Originally Posted by jonzie04:
He's a defensive end. He plays based on what the tackle is doing, not to what defense they call.
Right, but to fully understand his performance you need to understand the entire defense.
For instance, if a blown coverage leads to an open receiver in less than 2 seconds, you can’t hold that against Clark for not getting pressure.
My point is that when other people blow their responsibilities, it can make Clark look worse.
I’m not saying he’s playing well by any stretch. I’m purely stating that it isn’t as easy to evaluate any player as some are claiming, especially when most of us just the live game and maybe a replay of the game once. Most likely, no one here is doing any sort of in-depth film study. [Reply]
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
Right, but to fully understand his performance you need to understand the entire defense.
For instance, if a blown coverage leads to an open receiver in less than 2 seconds, you can’t hold that against Clark for not getting pressure.
My point is that when other people blow their responsibilities, it can make Clark look worse.
I’m not saying he’s playing well by any stretch. I’m purely stating that it isn’t as easy to evaluate any player as some are claiming, especially when most of us just the live game and maybe a replay of the game once. Most likely, no one here is doing any sort of in-depth film study.
Again, though, that's not what some are saying here. For what they're giving him and gave up for him, he needs to be wrecking game plans.
Originally Posted by O.city:
Again, though, that's not what some are saying here. For what they're giving him and gave up for him, he needs to be wrecking game plans.
He's not doing that.
He might not be wreaking game plans, but he certainly is heavily game planned against.
I havent watched the replay this week, but I suspect it's much like the first 3. Doubles, chips and running away from him. People want to act like the only defense of his play is a bias one, but having watched him closely every week via replay, I simply dont understand anyone who thinks he's playing poorly. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefs=Good:
He might not be wreaking game plans, but he certainly is heavily game planned against.
I havent watched the replay this week, but I suspect it's much like the first 3. Doubles, chips and running away from him. People want to act like the only defense of his play is a bias one, but having watched him closely every week via replay, I simply dont understand anyone who thinks he's playing poorly.
I don't necessarily think he's playing poorly, but again, for what he's being compensated and what they gave up, you need more.
He's supposed to be the cornerstone. Great players get attention and still make plays. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
I don't necessarily think he's playing poorly, but again, for what he's being compensated and what they gave up, you need more.
He's supposed to be the cornerstone. Great players get attention and still make plays.
Context is important. First 3 weeks he couldn't have done a whole lot more given the circumstances. Its over blown and I suspect he'll start getting stats soon and then everyone will be happy. I know bears fans who get frustrated with Mack disappearing. :-) [Reply]
Can anyone go back and review if he used to have actual pass rush moves? Because now he just seems to bull rush every time or do that stupid spin thing. He doesn't seem to have any kind of outside swim move at all. [Reply]
The lions weren't running away from anyone. They were running anywhere they damn well pleased and getting away with it
Did you miss the part where everyone but the ball carrier blocked him and the other guys on D were playing with their dicks. Frank was such a force to be reckoned with! [Reply]
Cant wait until some homer for AP finds some asinine reason to act like he had a good game. Maybe show a picture of Frank getting chipped and call it a double team, then say this happened all game, but can't show any other times it happened. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Cant wait until some homer for AP finds some asinine reason to act like he had a good game. Maybe show a picture of Frank getting chipped and call it a double team, then say this happened all game, but can't show any other times it happened.
glad you're a real fan and can support our guys [Reply]
