99 and 93 in pass rush - Video

[ecu88]

I'm still amazed when I see guys that big move that fast.

If I was that Qb, I would have fell onto the ground in a fetal position and probably also shat on myself seeing those 300lb lineman coming at me that fast.

[hepcat]

Alexander is out and Cox is a great prospect, the D line is not hurting, that's great news. 

I'm bummed Alexander was lost for the year, he was finally not suspended and could capitalize on his talent. 

[SamMills4Life]

This makes me wonder if Short could be a regular option at DE as long as Star is healthy. Ealy has not looked good early on.

[imminent rogaine]

RT is lucky to not have messed his knee up there.

I really like that we can move Short around.  We should run some sort of package that is the opposite of the "NASCAR" package. Charles, Star, Love, Short Instead of 4 speedy DEs, we will just bludgeon them with power.

[t96]

Addison, Johnson, love, Star and KK. Man if Ealy steps up our DLine is nastier then 2013. 

It's not even close to 2013 right now. Even if Ealy starts playing 5x as good as he has so far it still wouldn't be close. 

[Khaki Lackey]

RT is lucky to not have messed his knee up there.

I really like that we can move Short around.  We should run some sort of package that is the opposite of the "NASCAR" package. Charles, Star, Love, Short Instead of 4 speedy DEs, we will just bludgeon them with power.

The "Monster Truck" package

[Chaos]

with penetration like that the LBs will have to be on point or the QB will dump it off over the top of that line everytime.

Luke, TD, Shaq 

 

We got this

[Carolina Cajun]

It's not even close to 2013 right now. Even if Ealy starts playing 5x as good as he has so far it still wouldn't be close. 

I 100% agree.  Lets not forget that the Texans O-line was missing their starting LT and had another tackle go down for injury.  Our D-line is playing well, but not 2013 well, in fact not even close.  in 2013 our D-line made our DB's look decent, this year, our DB's are making our D-line look good.  Not on this play obviously, but we're seeing pressure get to QB's because our Corners are covering their receivers for longer periods of time than we did in the past few seasons.

[Seltzer]

It's not even close to 2013 right now. Even if Ealy starts playing 5x as good as he has so far it still wouldn't be close. 

True statement.  Even though our overall defense might be about as good b/c of Norman and Coleman in the secondary, the D-Line is not what is was in 2013 b/c we don't have another bookend like Hardy was.

We have 2 consistently above average D-lineman (CJ & Short).  Star has shown flashes of being above average but that's it.  KK Short if the only player right now who shows flashes of being elite.  Hardy played at an elite level for a lot of 2013.  We miss that no doubt.

Still, Norman is way better than any corner we had in 2013, and having him with Bene & Tillman is not a bad group.  Coleman brings the attitude of Mitchell w/o the stupid penalties. Our LB group is even better (especially depth wise) than 2013.

I like our defense a lot, and Ealy has still not hit his ceiling.  But the pass rush we had in 2013 was something special, and even though I think this defense can be just as effective as the 2013 group, I don't think this group has the talent to match it.  Losing Alexander certainly wasn't devastating, but his ceiling is a lot higher than Wes Horton.

[juliosantos]

Love is a beast 

[Mr. Scot]

Love is a beast 

This is a great "out of context" quote.