Anthony Bryant

[Future]

People around here honestly think a guy who is 310 with maybe 40 pounds of fat on him is easier to dominate than a guy who is 330 with 60 pounds of fat on him. That is the difference in Ratliff and most of the 330 pound NTs in the NFL. They eat more burgers than he does and are a little fatter. No, being fat does not make you have good balance and be harder to push around.

I could find you some 500 pound morbidly obese guys on the street, and every 300 pound center in the NFL could push that guy onto his back in a split second.

Ted Washington and Sam Adams disagree.

 

[Baileyneverfailey]

Go look up the run defense numbers for the 05 Raiders and 06 Browns when Ted Washington was in his last couple seasons and see if his 375 pound body meant much. Same thing for Adams and the 05 Bills and 06 Bengals. People would be dying for a guy like Ratliff if we had a 350 pound slob getting 0 sacks a year in the middle.

The absolute positive truth of the matter is, if Rob Ryan and Jason Garrett thought we needed a new NT, we'd have one right now. No armchair GM's opinion changes that.

 

[Hostile]

Go look up the run defense numbers for the 05 Raiders and 06 Browns when Ted Washington was in his last couple seasons and see if his 375 pound body meant much. Same thing for Adams and the 05 Bills and 06 Bengals. People would be dying for a guy like Ratliff if we had a 350 pound slob getting 0 sacks a year in the middle.

The absolute positive truth of the matter is, if Rob Ryan and Jason Garrett thought we needed a new NT, we'd have one right now. No armchair GM's opinion changes that.

Again, exactly.

 

[burmafrd]

Just acting like a plug is not enough; you have to be able to push the Center back and get penetration, mess up plays.

not being forced back is not good enough by itself

 

[Future]

Go look up the run defense numbers for the 05 Raiders and 06 Browns when Ted Washington was in his last couple seasons and see if his 375 pound body meant much. Same thing for Adams and the 05 Bills and 06 Bengals. People would be dying for a guy like Ratliff if we had a 350 pound slob getting 0 sacks a year in the middle.

The absolute positive truth of the matter is, if Rob Ryan and Jason Garrett thought we needed a new NT, we'd have one right now. No armchair GM's opinion changes that.

Those were pretty awful teams for the most part. I'm not saying this guy needs to come in and be an integral part of the defense. But to play a couple of snaps a series and just make things difficult for the OLine and backs would be very beneficial to this defense.

 

[Temo]

Where are these plays where Ratliff was getting dominanted on double teams? All I saw vs. the Vikings was a bunch of guys in position to make plays but unable to bring down Adrian Peterson. The DEs (mostly Coleman and Lissemore) seemed like the worst part of the run defense that day, not Ratliff.

 

[Baileyneverfailey]

Where are these plays where Ratliff was getting dominanted on double teams? All I saw vs. the Vikings was a bunch of guys in position to make plays but unable to bring down Adrian Peterson. The DEs (mostly Coleman and Lissemore) seemed like the worst part of the run defense that day, not Ratliff.

That's mostly what I saw too. Honestly, most of AP's nice runs were just him squeezing between two guys and slipping through and dancing for a 15 yard gain that 99% of the running backs in the NFL could never do. He's a different breed.

I do think by nature of the type of defense it is that we're going to give up more rushing yards than in some years past, but it's not going to be a deal breaker. Creating turnovers and stopping the pass is the name of the game.

 

[Temo]

Personally I don't think they're going to be a good defense, but Ratliff isn't the weak link there.

 

[ghst187]

I'd bring him in for a look. I think we'd be dumb not to. The redstinks haven't exactly been genius talent evaluators either so who knows?
I'm quite concerned with our interior DL getting steamrolled and gashed repeatedly. Even a fat mound of blubber just fighting a double-team to a stand-still on first and second downs is vastly superior to what's happening to us now.

 

[speedkilz88]

I'd bring him in for a look. I think we'd be dumb not to. The redstinks haven't exactly been genius talent evaluators either so who knows?
I'm quite concerned with our interior DL getting steamrolled and gashed repeatedly. Even a fat mound of blubber just fighting a double-team to a stand-still on first and second downs is vastly superior to what's happening to us now.

He isn't some young kid, he 29 and has been through four teams already.

 

[Hoofbite]

Go look up the run defense numbers for the 05 Raiders and 06 Browns when Ted Washington was in his last couple seasons and see if his 375 pound body meant much. Same thing for Adams and the 05 Bills and 06 Bengals. People would be dying for a guy like Ratliff if we had a 350 pound slob getting 0 sacks a year in the middle.

Common thread between all these teams.......they all sucked and whether or not they had a fat DT likely meant nothing because the rest of the defense, and team, was garbage.

Pittsburgh seems to always have a solid defense and they have a pretty rotund player at that position.

New York's was good last year and they have a hefty guy for a NT.

Simply put, you can't look at specific examples to draw any sort of conclusion.

The absolute positive truth of the matter is, if Rob Ryan and Jason Garrett thought we needed a new NT, we'd have one right now. No armchair GM's opinion changes that.

So they didn't think Dallas needed a CB?