Greg Rousseau has turned out to be a complete slug.

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

1 hour ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTf sdoes this even mean? Great he wins and doesn't close, micah parsons has 12.5 sacks and can dominante a game, The run stops sounds promising though.

[Simon]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

Nah.  You got fans like myself, never played a snap of football.  And I do love me some stats.  But I also love the game of football - the chess match, trying to understand the way roles and responsibilities on the defense change depending on how the play develops post snap.

 

Yeah but you're part of that 10% of weirdos I left space for that are more interested in genuine understanding than the fallacy of surface impressions.

Freak. 

[Kelly to Allen]

45 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel2014 said:

 

WTf sdoes this even mean? Great he wins and doesn't close, micah parsons has 12.5 sacks and can dominante a game, The run stops sounds promising though.

 

Parsons can't play the run at all

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

16 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

Parsons can't play the run at all

 

I'd rather have a guy who gets to the QB than stops the run especially in a passing league imo. 

 

I found this also..... 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46138675/2025-nfl-win-rates-top-teams-players-rankings-pass-run-block

[Pasaluki]

I think both arguments have merit. Joe B is continously glazing Rousseau for years now and I can't make the case that he doesn't know ball at a higher level than most. At the same time I get the criticism that a defensive end isn't generally the position I associate with non-production.

I think fans are smart enough to view a giant nosetackle or a fullback or a longsnapper as having value that is not tied to stats. A nosetackle could do his job and eat up a huge amount of space and not even record a tackle. If Rousseau is truly as dominant at run defense as is claimed he might be worth the money. Baked into that has to be the assumption that these other teams are ripping off these huge runs by running away from this guy. Its possible.

[Brand J]

52 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

Parsons can't play the run at all

This has been a bit over-exaggerated on this board. Parsons isn’t the best run defender, but he’s not a total liability. In fact, the Packers had a primetime game a couple weeks ago and Collinsworth made an effort to put together a package of run stops to counter the “Parsons doesn’t play the run well” narrative. He’s an average run defender,  but that’s not what you’re paying him for. He makes $47M AAV because disrupting the QB is the most important ability in today’s NFL.

[bubba2018]

“but he’s great against the run”

 

“but who are we gonna hire” 

 

these are exactly the mindsets that keep a team exactly where they want to be at.