Interesting on Spears

[theogt]

Better to look at yearly averages then just THIS year so far. THAT is what we were measuring Spears against. And he still comes up short. He has been better this year in being totally solid against the run an at least some pressure on the QB. But for all his talk there has not been much show.

No, you shouldn't look at that. We know he didn't perform in the past. The question is, is he getting better? How is he performing this year? Why would you look at anything more than this year?

 

[dbair1967]

Spears was awful last year. It isn't about just sacks, he flatly sucked all the way around.

Spears has been much better this year in that he gets a push whether pass or run on occasion which is what you expect from a starting 3-4 DE regardless of draft slot.

As a whole I can't defend him for his career to this point but I have noticed improvement which is all you can ask.

for most of the yr, we played the run very good...he was a part of that...if the front 3 doesnt do their job against the run, you get rolled over...that didnt happen for the first 3 months of the season

David

 

[dogunwo]

Spears was awful last year. It isn't about just sacks, he flatly sucked all the way around.

Spears has been much better this year in that he gets a push whether pass or run on occasion which is what you expect from a starting 3-4 DE regardless of draft slot.

As a whole I can't defend him for his career to this point but I have noticed improvement which is all you can ask.

 

[baj1dallas]

3-4 DE's don't garner gaudy sack #'s. The OLB's do.

Some players might but Spears was never advertised as such. He's always been an opportunistic type player and is doing that finally this year. He's also cut down on mistakes, to some degree anyway.

 

[burmafrd]

I was more in the way of talking about the other players- Castillo and other players career averages rather then just this years. Measure Spears against THOSE numbers.