honyock
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First the snap counts per player (out of 48 total defensive snaps):
DE:
Mincey.......43 (all at RE, in on all second half snaps)
Spencer.....27 (all but one at LE, 21 of his snaps in the 2nd half)
Selvie.........21 ((all but one at LE)
L Edwards...4 (all at RE, all in the1st half)
DT:
Crawford...34
Hayden.....25
Melton.......21 (14 of these were on 3rd or 4th down)
T McClain..10
It looked they had a definite plan to keep Wilson contained and with a couple of exceptions, the line was very disciplined in executing this, especially the DE's. On pass plays, th DE's were staying in their lanes with outside rushes, without getting pushed upfield past Wilson. When they'd get even with Wilson, they'd stop and hand fight with their eyes on the QB. Meanwhile Crawford and Melton were pretty consistently getting good penetration or push, and this kept Wilson uncomfortable the entire game.
A few times Mincey took a hard inside rush, and Wilson would drift outside and cause some problems but generally Mincey only did this when he knew there was a blitzing lb or db outside of him to keep contain. They did a really good job of giving Wilson no wide running lanes, forcing him to shift and scramble and try to find receivers.
Mincey is looking more and more like a very good FA pickup. This was the best I've seen him play this year. He was very good in run defense, and created more pressure and disruption from the edge than I remember in any other game. He doesn't have a big repertoire of moves but he looked quicker with more burst this game. He did get caught in no mans land on Wilsons td run in the 2nd half. He bit on the inside handoff fake on the zone read and Wilson zipped outside him for the td. it looked a lot like DWare and RG3 from 2012.
They haven't really found anyone to spell him at RE yet. Lavar Edwards was in for only 4 plays in the first half then wasn't seen again. They've tried Edwards, Wilber and Jack Crawford and no one has been very effective yet. The guy has played a lot of snaps, probably the most of any lineman so far. It'll be good to have Lawrence start to rotate in with him soon.
Crawford was active and disruptive. This may have been his best game of the year. They don't want him off the field much. He's the base 3-tech and in with Melton on nickel downs. It's impressive for an undersized 3-tech to watch his bullrush, the combination of strength and burst he's got. He should ony get better as he develops more moves. He was also good at holding his ground and slipping out of blocks in the run game.
It still looks like they're limiting Meltons snaps, maybe because they want Crawford on the field in the base defense.At this point Melton is basically a designated inside rusher on 3rd downs and obvious passing situations. But he was a headache for whoever was blocking him all day. That third down combination of he and Crawford was effective at collapsing the pocket.
Watching the game live, I thought Hayden was having a good day. Watching the replay, he was more of a mixed bag. He's still getting driven back or planted or wiped out in the run game. He had some nice snaps but in general he looked like the weak link on the line for most of the day. The linebackers were covering for him most of the day. On Lynch's long run in the 2nd half, Hayden got wiped out badly and Lynch ran right through his hole. He got driven to the ground a couple of other times. There are some things to like about him...he's got a motor, never gives up on plays, and I'm guessing he's assignment sound. But the more limited his snaps can be, the better.
Terrell McClain was only in for 10 plays. I'm curious whats going on with him...if he's not healthy yet or just hasn't shown enough to take snaps away from Hayden. If he's going to play this little, I'd rather see them activate Bishop and give him those snaps. The coaches must Iove Hayden to keep giving him the bulk of the 1-tech snaps.
Selves is still officially the starter at LDE, but it looked like they were more and more comfortable with Spencer on the field for the bulk of the snaps in the second half. He looked like the Spencer of old in the run game..just a very active and aware and strong and sound veteran presence.. and he got some pressure against Wilson all game. We might see this all year, Selvie as the starter and Spencer as the closer.
I wasn't specifically watching the linebackers, but it looked like Durant had a really, really good game. I know that McClain has (rightfully) been getting most of the love. But Durant deserves his share as well.
At the start of the year, a whole lot had to go right for the line to be decent. So far, a lot of it has gone right. Crawford had to be what his teammates and coaches kept saying he was. (Check). Melton had to come back from his injury and play at a high level. (In limits snaps so far, check). Spencer had to come back and play at least at an effective level. (So far, check). Mincey had to hold the fort until DLawrence got heathy. Check)
So in general, I think the team has got five solid-to-good pieces right now for an eight man rotation. If Lawrence can at least give 15-20 effective plays per game at RDE soon, that's another piece. That leaves 1-tech as the biggest concern. We just need another one or two things to go right there...either Okoye or Brent to show up strong, or Bishop or McClain to start stepping up. This coud end up being a pretty good..not great, but pretty good..line the second half of the season, if the secondary keeps helping out with the kind of coverage we saw on Sunday and if the offense can keep them off the field like they've been doing.
