NFL 10+ Sack Guys in 2016

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by scho63

Dee Ford played like shit against San Diego with his super wide arc to get at the QB. He didn't engage the O-Lineman until 5-6 steps. Bad form again.

He looks tired.

When you're lacking explosion, you start to take shortcuts and do things that make it look like you're still trying hard but allow you to avoid paying for it.

Wide arcs against lineman so you can appear to still be hustling but don't take the initial punch a direct line would fit that mold pretty nicely. I don't think he's doing it intentionally, necessarily, but it happens.

This is the most football he's played....ever. He's never really gone out there and just balled out play after play after play for a 16 game season. Yeah, he had a couple games off in the middle but those weren't recuperative days off, they were rehab days off.

Hopefully the bye and the adrenaline of the playoffs can give him the energy boost he needs to be effective again.