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09-23-2019, 02:51 PM | #497 |
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I'll start worrying about it when we lose a game to poor defense. See also: last year
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09-23-2019, 02:53 PM | #498 |
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Here’s Frank Clark drawing the double team on the stunt with Tanoh. Pretty clear that Oakland was focused on him so Hudson could go against Jones 1X1.
Clark’s double team gave both Tanoh and Jones 1X1 opportunities and this is what happened: It was clear as day that the Raiders were hell bent on taking him away and Daley wisely took advantage of it. But hey it wasn’t a sack so I guess that mean **** all. |
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09-23-2019, 02:53 PM | #499 | |
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NOW who's overplaying their hand? His defenders have no more high ground than his most vicious detractors at this point. Frank Clark isn't playing good football. He isn't 'doing his job'. And if you sat up there watching them running those plays (again, mostly trap plays up the gut that were taking advantage of a softer middle) and thought to yourself "well clearly they're running to the right, away from Frank Clark" when he spent a large portion of that game on THAT side of the defensive formation - then clearly you were also just seeing what you wanted to see. No, the Ravens were never running away from Frank Clark; at the very least they weren't actively avoiding Frank Clark. When they run to the right do you know why? Hint: The name you're looking for isn't Frank Clark - it's Marshall Yanda. Who is ****ing awesome. Running behind Will Shields wasn't because you're scared of the RDE - it's because running inside behind Will Shields works really well, regardless of who's on the field. The Ravens most assuredly were not game-planning to avoid running at Clark - because they kept running the same way even after Spags started moving him. No, he's not playing well. And saying "Frank Clark ****ing sucks" is no more egregious than trying to argue that he's actually playing well. He isn't. |
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09-23-2019, 02:53 PM | #500 |
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09-23-2019, 02:54 PM | #501 |
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It’s okay to call out poor play. Anyone that thinks Frank hasn’t been disappointing is just wrong right now, and that’s coming from someone who is great at analyzing football. Hopefully he gets things going
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09-23-2019, 03:00 PM | #503 |
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09-23-2019, 03:01 PM | #504 |
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09-23-2019, 03:03 PM | #505 | |
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Again - that's because of Marshall Yanda - not Frank Clark. I don't know where this whole "Frank Clark - elite run defender" thing came from but it's not true now and it hasn't been true at any point in his entire career. He's a solid run defender. Teams are not game-planning around running away from Frank Clark and they never have. Y'all want a run defender? I will say what I said weeks ago - that guy was Clowney, who has been a truly elite run defender his entire career. Frank Clark is not the guy you think he is. He's a solid run defender who's key attribute there is that he won't hurt you against the run while also being a genuine asset as a pass rusher. Right now he's been largely a non-factor because he's still just a solid run defender but the asset as a pass rusher part is missing. I mean really, now we're talking about the guard picking him up on a stunt as though the LT releasing late isn't a mistake? The Chiefs did that 2 weeks ago and LDT got correctly barbecued for it. Now when the Raiders do it "Clearly the Raiders are hell-bent on not giving Clark anything!!!!" No, it's just as likely, if not far more so, that the communication between the G and T was screwed up (as happens on stunts that DON'T involve the immortal Frank Clark every single week) and when the G passed Tanoh up the line for the T to pick him up, the T neglected to do so and then K-Pass came free. That's extremely likely to just be bad OL play and when the Chiefs OL does it (and we aren't engaging in a Frank Clark dick-suck-a-thon) we're smart enough to recognize that. But suddenly Frank Clark is involved and people turn their brains off. |
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09-23-2019, 03:05 PM | #507 |
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DJ is sure in a mood.
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09-23-2019, 03:06 PM | #508 |
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