DE:
Mincey.......43 (all at RE, in on all second half snaps)
Spencer.....27 (all but one at LE, 21 of his snaps in the 2nd half)
Selvie.........21 ((all but one at LE)
L Edwards...4 (all at RE, all in the1st half)
DT:
Crawford...34
Hayden.....25
Melton.......21 (14 of these were on 3rd or 4th down)
T McClain..10
It looked they had a definite plan to keep Wilson contained and with a couple of exceptions, the line was very disciplined in executing this, especially the DE's. On pass plays, th DE's were staying in their lanes with outside rushes, without getting pushed upfield past Wilson. When they'd get even with Wilson, they'd stop and hand fight with their eyes on the QB. Meanwhile Crawford and Melton were pretty consistently getting good penetration or push, and this kept Wilson uncomfortable the entire game.
A few times Mincey took a hard inside rush, and Wilson would drift outside and cause some problems but generally Mincey only did this when he knew there was a blitzing lb or db outside of him to keep contain. They did a really good job of giving Wilson no wide running lanes, forcing him to shift and scramble and try to find receivers.
Mincey is looking more and more like a very good FA pickup. This was the best I've seen him play this year. He was very good in run defense, and created more pressure and disruption from the edge than I remember in any other game. He doesn't have a big repertoire of moves but he looked quicker with more burst this game. He did get caught in no mans land on Wilsons td run in the 2nd half. He bit on the inside handoff fake on the zone read and Wilson zipped outside him for the td. it looked a lot like DWare and RG3 from 2012.
They haven't really found anyone to spell him at RE yet. Lavar Edwards was in for only 4 plays in the first half then wasn't seen again. They've tried Edwards, Wilber and Jack Crawford and no one has been very effective yet. The guy has played a lot of snaps, probably the most of any lineman so far. It'll be good to have Lawrence start to rotate in with him soon.
Crawford was active and disruptive. This may have been his best game of the year. They don't want him off the field much. He's the base 3-tech and in with Melton on nickel downs. It's impressive for an undersized 3-tech to watch his bullrush, the combination of strength and burst he's got. He should ony get better as he develops more moves. He was also good at holding his ground and slipping out of blocks in the run game.
It still looks like they're limiting Meltons snaps, maybe because they want Crawford on the field in the base defense.At this point Melton is basically a designated inside rusher on 3rd downs and obvious passing situations. But he was a headache for whoever was blocking him all day. That third down combination of he and Crawford was effective at collapsing the pocket.
Watching the game live, I thought Hayden was having a good day. Watching the replay, he was more of a mixed bag. He's still getting driven back or planted or wiped out in the run game. He had some nice snaps but in general he looked like the weak link on the line for most of the day. The linebackers were covering for him most of the day. On Lynch's long run in the 2nd half, Hayden got wiped out badly and Lynch ran right through his hole. He got driven to the ground a couple of other times. There are some things to like about him...he's got a motor, never gives up on plays, and I'm guessing he's assignment sound. But the more limited his snaps can be, the better.
Terrell McClain was only in for 10 plays. I'm curious whats going on with him...if he's not healthy yet or just hasn't shown enough to take snaps away from Hayden. If he's going to play this little, I'd rather see them activate Bishop and give him those snaps. The coaches must Iove Hayden to keep giving him the bulk of the 1-tech snaps.
Selves is still officially the starter at LDE, but it looked like they were more and more comfortable with Spencer on the field for the bulk of the snaps in the second half. He looked like the Spencer of old in the run game..just a very active and aware and strong and sound veteran presence.. and he got some pressure against Wilson all game. We might see this all year, Selvie as the starter and Spencer as the closer.
I wasn't specifically watching the linebackers, but it looked like Durant had a really, really good game. I know that McClain has (rightfully) been getting most of the love. But Durant deserves his share as well.
At the start of the year, a whole lot had to go right for the line to be decent. So far, a lot of it has gone right. Crawford had to be what his teammates and coaches kept saying he was. (Check). Melton had to come back from his injury and play at a high level. (In limits snaps so far, check). Spencer had to come back and play at least at an effective level. (So far, check). Mincey had to hold the fort until DLawrence got heathy. Check)
So in general, I think the team has got five solid-to-good pieces right now for an eight man rotation. If Lawrence can at least give 15-20 effective plays per game at RDE soon, that's another piece. That leaves 1-tech as the biggest concern. We just need another one or two things to go right there...either Okoye or Brent to show up strong, or Bishop or McClain to start stepping up. This coud end up being a pretty good..not great, but pretty good..line the second half of the season, if the secondary keeps helping out with the kind of coverage we saw on Sunday and if the offense can keep them off the field like they've been doing.
