Si.com/Bob Rose | Saints Taking a Gamble on Marcus Davenport

AsylumGuido · 06-02-2021, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by st thomas

Can someone compare when we drafted cam against dav stats. Cam seems like is never injured though?

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A well known saying in the NFL is that the injury rate is 100%. At some point(s) or another every player will suffer injuries. Some come early in their careers and never appear again. Others remain mostly healthy until late in their careers. Davenport has been forced to deal with injuries each of his three season thus far. That is simply misfortune.

As for Cam versus Davenport, Jordan only had one season with over ten sacks in his first six years. That was in his third year in 2013 with 12.5 sacks. He really broke out in year seven having 13, 12, and 15.5 over the next three seasons.

Another thing to consider is that Davenport has been used more on running downs in the Saints DE rotation. It appears that Dennis Allen did not trust Hendrickson in that role as he played almost exclusively passing downs. I'm expecting Davenport to get more use in that pass rush role moving forward if Turner can show his worth versus the run.

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,762	Re: Si.com/Bob Rose \| Saints Taking a Gamble on Marcus Davenport Originally Posted by st thomas Can someone compare when we drafted cam against dav stats. Cam seems like is never injured though? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk A well known saying in the NFL is that the injury rate is 100%. At some point(s) or another every player will suffer injuries. Some come early in their careers and never appear again. Others remain mostly healthy until late in their careers. Davenport has been forced to deal with injuries each of his three season thus far. That is simply misfortune. As for Cam versus Davenport, Jordan only had one season with over ten sacks in his first six years. That was in his third year in 2013 with 12.5 sacks. He really broke out in year seven having 13, 12, and 15.5 over the next three seasons. Another thing to consider is that Davenport has been used more on running downs in the Saints DE rotation. It appears that Dennis Allen did not trust Hendrickson in that role as he played almost exclusively passing downs. I'm expecting Davenport to get more use in that pass rush role moving forward if Turner can show his worth versus the run. saintsfan1976 and st thomas like this.
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