Laron Landry Grinds My Gears

[hooskins]

I have never brought this up before on this site, but I have noticed this last year, this preason, and especially vs. the giants.

Landry's lack of maturity and aggressiveness is really hurting us. It was nice at first when he got the occasional late hit, to send a message. Now it seems he is always coming in late, leading with his head, etc. That may not be a big deal to you all, but he misses A LOT of tackles because of this. He goes for the knockout, rather than the sure tackle/pick. Also he gets too many penalties. I also feel Landry's coverage has gone done because of this.

I know ST did the same, but I feel he def developed more disciple before he was tragically taken away from us all. The part that bothers me the most is how Landry talks smack after EVERY play. Even if they get a first, and he makes a crappy tackle Landry feels the need to get in their face all the time. It reminds of Smoot, who just celebrates and talks smack even when he gets burned. It is just bad to do IMO, especially if you are messing up and you have no right to talk smack.




Don't get me wrong, I still think Landry is a really good player. I do feel however he hasn't really matured in a way that can help us more than he did a couple years ago(you except steady improvement each year from a first rounder) . Those steps need to take place for him to move into the elite category, which he is more than capable of doing. It is frustrating knowing he should be one of our strong points on D, yet he still hurts the D quite a bit.

Thoughts?