Willis diagnosed with a sprained ankle; Sopoaga's x-rays come back fine

[ChrisPozz]

and it's not severe, according to Adam Schefter. Cam Inman says Ice's x-rays came out "fine."

 

[CalamityX11]

Glad to hear on both accounts. I hope Willis can come through at a good pace.

 

[deep9er]

Glad to hear on both accounts. I hope Willis can come through at a good pace.

agreed, whew!

IF he isn't close to 100% on Saturday, prefer they rest Willis.

 

[49ermann]

That's good news. Hopefully they'll recover quickly.

 

[numone9er]

Great news. We absolutely must upgrade on the DL via the draft is possible.

 

[deep9er]

Great news. We absolutely must upgrade on the DL via the draft is possible.

this is where the Dobbs thing makes you wonder....seemed to me he showed a lot of potential at RDE, both run and pass? so you'd think he'd be the "draft pick" that is groomed for Justin? you'd think he'd be the guy giving Justin breathers?

IF so, do we want him trying to learn offense and to a lesser extent, ST's?

if he's NOT the heir apparent, then ok, it makes sense to utilize his abilities anyway possible.

Ray McDonald isn't that old yet, so think we're fine there.

we could use an NT despite the argument they don't play many snaps. cause when you get into the play-offs, stopping the run is huge. we kept Ian Williams so MAYBE he's enough to fill NT?

 

[numone9er]

this is where the Dobbs thing makes you wonder....seemed to me he showed a lot of potential at RDE, both run and pass? so you'd think he'd be the "draft pick" that is groomed for Justin? you'd think he'd be the guy giving Justin breathers?

IF so, do we want him trying to learn offense and to a lesser extent, ST's?

if he's NOT the heir apparent, then ok, it makes sense to utilize his abilities anyway possible.

Ray McDonald isn't that old yet, so think we're fine there.

we could use an NT despite the argument they don't play many snaps. cause when you get into the play-offs, stopping the run is huge. we kept Ian Williams so MAYBE he's enough to fill NT?

That's what i was thinking. Granted Justin Smith doesn't need too man breathers, but there seems to be a significant drop off from Smith to Dobbs (For obvious reasons).

We have at least another year out of Justin Smith, but that doesn't mean we can't draft someone to replace him in the long term and expect him to be able to fill in immediately. I like what the Steelers have been doing with their DL draft picks by giving them a chance to learn and come into the system when they are ready. That's similar to what i would hope we would do. I'm just not sold enough on Dobbs, Ian Williams, or even RJF yet.

 

[TobyTyler]

Great news. We absolutely must upgrade on the DL via the draft is possible.

I think the D Line is fine, they just need a better scheme to get to the passer more often. Its almost like Fangio does not see the significance of pressuring the passer.

 

[NinerSickness]

...they just need a better scheme to get to the passer more often. Its almost like Fangio does not see the significance of pressuring the passer.

The same guy whose defense led the league in sacks last year?

 

[ChrisPozz]

The same guy whose defense led the league in sacks last year?

Not only that, but they had by far the best sack productivity rate in the league last year, according to PFF.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Oops. Forgot to add that Aldon Smith himself had the best productivity rate among individual players as well, according to them.

 

[numone9er]

I think the D Line is fine, they just need a better scheme to get to the passer more often. Its almost like Fangio does not see the significance of pressuring the passer.

I said something similar in another thread. I know Fangio is capable of scheming better than he has. It just seemed more predictable this past game for some reason.

 

[NinerSickness]

Glad to hear Soap's fine. Need to stay strong on the DL.