crkone wrote:jimmybones wrote:Completely mind blowing to me that people can say Gary SUCKS from what they've seen in a few PRESEASON "games" despite all the positivity surrounding him in camp from multiple sources.
And people glossing over the Packers coverage so far. Everything has been quick passes. The few times it's more than a quick drop he's a handlength from the QB. That's with working on his bull rush or speed mainly too.
Agreed. I've noticed in your breakdowns(great work by the way), mostly:
-a lot of quick release where no nfl player in history would make a sack, tells us nothing about him
-not flashy but doing his job, setting the edge, not exciting but still the right play in the circumstance
-a few rookie mistakes, understandable, rookie and in a new position, it happens
-and maybe a handful of actual rush attempts where he hasn't gotten there but looked OK.
Now here's the thing, I can understand wanting more than "OK" from the 12th overall pick. But, I feel like people are simplifying it down to black and white: has he produced sacks or flash plays? And they see no and decide that means something while seemingly ignoring the above context. That's just lazy to me and it seems like a lot of people have already determined he's no good and only something immediately flashy will change their mind and a lack of that is evidence to them.
It's just a massively small sample of meaningful reps(which I'd argue there have been zero because, preseason). It's like saying a baseball prospect SUCKS because he hasn't homered in his first 20 ABs of his career, in exhibition games. That's how small of a sample we're dealing with of actual rush attempts. Pointing that out though is considered making excuses for him here.
