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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Do I think this is what he was brought here to be?
No.
Do I think the entire defense is new? Yes.
Again, look at the title of the thread and the hyperbole that started it all. It's pretty easy to see why this is an argument and it has nothing to do with the people defending him.
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It absolutely does when someone points out that he's routinely the 4th best player on the DL and your response is "He's doing his job..."
NOW who's overplaying their hand?
His defenders have no more high ground than his most vicious detractors at this point.
Frank Clark isn't playing good football. He isn't 'doing his job'. And if you sat up there watching them running those plays (again, mostly trap plays up the gut that were taking advantage of a softer middle) and thought to yourself "well clearly they're running to the right, away from Frank Clark" when he spent a large portion of that game on THAT side of the defensive formation - then clearly you were also just seeing what you wanted to see.
No, the Ravens were never running away from Frank Clark; at the very least they weren't actively avoiding Frank Clark. When they run to the right do you know why? Hint: The name you're looking for isn't Frank Clark - it's Marshall Yanda. Who is ****ing awesome. Running behind Will Shields wasn't because you're scared of the RDE - it's because running inside behind Will Shields works really well, regardless of who's on the field. The Ravens most assuredly were not game-planning to avoid running at Clark - because they kept running the same way even after Spags started moving him.
No, he's not playing well. And saying "Frank Clark ****ing sucks" is no more egregious than trying to argue that he's actually playing well. He isn't.