Through the Smoke

Do you think he's doing what he's told to do? I mean engaging 1st and then trying to get around the tackle? Just wondering.

hard to say, he might have an assignment to the outside but watching football for the longest I can tell you he is getting too wide and many great pass rushers always have a great counter to their primary move and Chick lacks that.

I hear u, makes sense. But I'd be against moving him inside cuz then he'd just be an undersized DT.

Chick will get better.. I'm expecting him to ball out next year.. I actually think it would be better to drop a few pounds if he stays at DE.. May help him gain some quickness

As a former DT who converted to LB. The way we are taught is to engage the OL with hands inside to play run first. As you read pass you dis engage and get up field. Now alot of you on here want them to play gap control and get up field, all that does is create easier blocks for the OL. Yes we use to do it back in the day, but we had athletic DL who could recover and still make plays. We don't have the big agile, fast LB neither to fight off blocks and make plays. So until we do and I think in another two yrs, we will be their. Coach D has to work with what he's got. I also think we played a hell of game on both side of the ball.