Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Yeah, they did grab him. He is a backup that is rotational, not a knock, but he is behind Bryce Huff, a UDFA. Ward has gotten 17 snaps in each of the first two games and complied a whopping 1 asst tackle, no hurries, no QB hits. Let us not act like we let another David Irving leave.
Not that surprising he's behind a guy whose been there a year and is within the system, even with a new HC coming in. Also Huff looks fairy decent. They also have Shaq Lawson and Franklin Myers - two good players who should rightly get a lot of snaps.
It's a head scratcher to me that he can get snaps within that group but not ours. We've had 53 from Okafor - do we think they've been more productive?
I don't think there's been enough of Ward on tape to say with confidence he'd have had a big impact. But I think within a few weeks we might be able to say he'd have been a useful rotational player and an upgrade on what we have, even if only marginal. [Reply]
Originally Posted by -King-:
We didn't learn from Ogbah.
Ogbah had a season ending injury and had yet to demonstrate a consistent starter quality of play from his time in Cleveland until he got here. For what he signed in Miami and what we knew at the time, it was probably smart to let him walk.
That shit happens all the time in the NFL where the risk you didn’t take is one you should have. It’s far from a screw up though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Ogbah had a season ending injury and had yet to demonstrate a consistent starter quality of play from his time in Cleveland until he got here. For what he signed in Miami and what we knew at the time, it was probably smart to let him walk.
That shit happens all the time in the NFL where the risk you didn’t take is one you should have. It’s far from a screw up though.
5.5 in 4 starts (10 games overall) isn't consistent starter material? If he played the whole season, there's a very good chance he would have led the league in sacks. And he was pretty good against the run IIRC. [Reply]