Really tried to pay attention to Frank in this game.
I saw two issues when i had a chance to watch most of his defensive snaps in the highlights. First, he needs to stay low at the snap. Just about every time he gets vertical within just a couple strides, literally reducing one of his physical advantages: his length. And he did time several snaps very well, exploding off the snap. But he stands up pretty much immediately, which both slows him down and takes away a lot of that length I mentioned. If he stays down he would accelerate even faster, and he'd be able to get underneath the T's hands on a speed rush.
The other is that he needs to tighten up his . . . everything. When he runs his feet are too wide apart and his elbows are flapping like a chicken's. That's a ton of wasted motion. I can't believe someone hasn't pointed that out by this point in his career so he could work on that. Hell, I'd bet my truck that that wide foot stance is why his spin move sucks ass. He's not able to spin fast enough.
Then there's the too frequent plays where he kind of half-asses a tackle attempt. You don't hit with enough violence to reliably knock runners to the ground with your shoulder, Frank. Wrap everyone up, something I know you know how to do.
I try not to even watch his side of the ball, constantly washed out of plays and owned. He takes a lot of the enjoyment out of the game. Someone needs to slip and uzi into his carryon next time he flies. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Really tried to pay attention to Frank in this game.
I saw two issues when i had a chance to watch most of his defensive snaps in the highlights. First, he needs to stay low at the snap. Just about every time he gets vertical within just a couple strides, literally reducing one of his physical advantages: his length. And he did time several snaps very well, exploding off the snap. But he stands up pretty much immediately, which both slows him down and takes away a lot of that length I mentioned. If he stays down he would accelerate even faster, and he'd be able to get underneath the T's hands on a speed rush.
The other is that he needs to tighten up his . . . everything. When he runs his feet are too wide apart and his elbows are flapping like a chicken's. That's a ton of wasted motion. I can't believe someone hasn't pointed that out by this point in his career so he could work on that. Hell, I'd bet my truck that that wide foot stance is why his spin move sucks ass. He's not able to spin fast enough.
Then there's the too frequent plays where he kind of half-asses a tackle attempt. You don't hit with enough violence to reliably knock runners to the ground with your shoulder, Frank. Wrap everyone up, something I know you know how to do.
Got a long way to go.
I'm pretty sure I brought the flailing his arms like an idiot thing, but I've had so many posts about the turd I can't remember.
I know he's not the same liability as Sorensen was last year in terms of just being relentlessly targeted. But his contract combined with his absolutely abysmal play is a genuine hate crime and every bit as damaging.
Can't blame the guy for cashing in but the drop off in salary from this contract to his next is going to be hilarious to see and richly deserved. Cannot wait to flush this turd. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JPH83:
I know he's not the same liability as Sorensen was last year in terms of just being relentlessly targeted. But his contract combined with his absolutely abysmal play is a genuine hate crime and every bit as damaging.
Can't blame the guy for cashing in but the drop off in salary from this contract to his next is going to be hilarious to see and richly deserved. Cannot wait to flush this turd.
The guy won't get another contract. This is probably his last year in the league. [Reply]