Is Tamba Hali even on this team?
 

So far he's everything I thought he would be. A smaller, more mobile Eric Hicks. An effort guy with limted quickness and pass rush skills. Did his number even get called yesterday? The week before? Will it ever?

He's credited with three tackles and one assist. :shrug:

Did you even watch the game?

Denver ran the same offense we did. QB pressure was taken out of the equation.

I thought he made a great play staying at home on the first reverse play. That alone tells me there isn't anything Eric Hicks about this guy. A good defensive end keeps containment, if you see them all over the field, it probably means they're getting out of position. That's why Jared Allen got toasted on several misdirection plays.

Yes, let's harp on the rookie after the defense holds Denver to 9 points at Incesco.

Brilliant.

Did the bootleg work at all yesterday?

FYI, Jared Allen had 4 tackles and 2 assists. Guess he sucks, too.

Dude is around the ball all the time.

I don't understand some of you guys. Not every player can have 10 tackels, a forced fumble, and a sack.

Our Defense just held Denver to under 10 points, and if we would have won the coin toss, we probably would have won the game yesterday.

Sure the offense is conservative, it needed to be. Do you guys really want Damon effin Hurd dropping back and throwing the long ball? We basically used our passing game as part of the running game. We ate a ton of clock, had the lead at th half and lead most of the game.

Yeah, he got that atrocious facemask call.

Congratulations on the worst thread of the day!

Relax, I love the way Jared Allen plays, I was merely stating that because he tends to pursue, it sometimes takes him out of position.

No kidding. Hali did an excellent job! Hell, both ends did their jobs yesterday. The reverse was shut down. The bootleg was shut down. The ends were phenominal in comparison to the way they've "defended" dungver over the pat 5 seasons!

Good grief. I've seen #91 around the ball all the time, in both games. What channel is donklover watching?

That was a horrible call. The ref threw the flag PRIOR to Hali touching the facemask. Then Hali barely grazed it and they gave him the 15-yarder? That was awful.

You hadn't even posted when I wrote my reply...

I harp on the rookie because he is a first round draft pick and haven't heard his number all year.

Meanwhile our fourth round pick knocked down at least two passes and was double teamed much of the day. I suppose Hali was doubled as well?

Is it unfair? Hell no. It's up to everyone on this team to perform well at their job to win a championship. The offense was putting up 30+ points a game, but that didn't keep people from bitching about Sammie Parker or Kris Wilson. Now the defense plays it's first credible game in 5 years and the rookie is immune to criticism?

The makeup of this team has changed. The pressure is on the defense to be a large reason this team wins. Herm said that from the get-go. How many sacks does this team have this year? 1? 2? Youn think expecting a little more from our 1st round DE is unrealistic?

Jeezus, what an ignorant thread.