Interesting little quip on Rotoworld about Tamba Hali

[doomy3]

This is according to the KC Star. Pretty damning if true...

Tamba Hali-DL- Chiefs Jan. 30 - 11:45 pm et


An unnamed NFL player told the K.C. Star that his team's entire game plan one week in 2007 was to run directly at Chiefs DE Tamba Hali.

Hali is productive by the numbers, but his strength has been questioned from day one in the NFL. It seems he has a long way to go versus the run. The Chiefs definitely can't allow free agent RE Jared Allen to get away. Letting the double teams Allen draws go to Hali's side could be a disaster.
Source: Kansas City Star

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=NFL&id=3626

[ChiefsCountry]

Hmm a stud DT in the middle would help that, cough Sedrick Ellis cough.

[Rasputin]

Having Ellis on the line on Tambas side should help with all of that ;)

[BigChiefFan]

Hali will no doubt have to improve his run stopping ability.

[keg in kc]

Has there ever been a young DE in the NFL that hasn't had his run stopping ability questioned?

In any case, if he has a hole in his game, it's probably not strength, it's probably the same one JA has: overpursuit.

[BigChiefFan]

JA improved in the run game and I'm confident Hali can, too. A rookie stud DT would also help the D-line as well.

[blueballs]

Sophmore slump
Now Chiefs stop being cheap
and make a pair of shoes to fit him

[acesn8s]

Run toward Hali to run away from Allen?

[Hoover]

I like the idea of Ellis. Heck if we are about to PAY Jared Allen, we best help him by upprading the dline.

[Rain Man]

Interesting.

[Demonpenz]

They used to do the same thing to dt.

[acesn8s]

It's not like when the Chiefs ran at D. Sanders because he couldn't tackle.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Wow. Shocking.

Who would you rather run at?

A healthy Jared Allen, or Tamba Hali on one leg?

You don't have to be Belichick to figure this riddle out.......

[bowener]

so.... would all hell break loose if we put Ellis on the same side as Jared Allen? I mean surely they cant double team both of them on one side of the line....

[bowener]

Something we will be able to do if we have ellis as well, that we dont do now, is have awesome stunts for th DT and DE's, like some wicked twists so the DT goes outside while JA blows past the confused guard and mauls the sonofabitch playing QB.

[Reaper16]

Wow. Shocking.

Who would you rather run at?

A healthy Jared Allen, or Tamba Hali on one leg?

You don't have to be Belichick to figure this riddle out.......
That's what I was thinking. It was widely reported that Tamba played through injuries all season.

[Micjones]

Much ado about nothing.

Hali's a young player who could stand to shore up his run stopping abilities. We had the same conversation about Allen a while back.

[Tribal Warfare]

Much ado about nothing.

Hali's a young player who could stand to shore up his run stopping abilities. We had the same conversation about Allen a while back.


the guy was banged up last season too

[Flustrated]

I have noticed this fact as I watched some of the games. Hali may not stuff the run at the point of attack, but he's great in persuit of the ball carrier. It's true he has a good motor. Overcoming the point-of-attack weakness will be a matter of learning and getting stronger as he matures.

[Pushead2]

Yeah a stud DT would help indeed.........Jake Long please.

[Monty]

Wow. Shocking.

Who would you rather run at?

A healthy Jared Allen, or Tamba Hali on one leg?

You don't have to be Belichick to figure this riddle out.......

No kidding...this isn't news IMO.

[gblowfish]

Neither one of our DE's could stop the run last year. Jared Allen upfield rushed his way out of position dozens of time. And Tamba turns invisible way too often. DE was supposed to be a strength on the team, but last year, not so much on run defense.

[El Jefe]

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
Wow. Shocking.

Who would you rather run at?

A healthy Jared Allen, or Tamba Hali on one leg?

You don't have to be Belichick to figure this riddle out.......
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Thread over.

[BigChiefFan]

Neither one of our DE's could stop the run last year. Jared Allen upfield rushed his way out of position dozens of time. And Tamba turns invisible way too often. DE was supposed to be a strength on the team, but last year, not so much on run defense.
I agree with that, but what happened to the LBers last year? Besides seeing DJ make some plays, I remember seeing running backs break past the line to see no LBing help-it's like they disppeared for minutes at a time.