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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

His job isn't necessarily tackles. His job is to take up 2 or three linemen when he is in. The better judgement will be if our DE's and LBs are getting in to make plays quicker, and are we getting more tackles for loss as a team. If we are judging value by his stat line alone, I doubt he would ever be worth it.

Another way to say it, Brandon Jacobs ran effectively against us both games last season(we all remember his off tackle run where he bowled over LL). This game he didn't and so they had to switch to an outside runner whose goal, I think they admitted this, was to tire AH out. If opposing teams are changing their game to focus on AH then he is worth it, because as much as I like our DT's from last year, let's be honest, no team gameplanned around the interior of our line.

Finally, we are talking about the Giants Oline, which has been a very effective line for 2 1/2 years now. Let's see how well some other teams handle it before we write off the AH effect.

Good post, excellent arguement.