At this rate they’re going to need to hit on a middle linebacker to replace him
Nate Landman ~ Record Breaker -Appreciation
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If he continues to play like this all season and the fact that the players voted for him to be a captain, could signal a reasonable signing.
By subjective measurements, maybe he's not elite. I'm saying by objective measurements, he has elite numbers.
Jones never approached elite numbers in our defense. Night and day.
Over the years the Mike linebacker position has proven to be one of the primary positions where intangibles like instinct, heart, and passion can compensate for lack of elite physical talent.
With Landman and Dolac on the field, we look unbeatable.
Defense is flooowing to the ball smoothly, almost ideally.
Not over-penetrating on run downs. Keeping contain, & when that goes, Stewart, Dolac & Lake are there to seal the edges.
Speed where it matters. Instinct.
Landman has changed the whole look of this D over 1 short season.
Defense is flooowing to the ball smoothly, almost ideally.
Not over-penetrating on run downs. Keeping contain, & when that goes, Stewart, Dolac & Lake are there to seal the edges.
Speed where it matters. Instinct.
Landman has changed the whole look of this D over 1 short season.
In 15 games as a 3rd year player, EJ had 145 tackles, 14 for loss. He had 15 tackles in 2 separate games, double digits in 8 games. I dont know what happened behind the scenes or what not but EJ was approaching that elite status. Alas, love what Landman is bringing, he's a ton of fun to watch. Glad he's on our side
Agreed. I was just looking at Jones' 3rd year again because it stands out. 145 Tackles, 14 TFL, 4.5 Sacks, 6 PD.
Those are elite or near elite numbers.
I think Jones had the concerning knee injury going against him and his prior years didn't look like that. But the biggest difference I see is in forced turnovers.
Jones didn't do forced fumbles, fumble recoveries, or INTs. Landman and Baun are both high in the turnover categories. Landman is on pace to have a combined 10-12 forced fumbles and fumble recoveries. That's amazing!
Not to mention he's on pace for 11 passes defensed. He's all over the place!
Similar types yes. Difference is that Jones plays on one good knee now (since they're both big and slow for ILB that means Jones is even slower now) and is a far greater injury risk to lose time.
I like him. He is good for this team. Just not worried that his price will be to high.
Our interior DL has a lot to do with it. 3 new players in the middle plus Landman.
Not allowed. Against forum rules.
Also, forum rules state that should we resign him, a minimum of 25% of the posters must bitch incessantly about how we overpaid him.
Sorry, I don’t write the rules, it’s just the way it is.
As far as situation goes, I see similarities between Land-Man and Marquez Pope.
The Rams picked up Marquez Pope for pocket lint from a third-rate garbage franchise and he instantly changed the defense with his physicality and aggressiveness. Dude was the Pounding Pontiff. Pope ended up among the team leaders in tackles. Unfortunately, the Rams didn't want to meet his contract demands and they let him walk after one year. He went on to have a pretty good career at places unmentionable.
Now we have Land-Man. I'm hoping he gets signed. I don't want the Rams to Pope on the Land-Man.
The Rams picked up Marquez Pope for pocket lint from a third-rate garbage franchise and he instantly changed the defense with his physicality and aggressiveness. Dude was the Pounding Pontiff. Pope ended up among the team leaders in tackles. Unfortunately, the Rams didn't want to meet his contract demands and they let him walk after one year. He went on to have a pretty good career at places unmentionable.
Now we have Land-Man. I'm hoping he gets signed. I don't want the Rams to Pope on the Land-Man.
That was during the Georgia era - this is a completely different era - we keep the really good players (or the really bad players that no one else wants) and let the ones go that are decent but not great but will require a bigger cap hit than they want for that player.
Reeder had a good game.And Reeder had a 90 PFF grade
Credit where credit is due.
HE WITH HORNS
Hall of Fame
I must have been watching a different game then.
Oh, and by their numbers, Reeder had a better game than Land Man.
The defense improved a lot when Dolac came in for Reeder.
I only watched it with the sound off but I remember Reeder making a couple of big plays. One of the plays was on special teams.
And believe me, I'm no fan of Reeders.
I was really pissed when they cut Pooh Paul instead of Reeder.