Yeah he's being asked to play during early (running) downs.
@Caddy will be along shortly to tell you about how bad our skill guys are.
Our running backs, as a group, are among the best ever in the Kirk era at blitz pickups.
No different than Desmond King getting shut down his senior year. Offenses know he’s there and throw the kitchen sink at him and run the other way.
Slightly off topic, but that's what made Howie Long such a dominant NFL defensive lineman. He was equally adept at getting to the QB and stopping the run. If teams tried to run away from Long's side the Raiders would simply line him up at D tackle or even over the center at Nose Tackle. He was too strong for the quicks or too quick for the bigs and usually both.
Hold the edge. Play a complete game.
Tyrone's spin cycle move is excellent sober as well!
DD I too knew it was possible but I really have been waiting for a couple of the others to step up and not that d line is playing bad but you can definitely see not having say an Anthony Nelson type missing.
If I could pick two guys to have back after seeing the Hawks through four games, it would by Amani Hooker and Anthony Nelson, hands down. Either tight end would be great, but the offense doesn’t miss them as much as the defense misses those two. Chauncey Golston is good to be sure, but if he could play the role that Epenesa did last year, this defensive line would likely have a more intimidating stat line.
