniability. they can claim they couldn’t get the video or even if they did they get it they don’t actually have to fess up to that fact since there was no way of legally obtaining it.

but i find it hard to believe that they wouldn’t thoroughly do their due diligence on this incident.

i mean even if they were going to cover it up i figure they’d at least want to be prepared in the event that it did get released.

zn wrote:

Not legally they couldn’t.

no. not legally.

my guess is that it was a convenient excuse. they didn’t want to know.

canadaram wrote:

I feel cautiously optimistic.

yeah.

Zooey wrote:

They released Hunt because all of us now know of the existence of this video.

yeah.

i pretty much feel the same way.

randy gregory and sean payton are dumb.

vander esch and the cowboys d can tackle.

how much of a difference can he make?

i don’t know if we’ll even really know until the playoffs.

ya mean he might be getting blackballed by the league?

…………

nahhh…

seriously though the fact that this guy can’t even get a job as a backup is just ridiculous.

really robert’s just one of those guys i couldn’t be more happier for. a hard worker who was in circumstances beyond his control. but is now on a team where his talent can shine.

more importantly he went 3-1 during that stretch.

i gotta say. i totally disagree with kellerman’s assessment in particular.

his argument is that lt or a mack could play inside and do what donald does but not vice versa.

a bunch of horse hockey.

no way lt or mack could do what donald does from the defensive tackle position. the defensive tackle position as i understand it is one of the hardest positions in football – maybe next to only the quarterback position. one only has to look at the number of dominant defensive tackles in the league compared to the number of dominant edge rushers in the league. you can find edge rushers in the later rounds. normally, you find a defensive tackle capable of being dominant and he won’t make it past the second round.

the strength and speed of donald can’t be matched. and as to the argument that he couldn’t play other positions? no way. he could play any of the linebacker positions or defensive end and dominate. the reason you don’t put him there is because he’s too valuable at the defensive tackle position – a position most players can’t play much less dominate the way donald does.

just look at the athletic numbers he put up at 285 pounds. imagine shaving off 20-30 pounds off that frame and what his agility and speed numbers would look like then. at 6’1″ 255 pounds and playing off the edge where he’d have to deal with less traffic? he’d be unstoppable. at 6’1″ 255 pounds and move him back to middle linebacker and put some big honking space eating tackles in the middle like the ravens did with ray lewis? he’d be a nightmare.

now try and imagine putting taylor or mack or lewis inside at the defensive tackle position. they’d get eaten alive.

maybe the only guy who i think could rival donald is jj watt. just a mutant of a human being. incomparable really. but has dealt with injuries the previous 2 years. he’s healthier this year though and is putting up numbers again.

donald is only 5 years into his career. so it’s too soon. but he’s doing things that are transcendent right now.

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he was fairly efficient with the touches though.

i actually don’t mind it as long as it’s just an ankle. hopefully, he just needs the bye week to heal up.

his touches needed to be curtailed anyway. he’s now on pace for 368 touches. still a career high but not so high that i start worrying about his long term sustainability. hopefully, they can bring it down even more although not if it’s because he’s injured.

it was rocky vs apollo. unreal.

i think the league should make offenses go 15 yards for a first down.

let’s bring defense back.