Official Game Thread - Week 15 - Commanders @ Saints

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Young was a strange prospect in that he was seen as “can’t miss” and yet he was one of the only blue chip EDGE prospects in recent history to never put measurables on the board for teams. We have no idea how athletic he actually was or wasn’t because he knew he didn’t need to work out for teams to go in the top-2.

He’s clearly lost a couple steps, some explosion, and some interest in the game. But I’m not sure if he was ever the physical specemin people insisted he was. We’ll never know but EDGE is one of the positions where raw athleticism and testing numbers actually do correlate strongly to elite pass-rushing ability—and I never felt like he looked like a FREAK out there lined up against anybody. Most of his sacks when he was younger were Kerrigan-esque effort sacks, not elite physical demolition or blazing speed around the edge. I think he was secretly a rather pedestrian athlete (in comparison to the freaks that usually take over the league at EDGE).
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I'm tired of people blaming is lack of explosiveness on the injury. He wasn't able to get to the QB long before he injured his knee. He looks the same to me today and he is getting pressures. But as always he can never finish and that would have been the case had he not injured his knee.
 
Darrell Green Fan said:
I'm tired of people blaming is lack of explosiveness on the injury. He wasn't able to get to the QB long before he injured his knee. He looks the same to me today and he is getting pressures. But as always he can never finish and that would have been the case had he not injured his knee.
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The people who had concerns about chase and were chastised for it pre draft ended up being vindicated as a lot of the concerns proved true but chase is far thicker than he was when he came out, that combined with the knee injury has definitely effected his explosiveness.
Let's not forget he had 7.5 sacks his rookie year and was droy.

Year two he had put on some weight and wasn't as fast and then the knee happened.

Now he's even bigger and slower and he's not the same guy but let's not forget the plays he made his rookie year that most humans are incapable of like the way he got into the backfield On that goal line stance against the steelers.

He's not anywhere near that fast anymore but at one point he had an explosiveness that most people don't possess.
 
heisenberg said:
The people who had concerns about chase and were chastised for it pre draft ended up being vindicated as a lot of the concerns proved true but chase is far thicker than he was when he came out, that combined with the knee injury has definitely effected his explosiveness.
Let's not forget he had 7.5 sacks his rookie year and was droy.

Year two he had put on some weight and wasn't as fast and then the knee happened.

Now he's even bigger and slower and he's not the same guy but let's not forget the plays he made his rookie year that most humans are incapable of like the way he got into the backfield On that goal line stance against the steelers.

He's not anywhere near that fast anymore but at one point he had an explosiveness that most people don't possess.
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I don't recall too many people having concerns about Chase Young. I certainly didn't, thought the pick was a no-brainer.

Yes he had 7.5 sacks as a rookie. But he never demonstrated the ability to get the edge, even as a rookie. Then we went to Tampa in the playoffs and he got shut out, didn't even get close to Brady as posters pointed out that he did the same thing in the National Championship Game. At the time I thought that was an abberation, I was surprised. By game 8 of his 2nd season it had become a pattern. I don't remember one great pass rushing DE who could not get the edge and this is something he has never been able to do in the NFL.

My personally feeling is he got so many of his sacks at OSU by being the first guy off the ball. I'd freeze it right at the snap and Chase was consistantly the first guy off. In the NFL he got flagged for offsides several times early and that has caused him to hesitiate.
 
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It will be nice to finally look at division standings and the playoff picture and all teams FINALLY have the same number of game played... Yep I hate the bye week and am still annoyed to no end that a division rival had one 2+ months before ours.
 
We need another dominating win!

 
No insomnia thread?
 
So it sounds like we are facing Hugh Heaufner heh. Cheerleaders should be able to lead us to glorious victory if our players can stay focused.

Joking aside i want to see Quinn have Luvu attacking at the snap until they beat us with play action. It's always been a thorn in my side from previous DCs sitting back on rookie QBs hoping they self destruct vs prevent.

We had a run where we lost to rookie QBs 10 times in a row which finally ended in 2012 when Haslett attacked Foles for some reason after Shanny threw in the towel on the season. Yes I have PTSD. Has any team had a more pathetic run vs rookie QBs.. ever?

I have no idea if he is a rookie but if he hasn't played he might as well be. Point being pay no respect to no name QBs to start the game.
 
RandyHolt said:
So it sounds like we are facing Hugh Heaufner heh. Cheerleaders should be able to lead us to glorious victory if our players can stay focused.

Joking aside i want to see Quinn have Luvu attacking at the snap until they beat us with play action. It's always been a thorn in my side from previous DCs sitting back on rookie QBs hoping they self destruct vs prevent.

We had a run where we lost to rookie QBs 10 times in a row which finally ended in 2012 when Haslett attacked Foles for some reason after Shanny threw in the towel on the season. Yes I have PTSD. Has any team had a more pathetic run vs rookie QBs.. ever?

I have no idea if he is a rookie but if he hasn't played he might as well be. Point being pay no respect to no name QBs to start the game.
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This is his 2nd season, drafted the year prior to Rattler in the 4th round, but has yet to play. So other than a year 'learning' on the sidelines, he's essentially a rookie. Not sure how much that year of 'learning' helps?
 
New Orleans with the injuries to Olave and Hill is a one-trick pony on offense.

You scheme to fence Kamara in and not let him beat you down the field on screen passes and when he lines up in the slot.

Then as said by others here you BLITZ Haener on ALL passing downs and rob him of any confidence he might develop with a few early completions.
 
Let’s have a day!!

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Biadasz is questionable today due to illness. That's unfortunate.
 
Biadasz will be missed if he misses. He has been a great addition.

Need this win. Last time this team had some extra rest they came out incredibly flat and with an underwhelming performance. They can't let that happen against today. Will be fun to see how Lattimore contributes today. Will also be interested to see what Chase Young brings today. HTTR

*Also, anyone else remember that shit show of a game in Nawlins back in 2011? When Drew Brees broke Marino's passing yards record and they basically stopped the game for 30 freaking minutes so Drew and his family and friends could hug and kiss etc. etc. I haven't forgotten that and would really like to see the skins put a beat down on them.
 
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WHO ALL WENT OUT WITH THEIR HAIR WET??? 🤣
 
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