@tour2ma said:

The weakside end is the Leo spot. Stand up linebacker that can have his hand in the ground. Aside from that double eagle look we give frequently, you'll find some similarities in this system when looking at Seattle's roster.

@miktoxic said:

i hate the 3-4.

Especially when you have a 4-3 roster...

Actually think I kinda "got" Pettine's D this past week... The giveaway was listing/ playing Big Phil at "DE". The player to his outside may not have his hand on the ground, but that player acts as if he were a 4-3 DE a high percentage of the time...

@osiris said:

1) Kruger lost weight? why does he look bigger to me then? Seriously I thought he put on a couple pounds...figured they told him you're not gonna go out and cover anybody so might as well concentrate on rushing and edge protection.

2) I think Sheards issue is more that Mingo is a pure edge rusher...so it's nice to have that on the weak side. Kruger and Sheard aren't really competing with Mingo's spot. Having Sheard and Kruger in at the same time is basically the exact same player on either side whereas having Mingo blaze around the edge gives the qb something different to think about.

@miktoxic said:

Well now...Thats timing......great minds think alike, I guess.....

@osiris said:

Ab really does look great so far! ......and I think they really botched it with Sheard by moving him to LB....seems too big and too slow....Woulda been a great DE if they had just stayed with the 4-3 and left him there....

to call mingo, sheard or even kruger a LB is ridiculous. i know it's basically just vernacular but that's why the 3-4 sucks ass. trying to turn a player into something they're not is ridiculous.

sheard will be fine.

bet he gets more sacks than kruger.

@clevfan4life said:

Armonty Bryant is a beast, and will lead the team in sacks this year. I'm not disputing that. But Kruger will be better than he was last year. He lost weight and got faster, which means he will get to the QB more. He still led the team in QB pressures last year, too. Being faster, more of those pressures will become sacks. He is in a defense that knows how to get to the passer better than Horton's defense. The fact that Sheard was supposed to be the man and has lost out to both Mingo and Kruger ought to concern you more.

waste of money bum.

@osiris said:

how has he looked "better"? He looks exactly the same to me. He looks on track to have another season between 4 and 7 sacks. I give the upside as 7 cause last year he was a cunt hair away from a 2 or 3 more sacks over his posted 4.5. That sack he had against Washington RG was flushed right into him by the inside pressure. Props for grabbing RG with one hand and all that...but he didn't do the work in beating an OL. I still see the same upright edge rush too which means this isn't gonna go anywhere. We've seen his upside. He's a serviceable OLB/DE. He's not a starter. Armonty has shown he's a "starter" in the national football league. He showed it when he came in last year during the season. It's amazing how much more difficult the game looks when you watch our current OLB'ers than #95 comes in and makes beating the exact same OL look easy. Even when he doesn't get near the qb cause either the qb threw it away quick or spilled out to the other side...if you rewind the play you are more than likely to see that Armonty still beat his man if he wasn't double teamed. I can't explain why he looks so different. He doesn't look really any bigger or stronger than kruger/sheard so it has to be skill.

@miktoxic said:

You laugh but I'm not the only one saying Kruger is much better this year. Mark my words toxic boy!

@miktoxic said:

i hate the 3-4.

Me too!

@vaportrail said:

MCL for Braddford not ACL

@osiris said:

LOL!!!

What a steal

I do agree that I"m not a fan of him lining heads up over a guard. He's best suiting as a gap shooting pass rusher. He gives fits to guards lining up on the inside or outside shoulder because of his speed.