Twitter: Injury updates - A. Woods to return to practice

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We needs Woods back as soon as possible. We have missed him badly and we haven't realized how badly he is needed on this team. This run D maybe be the worst in the league without him. Solid #20 Run D with him.

Its funny that everyone and everything about the defense sucks, but it all returns to normal when Woods is back in the lineup. Its alien mind control or Bigfoot or something.
 

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We needs Woods back as soon as possible. We have missed him badly and we haven't realized how badly he is needed on this team. This run D maybe be the worst in the league without him. Solid #20 Run D with him.

The sad thing about A Woods is that he’s really #2 quality. We need somebody more dominant than him as our #1....
 

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Its funny that everyone and everything about the defense sucks, but it all returns to normal when Woods is back in the lineup. Its alien mind control or Bigfoot or something.

He doesn't fix everything, but he is our one true noseplug, able to dig in against double-teams and not just be rooted out. That makes it tougher for an OL to slip off the initial double-team with him and go to the second level to engage a linebacker.

Covington is better at transitioning to pass defense if teams don't throw on first down, but Woods is better at holding his ground, making it tougher to run up the middle.
 

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The sad thing about A Woods is that he’s really #2 quality. We need somebody more dominant than him as our #1....

Ideally, you'd have someone in that position who's a beast against the run but also can get after the passer if teams don't run in running situations. Woods is one-dimensional, but it was a dimension we were missing against Green Bay.

I can't say, though, that I know how much of a difference he would have made, just that he's better as a run stopper than any of our other interior DL.
 
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