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Originally Posted by Brian Orakpo
Dude Marcus Washington cant even stay on the field without hurting something. Ill take Ellis and 20.5 sacks over the last 2 seasons than a LB who has only started 20 of 32 games the last 2 seasons.
Nice job taking a post out of context and twisting it. I just dont like when actual stats are broken down to change the outlook on a player.
When someone takes a player who had 8 sacks last year and then acts like he really only had 3.5 because he had 4.5 in two games I find it odd. Its like the 4.5 sacks shouldnt count because he had two big games vs division rivals. Hell injury prone Taylor had 3.5 and Carter had only 4 last year. Kinda sad when you take away 4.5 sacks from a guy and hes still just as good as what we had last year from both end spots.
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Yeah stats are a funny thing. They can be used to make a variety of points. For example, if you go back 3 years instead of 2, Ellis played in a total of 2 more games than Marcus. 2. Not much of a difference really. As far as sacks, they were used completely different. Blache had different plans for Marcus than the way he had been used before. He wanted him to do more of the "grunt" work the way I understood it. Such as taking out the guard on sweeps. The MLB is expected to make a lot of plays in this defense. If Ellis played for Blache the last couple of years the way Marcus was used, I doubt his sack total would have been as high. He looks like he can still play in the right system, but unless Blache changes what he expects out of the SAM position, hopefully he does if he plays Orakpo there, then he wouldn't have the kind of year he's had in the past.