BakoSaint

To put things in perspective, Calais Campbell is 38 years old and playing DT this year. He has 50 less snaps than Bresee this year. On the season Campbell has 10 non-sack tackles including 2 for a loss, half of each coming in the last game, and I watched him stuff a run behind the line of scrimmage last night. Bresee has 1 and 0 on the season.

I looked into Bresee's past game logs and play by plays and of his 3 career tackles for a loss of a running back, two were in the final 3 minutes of the 4th quarter with the opponent ahead, running down the clock as their primary objective. The last on and only time Bresee tackled a running back for a loss outside the final minutes of the game was 1 year ago, on 10/1/2023.

This play is at 22 seconds in the highlight video below. It looks like a missed blocking assignment as Bresee gets straight through with no block and no apparent move, just runs in a straight line.


Bresee is a big tall guy, but at DT he is kind of this big lumbering tall guy with a high center of gravity and no push trying to spin and grab for sacks. We need a bulldozer. We have a crane. It seems like most of his sacks are where he is in the right time at the right place and can happen to grab the QB or a lane opens up straight to the QB with no blockers.

If you compare to highlights for Jason Carter, a player we could have had if we didnt trade our pick to Philly, Carter plays a lot more like a bulldozer. He impacts the line of scrimmage. He pushes blockers aside or goes through them. He hits with his body not just his arms. He imposes fear. Bresee seems to dance with the oline, throwing his hands in the air like he just dont care in hopes of batting a pass, until a straight line to the QB opens up or somebody runs near him that he can try to grab.