Saints' Sheldon Rankins says second sack of season was 'long overdue'

jeanpierre · 12-29-2017, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Barry from MS

I'm not for labeling him a bust. Cam Jordan's production has been otherworldly. That doesn't happen often without a good DT. Run defense is better overall...doesn't happen without DTs doing their job.

The problem with DTs is that sacks/TFL/tackles stats don't tell the story about their job. I would like for him to be a 10 sack guy, but it doesn't appear that he's wired that way. He's been a fraction of a sec late on numerous sacks this year, so at least he's applying consistent pressure...that only helps the secondary, who has seen a revival this year.

He's a quality DT, my point is should we have spent the No. 12 pick on a guy that we could have gotten the same production from another player in the third, fourth, fifth round???

12-29-2017, 08:51 PM	#11
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Saints' Sheldon Rankins says second sack of season was 'long overdue' Originally Posted by Barry from MS I'm not for labeling him a bust. Cam Jordan's production has been otherworldly. That doesn't happen often without a good DT. Run defense is better overall...doesn't happen without DTs doing their job. The problem with DTs is that sacks/TFL/tackles stats don't tell the story about their job. I would like for him to be a 10 sack guy, but it doesn't appear that he's wired that way. He's been a fraction of a sec late on numerous sacks this year, so at least he's applying consistent pressure...that only helps the secondary, who has seen a revival this year. He's a quality DT, my point is should we have spent the No. 12 pick on a guy that we could have gotten the same production from another player in the third, fourth, fifth round???