Cowboysheelsreds053
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This, Deacon Jones was rolling over in his grave. He would have preferred to take Brett head off than to be handed something like that.
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News: DeMarcus Lawrence wants to beat Von Miller to season sacks record
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This, Deacon Jones was rolling over in his grave. He would have preferred to take Brett head off than to be handed something like that.
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How so? I’m happy to agree to disagree, but I don’t see how it’s sportsmanlike to throw part of a game. I see that as disrespectful. Sportsmanlike would be to stop and shake is hand once he actually earned the record.
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Strahan's career high before he broke the record was 15, and that was three years prior to his record-breaking season. He had 9.5 the year before he set the record and 5.5 the year before that.
It's funny how streaky such things are. He did have an 18.5-sack year two years after setting the record, but had double-digit sacks in only six of his 15 years.
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Lawrence is a very good player and it's always good to have aspirational goals.
But Lawrence isn't nearly the pass rusher Von Miller is.
Lawrence is a 10-15 sack guy. And he seems to get them in bunches. Then he disappears for games at a time. Not a recipe for breaking sack records.
But Lawrence isn't nearly the pass rusher Von Miller is.
Lawrence is a 10-15 sack guy. And he seems to get them in bunches. Then he disappears for games at a time. Not a recipe for breaking sack records.
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Going to have to be more than a sack goal vs a peer on another team.
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Agreed. Bunch of BS man.
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He'll need to get to 20 in the first 8 games to have a shot.
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This is true. D-Law is very good at generating consistent pressure but his sacks tend to fluctuate. However, I think his shoulder injury is what made him disappear late last season. By the playoffs it was almost like he was out there with one arm.
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He didn't throw a part of the game. Strahan beat his man and was in Favre's face. Favre merely slide down. Sack.
Strahan put himself in position to get the record. It's not like he was 15 yards away and Favre just stood there until he (Strahan) got there.
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That's not what actually happened. Favre ignored the play that was called in and ran a naked boot to Strahan (who was 'blocked' by a WR who though the play was going the other direction and didn't really bother to defend it because he didn't know) and then went down, giving him the unearned sack.
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Mike Sherman. IIRC, the OL wasn't that happy with Favre there, either.
But it's just common sense that you're not running a naked boot in that game situation with your WR responsible for Michael Strahan. I mean, come on.
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I'd still like to know who said it. If it is a member of the Packers or coaching staff, I'll concede this argument. If not, I stand by my position.
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Mike Sherman, the HC, confirmed that they had a running play called.
...There is no question that Favre knew this, so he changed the play so Strahan could get the sack. ''Strahan can get sacks on his own,'' Sherman said, stressing that the original call was for a handoff. ''We don't have to give it to him.''
Sherman was clearly irritated. Favre had committed a basic sin in football: nothing is free. When Lawrence Taylor was in the same position in 1986 -- facing Green Bay, just a sack and a half behind Gastineau -- did the Packers' quarterback then do a little fixer-upper so Taylor could get it? No. Taylor was shut out.
When asked about the sack, Packers center Mike Flanagan, also irritated about Strahan's gift, said: ''That's not something I'm talking about. Go ask Brett.'' Other offensive linemen were equally bothered."
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/...l-cheap-sack-will-cost-favre-and-strahan.html
Sherman was clearly irritated. Favre had committed a basic sin in football: nothing is free. When Lawrence Taylor was in the same position in 1986 -- facing Green Bay, just a sack and a half behind Gastineau -- did the Packers' quarterback then do a little fixer-upper so Taylor could get it? No. Taylor was shut out.
When asked about the sack, Packers center Mike Flanagan, also irritated about Strahan's gift, said: ''That's not something I'm talking about. Go ask Brett.'' Other offensive linemen were equally bothered."
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/...l-cheap-sack-will-cost-favre-and-strahan.html
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Thank you. I concede.
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Thank you. I concede.
Hey, if it been the play that was called I’d have been all for it, too.
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Nice to see someone concede a point on here occasionally. I applaud you, sir.Thank you. I concede.
