Will Andre Carter Be A Bust??

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Originally Posted by 70Chip

If you look around the league, there are very few teams that can consistently get pressure from the front four. Jacksonville does it. Dallas is getting better at it. The Giants are hit and miss. One week they look like the fearsome foursome and the next they mail it in. Then there is the odd single player like Freeney who can do it on their own. It seems to be getting really tough to do. I will be happy if he can play the run well. We'll get our pressure with blitzes, especially when Springs gets back. Remember too that Philip Daniels came on with a big push late last year. I'd rather have these guys save something for December.

That assumes there's something left to play for in December. Going through the motions and sub-par play in September and October makes December meaningless.

Good point though about pass rush throughout the league. I remember reading something about finding monsters along the D-line. Someone said that it's almost as difficult to find game-changers at defensive end and tackle as it is getting a franchise quarterback. I believe it.

Still, it's what sets good teams apart. Being able to pressure the quarterback without having to send nickel corners and linebackers on an all out blitz is exactly the reason we brought Carter in here. At the very least, he was supposed to open things up for Philip Daniels by drawing double teams.

No, nobody's saying we expect 5 sacks a game from the D-ends. But three games and ZERO sacks? That's a disappointment no matter how you look at it.