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Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate
No, we had two useless sacks of shit that played below their pay grade and could not execute something as simple as lining up correctly.
I don't give a **** if either of those two have a better season than Clark, I'm just glad they're gone.
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Played below their pay grade? Dee Ford was on a 5 yr $16.7 mil rookie contract. Yes he was a broke dick for a couple of those years, but he had 2 seasons in which he had 10 or more sacks. Last year he was one of the best pass rushers in the league and I know the narrative is that he was a liability against the run, but he was pretty god damn solid last year. On top of his 23 hurries, 17 qb knockdown, and 13 sacks he also had 55 tackles, 13 TFL, and a league leading 7 FF. That's better than any season Frank has put together.
The only difference between Frank Clark and Dee Ford is that Clark is maybe a little better than Ford at run D and that Clark was able to stay healthy between his double digit sack seasons. Frank had his first 10 sack season, 9 sacks the next season and finally 13 sacks in his final season with Seattle, because he was able to stay healthy. Dee had a 10 sack season, followed that up with 2 sacks missing 10 games and being hurt when he did play, and then broke out in his last season with the Chiefs. People want to act like this huge gap exists between Dee Ford and Clark, because Ford got hurt often and he was offsides on the pass that was intercepted. If Dee Ford didn't have the history of injury he has, then we probably give him the long term deal.
Justin Houston was also not paying below his pay grade. Yes he was hurt often too, but he got shit medical advice that led to a much longer recovery from his knee injury. If the doctors wouldn't have failed him, then I think people have a much different opinion on him, because when he was able to play he was pretty damn good. He was given a contract extension (5 year $101 million) after his 22 sack season. After that season he played in 43 out of a possible 64 games. In those 43 games he had 30 sacks, so basically a sack in 70 percent of his games. That averages out to 11 sacks over a 16 game season. So he was a difference maker when he was able to play and I dont blame him for missing games, his knee doctor ****ed up.
Frank Clark is on pace for 6 sacks this season, so if you consider what Houston and Ford did as playing under their pay grade, then I cant imagine what you would say about 6 sacksi the 1st year of his $104 million contract, more than Houstons. Something else to think about is that even though Houston signed a $101 mil contract he only actually made $68 million of it. Frank Clark was given $68 million guaranteed and he may not be anywhere close to as productive as Houston.