TheFinisher
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That's the thing that blows my mind, to be honest. When I saw this off-season that they had aquired Suh, Peters, and Talib to go along with Donald and Brockers, my first thought was how in the hell does this even happen. the rich get richer and even MORE dangerous. Add to that the fact that Wade Phillips is running the defensive show and I imagined a team that couldn't be beat on either side of the ball. Now, don't get me wrong 13-3 is no slouch of a record but if you would have told me the defense would rank and play as poorly as they have, I would have laughed in your face. Crazy league sometimes.
It’s because they sacrifice disciplined gap football for the sake of penetration up the field. That’s always been the case with Wade Phillips.
Don’t get me wrong, Donald is a freak athlete and can penetrate into the backfield like few others, but when you play that way as an undersized DT you can become a liability for your team in the running game. Which has been the case this year