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ok just two more articles.
Cutting Ndamukong Suh hurts, but Dolphins never should’ve signed him
It’s hard to say that’s Suh’s fault when every indication was that he’s been playing some of the best football of his career.
He had 4.5 sacks, 48 tackles, two forced fumbles and Pro Football Focus ranked him No. 4 at his position. He did everything he could for Miami, playing all 48 games and staying on the field for 88.2 percent of the defensive snaps over three years. He totaled 15.5 sacks and 181 tackles.
It just didn’t matter.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/03/12/ndamukong-suh-cut-dolphins-free-agency-defensive-tackle
As run defenders, Suh and Lotulelei are similar. Both hail from one-gap 4-3 schemes, where they were destructive run penetrators, and both are strong enough to anchor against, and shed, double-team run-blocks.
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In Miami, Suh played roughly 85 percent of the snaps—most among all NFL defensive linemen.
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More importantly, Suh is versatile on passing downs. On top of 3-technique, he has significant experience aligning at defensive end, standup joker and nose-shade. Suh plays from a narrow stance, which gives him initial burst but can leave him vulnerable to angle blocks. Despite this, he is supremely adept on stunts and twists, which 4-3 defenses rely on in lieu of blitzing. Few players are as selfless and effective at setting up sack opportunities for others on designer pass rush tactics. Suh can make your other pass rushers better.
well he’s headed to oakland for his next visit.
one more thing. i’ve read that he takes plays off. but i’ve also read that he leads the league in snaps played. so is it that he’s playing too much? or that he’s loafing?
i think he’d play less snaps in los angeles which would be better for him. keep him fresh.
yeah. so basically all three would rotate in at nose tackle…
i trust wade on this. i don’t think any of this happens without his blessing.
and basically the meeting will talk about fit. what suh expects and what the rams expect. just like i thought. i think mcvay works his magic on this one. and suh has ties to the strength and conditioning coach.
the only question is money. cuz they will not sacrifice donald to sign suh short-term. can suh’s ego handle that???
who knows?
Unless a player just drops to them, I expect Snead to trade down. I think he will try to get a LOT and an edge rusher with the first 2 picks.
that’s what i thinking too. but there’s a strong possibility someone they really like falls.
just read that okoronkwo came in for a visit. he should be available in the later rounds though.
On with @Midday180, @Schultz_Report say indications from @NdamukongSuh are he will choose between #Saints, #Titans, #Rams and #Seahawks. All about chance to win, not money which is why he didn't talk money in New Orleans or Nashville.
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) March 19, 2018
good discussions over at the herd.
i agree with the people who say the only way this works is if he plays defensive end. and i think brockers goes back to nose.
but who even knows if suh can play the 5 technique? i’d bet he can. he’s superior athletically. has enough length. and is a sharp dude.
I don’t see how they could afford both Suh and Donald.
that’s the one thing i can’t get past. money.
but fit? i don’t know. here’s a link from the third article. scott seems to think suh could play any position on a dline in a 3-4 front.
Bart Scott: Ndamukong Suh in a 3-4 ‘Would Be Virtually Unstoppable’
“I’ve always wanted to see [Ndamukong] Suh play in a 3-4,” former NFL linebacker and current CBS analyst Bart Scott said on the Big O Show. “Because I think Suh in a 3-4 would be so dynamic, right? Because now you can’t double him, now you can move him around like people do with J.J Watt, Muhammad Wilkerson, all these types of guys. But when you put him there and they know exactly where he’s gonna line up, it’s easy to just take him away.
“So if you want to make Ndamukong Suh an end, you put him in a 3-4. So I think that’s something they should consider because I think Ndamukong Suh in a 3-4 would raise so much hell, it’d be illegal and then you just have to ask Cameron Wake to stand up and play a form of outside linebacker like Demarcus Ware was asked to do in Dallas but I’d love to see that happen because now you get the best of both worlds. Now people don’t know who’s coming. Now you have five on five, not five on four and people have to make a decision, who’s coming, who’s not coming. Sometimes you have to adjust your scheme to your personal and I always thought Ndamukong Suh in a 3-4 would be virtually unstoppable.”
