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[jr40usa]

Tank Johnson may eventally help the cowboys, but his immediate impact has not been apparent.

 

[03EBZ06]

Some people had too high of expections from Tank, forgetting that he has been out of football since last SB.

 

[conner01]

some people expect too much of a dlineman. he was pretty disruptive in last weeks game including a sack.against the skins we did'nt spend much time with the dline doing anything but shutting down the run, and they did

 

[Portland Fanatic]

Remember he has his pre-season legs going here. He will be solid in a few games and great in rotation with Rat...

What were we expecting from him???

 

[dmq]

This 2nd game reminds me of how you feel after your second workout. First workout you can lift more weight and greater reps. Second workout you feel like you've been zapped of all your strength. 3rd workout is always better than the second. The soreness stars to go away and you start to build on your strength. I think he will start to get better from here on out.

 

[cobra]

This is what I said the week before he started:

Comment 1:

Tank is just good-pretty good. He isn't anything special. He's got a cool name and was in the papers a lot because of his off-the-field stuff. He's pretty atheletic. But he isn't a dominating football player. Tommie Harris--the other Chicago defensive tackle--was the animal that everyone game planned for. This allowed Tank to have a lot of single blockers. He did alright with that.

He isn't going to come in here and revolutionize this defense. Getting Ellis back had far more impact on this team then getting Tank in here.

Tank is about as good as Darwin Walker, the guy that replaced him.

Solid, nothing special.

Some people argued with me, which led to comment 2:

I'll concede that Tank is probably an extremely physically gifted player.

I just didn't see that translate much onto the field when I watched Chicago last year, so I am trying to temper my enthusiasm.

I get the feeling that our fanbase is thinking we just got a Pro Bowl DT stud, and I don't think Tank is that. Now I'd be doing backflips if it was Tommie Harris we were getting. Harris was the dominant player on that Bears line. Harris was the one that demanded double teams. Harris was the stud.

I think Tank is a very good complimentary player. I don't think he is a stud in his own right.

But we will see. I was just trying to give some guidance and my impression that we are getting a nice player, but not a dominant one. In other words, to the extent something is wrong with our DL, I don't expect Tank to be the kind of player who turns it all around. He might be a little better than Ratliff, but I wouldn't expect much more. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

As I said before he was active, realize that we got a nice player, not a dominant one. He will do some things here and there, but he will be solid (and he has been).

He will get a little better as the season wears on, but those of you who thought were were getting an animal that would be dominant were misled from the outset. He never has been that guy.

 

[AbeBeta]

Let's not discount the impact that he has on the guys around him - Tank is already taking lots of snaps -- that helps Ratliff a ton.

Johnson didn't show up on the stat sheet yesterday but he's a hell of an upgrade over Remi Ayodele.

The powerful Washington running game got squat against us. They came into this game averaging 132 yards a game - we held them to 62 yards with 18 yards of that on Campbell scrambles. Johnson gets some credit for that.

 

[Coakleys Dad]

Tank Johnson may eventally help the cowboys, but his immediate impact has not been apparent.

Thank you Captain Obivious

 

[Doomsday101]

Tank is trying to play himself into shape. He has missed a lot of time but should improve as we move along.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

some people expect too much of a dlineman. he was pretty disruptive in last weeks game including a sack.against the skins we did'nt spend much time with the dline doing anything but shutting down the run, and they did

Yep... both teams stopped the run.... both teams averaged about 3 yards per

 

[big dog cowboy]

Tank Johnson may eventally help the cowboys, but his immediate impact has not been apparent.

The only people expecting to see an immediate impact are those who had their expectations sert ot high for Tank from the beginning.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

The only people expecting to see an immediate impact are those who had their expectations sert ot high for Tank from the beginning.

It really comes down to one of two things....


some suffer from Mad Cowboys disease and some suffer from IGS :laugh1:

 

[WV Cowboy]

Let's not discount the impact that he has on the guys around him - Tank is already taking lots of snaps -- that helps Ratliff a ton.

Johnson didn't show up on the stat sheet yesterday but he's a hell of an upgrade over Remi Ayodele.

The powerful Washington running game got squat against us. They came into this game averaging 132 yards a game - we held them to 62 yards with 18 yards of that on Campbell scrambles. Johnson gets some credit for that.

Thank you, .. why is that so hard for some to see? (too much fantasy football or madden I guess )

Tank is doing just fine.