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Old 10-15-2011   #1
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i dont notice him on the field anymore. i knew jerry would sign him to a fat contract and i knew it would be a bad move. i saw it coming with hamlin, newman, roy williams both, barber III, davis, etc....anyways dont you think he would be much more effective at DE?
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i dont notice him on the field anymore. i knew jerry would sign him to a fat contract and i knew it would be a bad move. i saw it coming with hamlin, newman, roy williams both, barber III, davis, etc....anyways dont you think he would be much more effective at DE?
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Mostly he's been on the field anchoring what has been a superb d line/run defense. I don't know where he is on off days and nights, however.
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It's really all your post deserved. Ratliff is doing his job as always. He's on pace to match his best year in total tackles and beat last years number of sacks. If he has one or two really big games along the way, he may end up with more of both before the year is finished.

We're number one against the rush right now, though we are benefiting from having had our bye, but Jay is a huge part of why our run D is so good. We're 8th in sacks and are hurt because of just having our bye. Jay is also part of why we have so many sacks because he draws double teams and helps collapse the pocket.

So rather then assume he did not deserve to get paid, try to look at what he's actually doing. He's the same guy he always was, teams account for him now which is why he does not get the freakish sacks he had one year. That's still good, it means it frees up someone else because they are worried about Jay.
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i dont notice him on the field anymore. i knew jerry would sign him to a fat contract and i knew it would be a bad move. i saw it coming with hamlin, newman, roy williams both, barber III, davis, etc....anyways dont you think he would be much more effective at DE?
Ryan's 3-4 scheme relies on him to get offenses to attack him with more than one blocker. That keeps Ratliff from making as many plays, but frees up other defenders to make them.

So every time you see Sean Lee making tackles, thank Ratliff. When you see the run defense making stop after stop, thank Ratliff. When you see guys like Jason Hatcher, Anthony Spencer, etc., getting pressure on the quarterback, thank Ratliff.
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Love to see him at DE. Though our run D is surprisingly good this year. Get a killer NT with Rat and Hatch at DE and we'd be scary.
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This may be a thread which attempts to elevate a player's secondary responsibility over his first duty. Jay Ratliff has shown that he can rush the quarterback, but his his first job as a nose tackle is to help stop the run. Let's look at what the defense, with Ratliff plugging the middle of the defensive line, has done thus far through the first four games:

vs. New York Jets
Greene/Tomlinson, 42 yards combined rushing

vs. San Francisco 49ers
Gore/Smith, 68 yards combined rushing

vs. Washington Redskins
Hightower/Helu, 56 yards combined rushing

vs. Detroit Lions
Best/Williams, 61 yards combined rushing



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