And those determined to prop him up want to pretend didn't happen.
It did.
Yes, that's what's happening here. I'm pretending that Philly wasn't able to trap Irving on a few running plays for enormous gains.
No, what I'm doing is I'm looking at the big picture, where Irving was a weapon of mass destruction for most of the time he played last season, far surpassing any other DT we used that year. If we're going to be objective we can't pick and choose a few moments to determine a player's value.
Now, maybe Philly found a flaw in his game that other teams will exploit. Maybe whatever personal issues Irving has will derail him this year. Maybe someone else will step up and be better. But it's quite ridiculous to emphasize a few plays and ignore the body of work, which you seem determined to do for some reason.
Tell me this, because it will probably tell me all I need to know, do you think that Irving was by far the best interior defensive lineman we put on the field last year? No caveats about his personality quirks or whatever, just based on his play.
