Gregory assessment?

[_sturt_]

Got more out of him than I'd expected.

What did others of you see?

 

[JBS]

Poor

All good though...95 is showing up in his place...and he isnt about to be suspended



::knock on wood::

 

[panchucko]

I saw him holding his side on a couple of plays. I thought he was winded, but seems like someone said he was injured. I don't. Expect a lot from him

 

[CATCH17]

I thought he played well.

He looked quick out there and made a couple of plays.

You can tell that setting the edge against the run will never be his strength but you see the raw talent as a edge rusher.


IMO, he's a 3-4 OLB.

 

[Plankton]

I think he looked like a guy who hadn't played a snap of football in a year.

 

[Kaiser]

You can tell that setting the edge against the run will never be his strength but you see the raw talent as a edge rusher.

That's exactly it IMO, but they knew that when they drafted him. OCs can run at him but he has pass rushing skills that can't be taught. It didn't show up in the box score but he had a hit on Stafford where he came from the opposite side, sliced between several DL and got a good hit on Stafford as he threw the ball. It wasn't a sack, but few DEs have those type of movement skills.

 

[dallasdave]

That's exactly it IMO, but they knew that when they drafted him. OCs can run at him but he has pass rushing skills that can't be taught. It didn't show up in the box score but he had a hit on Stafford where he came from the opposite side, sliced between several DL and got a good hit on Stafford as he threw the ball. It wasn't a sack, but few DEs have those type of movement skills.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Who?

Did what he did last year which was nothing.

Oh he got a tackle because he was unblocked

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

He should be purely third down. His run defense is scary, and for us, not them

 

[Tabascocat]

Started out horrible and played his way to bad

He pretty much sucked on all run plays but one and even got a hit on the QB late. He has another game to improve.......I hope

 

[gmoney112]

He'll be fine against the run if he can actually get on the field.

I think he looked pretty decent in pass rushing, all things considered. You could tell he was hand battling quite a bit and not relying on 1 rushing method over another.

 

[CATCH17]

That's exactly it IMO, but they knew that when they drafted him. OCs can run at him but he has pass rushing skills that can't be taught. It didn't show up in the box score but he had a hit on Stafford where he came from the opposite side, sliced between several DL and got a good hit on Stafford as he threw the ball. It wasn't a sack, but few DEs have those type of movement skills.

From the sky CAM what he was doing to get to Stafford just didn't look normal to what everyone else was doing.

He's got the gift as a pass rusher.

He needs to get bigger and more importantly he needs to play.


Did Bruce Irving ever get good at defending the run?

 

[CATCH17]

Where are you guys getting that he sucked and was horrible from? What game did you watch?

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

A for effort
He got close enough to disrupt
He had to be accounted for


He was pushed out of the play when pursuing QB... that will get better.

With Irving in there.... Gregory will get his chances,

 

[Kaiser]

He's got the gift as a pass rusher.

He needs to get bigger and more importantly he needs to play.

Agree, I think the best scenario is that he is the backup at RDE. He could get a lot of snaps and learn the game for a season or two rotating in.

 

[Tenkamenin]

I saw him holding his side on a couple of plays. I thought he was winded, but seems like someone said he was injured. I don't. Expect a lot from him

Gregory was winded but he fought through it. Matter of fact, after one play, I saw Gregory gasping for air but impressively, he got solid pressure on the next play. Quite unfortunate he hasn't been on the field, he could've been a nice addition to the D.

 

[Daillest88]

1st half sucked. 2nd half play winded but was playing pretty darn good. Had a few pressures

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

From the sky CAM what he was doing to get to Stafford just didn't look normal to what everyone else was doing.

He's got the gift as a pass rusher.

He needs to get bigger and more importantly he needs to play.


Did Bruce Irving ever get good at defending the run?

From what i've seen of Bruce he never did but Bruce still to this day is a pass rush specialist and his presence is felt on 3rd down passing downs. If Gregory turns into that i'd be satisfied.

 

[MRV52]

1st half sucked. 2nd half play winded but was playing pretty darn good. Had a few pressures

He was was not winded or gassed like some are saying. On the fan post game he said he felt very good condition wise, but he hurt his oblique and that was giving him problems.

 

[kumizi]

So bad that even Gruden (who rarely criticizes players) said something to the effect of: #1 run defense can't seem to stop the Lions who can't run the ball, but they do have Randy Gregory out there tonight.