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12-09-2019 08:54 AM |
Very strong game from Clark.
To the "You guys just want sacks!" crowd - I'd have said that without the sack. The sack was largely irrelevant in that the Pats were mostly just looking to kill the clock and he fully/finally made that decision for them, but odds are that was a fluff sack as I didn't see the Patriots really trying to push the ball for points there.
But he was more active. I still wouldn't say I saw plus explosion from him but that make sense given the flu thing. He also still gave up on plays that got more than 5 yards away from him more often than I'd like, but as I said after the Chargers game - I understand guys needing to occasionally gather themselves if they're facing odd circumstances. In Mexico it was the altitude and yesterday I'm sure the sickness had him out of game shape.
So the fact that he took some plays at 1/2 speed didn't bother me quite as much knowing that. If he needs to do that regularly, that's a conditioning problem that needs to be remedied. But in certain circumstances (being sick as !@#$ qualifies), it's fine.
And yes, the DL as a whole looked great. Okafor finally looked halfway decent. K-Pass looks pretty damn good and has been getting better all year. Jones truly beasted and was our best defensive player on the field, IMO.
Very good overall effort by the defense and Clark did his part. He impacted a couple of plays, the most notable being the 4th down play where he made Brady get the ball out early.
Defense stepped up in a big way on a day that the offense and STs refused to put the game away. Kudos to all for sure.
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