Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2016 19:39:04 GMT -6
That was an ugly ****ing game. Real ugly. Ugly like one of those sewer dogs you can find in the dark heart of Mexico City.
And, while most want to throw ‘Cough it up” Cutler in the dog House, I’m gonna make a wild proposition: throw that ugly ass dog Leonard Floyd in it 'til he learns the ways of the DAWG house.
Let’s get one thing straight cause I don’t want no mixed messages: the kid’s sewer green and, if they feed him real dog food he’s gonna get big and mean and nasty, but right now he’s a yappy little dog barking at the heels of grown ass men.
Part of me wants to say ‘It’s up to his owner in the DC Sky Box to keep him out of Solider Field ‘til he can roam the yard with the big boys’ but the dog's gotta get him some when given some and he just ain’t.
Leonard Floyd was let off the leash for 71% (50 total) of the defensive snaps in the Bear’s humiliating performance against the Eagles, and while that represents the totality of his on field presence (as in him standing on the field of play - not him actually having a presence), and while his pass rush snaps were actually closer to 25, it’s an extremely disturbing fact that Floyd generated 0 pressure – no hits, no hurries, no sacks – on ROOKIE QB Carson Wentz. To a larger extent, it’s disturbing that Floyd only recorded two tackles in his 50 snaps. (RIC STOP READING HERE). Pro Football Focus has Floyd rated out at a 43.6% average with low marks in both pass rush (46.3%) and run defense (42.5%) and while he grades out slightly higher in coverage (71.6%), he’s taking far fewer snaps in coverage AND he wasn’t brought in to be a coverage backer – he’s supposed to be a ****ing DAWG.
But a DAWG he is not. Regardless of his matchup and pass rush moves, Floyd has been massively ineffective. While his burst off the ball suggests an extremely high ceiling, his knowledge of how to bend the arch and pivot off tackle is childish. Hell, Floyd sometimes can’t even keep his own footing when pushing off the edge. Watch the following ‘lowlights’ of Floyd being forced toward the end-zone and flopping on his own:
If that weren’t bad enough, Floyd is currently counter-less. If Floyd’s bending the edge and he’s contacted early, he doesn’t have the strength or the where-with-all to undercut the block and flatten out to get outside and under the defender. Instead, he gets misdirected by the iron grip of any tackle or tight end he encounters. When he attempts to do an in-cut or stunt, he’s too predictable, not ‘skinny’ enough, and not strong enough to disengage and he ends up being forced around by the bigger stronger HOGS on the line.
He has the same issue in the run game. It was a known issue at the start of the season that Floyd’s weight and strength were liabilities, but the hope was, as Fangio pointed out in mini-camp- that while Floyd will get beat because of his size and lack of strength – he’ll also have a number of plays where people will say no one else can do that. So far, there’s been no balance. In the run game just like the pass game, Floyd gets mauled. He’s unable to use his length effectively because he’s so easily misdirected or stone walled by the maulers on the O-Line. Right now the tackles Floyd is making are effort drag tackles where he runs down the player from behind.
Without a doubt, Floyd is in the ****ing Dog-House this week. They need to find the right bag of puppy chow to get this dog big and they need to take him to obedience school so he can learn the tricks of the trade.
And, while most want to throw ‘Cough it up” Cutler in the dog House, I’m gonna make a wild proposition: throw that ugly ass dog Leonard Floyd in it 'til he learns the ways of the DAWG house.
Let’s get one thing straight cause I don’t want no mixed messages: the kid’s sewer green and, if they feed him real dog food he’s gonna get big and mean and nasty, but right now he’s a yappy little dog barking at the heels of grown ass men.
Part of me wants to say ‘It’s up to his owner in the DC Sky Box to keep him out of Solider Field ‘til he can roam the yard with the big boys’ but the dog's gotta get him some when given some and he just ain’t.
Leonard Floyd was let off the leash for 71% (50 total) of the defensive snaps in the Bear’s humiliating performance against the Eagles, and while that represents the totality of his on field presence (as in him standing on the field of play - not him actually having a presence), and while his pass rush snaps were actually closer to 25, it’s an extremely disturbing fact that Floyd generated 0 pressure – no hits, no hurries, no sacks – on ROOKIE QB Carson Wentz. To a larger extent, it’s disturbing that Floyd only recorded two tackles in his 50 snaps. (RIC STOP READING HERE). Pro Football Focus has Floyd rated out at a 43.6% average with low marks in both pass rush (46.3%) and run defense (42.5%) and while he grades out slightly higher in coverage (71.6%), he’s taking far fewer snaps in coverage AND he wasn’t brought in to be a coverage backer – he’s supposed to be a ****ing DAWG.
But a DAWG he is not. Regardless of his matchup and pass rush moves, Floyd has been massively ineffective. While his burst off the ball suggests an extremely high ceiling, his knowledge of how to bend the arch and pivot off tackle is childish. Hell, Floyd sometimes can’t even keep his own footing when pushing off the edge. Watch the following ‘lowlights’ of Floyd being forced toward the end-zone and flopping on his own:
If that weren’t bad enough, Floyd is currently counter-less. If Floyd’s bending the edge and he’s contacted early, he doesn’t have the strength or the where-with-all to undercut the block and flatten out to get outside and under the defender. Instead, he gets misdirected by the iron grip of any tackle or tight end he encounters. When he attempts to do an in-cut or stunt, he’s too predictable, not ‘skinny’ enough, and not strong enough to disengage and he ends up being forced around by the bigger stronger HOGS on the line.
He has the same issue in the run game. It was a known issue at the start of the season that Floyd’s weight and strength were liabilities, but the hope was, as Fangio pointed out in mini-camp- that while Floyd will get beat because of his size and lack of strength – he’ll also have a number of plays where people will say no one else can do that. So far, there’s been no balance. In the run game just like the pass game, Floyd gets mauled. He’s unable to use his length effectively because he’s so easily misdirected or stone walled by the maulers on the O-Line. Right now the tackles Floyd is making are effort drag tackles where he runs down the player from behind.
Without a doubt, Floyd is in the ****ing Dog-House this week. They need to find the right bag of puppy chow to get this dog big and they need to take him to obedience school so he can learn the tricks of the trade.
