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Panthers Jared Allen - First Impressions

Jeremy Igo

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I just watched the interview with Allen in the locker room, and man, he's a great dude.  Fits the culture and personality the Panthers try to have.  It's a shame they couldn't have gotten him years ago.  Can't think of a better team for him to finish off his career.  Hope he has some game left in the tank and sticks around a couple years.

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His weight is a non-issue. He said in an interview that everyone thinks he lost weight because he was wearing LB pads which are smaller than DE pads. He is 255lb the same weight he has been for seven seasons.

I have always wanted this guy, he was an absolute terror for the Vikings for years at his natural position of DE, I think his best years are still ahead of him. Absolute steal from Chicago. This will go down as the best move ever by G-Man.

 

 

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... The rest of our DEs are mostly pass rushers, CJ and Big Frank were the guys strong against the run.

Our defense is predicated on stopping the run and forcing 3rd and long where we have a myriad of looks and packages to fool the QB. If our run d suffers and we find ourselves in 3rd and short constantly, it could be bad.

 

Horton is primarily a run defender. Addison, on the other hand, is primarily a rush DE.

Not that either are great, but they are certainly part of the equation.

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I know that Allen used to be a beast in all aspects of the game, but i havent watched him in a few years. How is his run defense?

CJ is stellar at run defense, and I hope that Allen can help hold the fort down for the next few weeks. The rest of our DEs are mostly pass rushers, CJ and Big Frank were the guys strong against the run.

Our defense is predicated on stopping the run and forcing 3rd and long where we have a myriad of looks and packages to fool the QB. If our run d suffers and we find ourselves in 3rd and short constantly, it could be bad.

 

From the games I watched last year so-so, but part of that was scheme as it looked like his responsibility was pass rush,  outside contain, run defense over the tackle/te in that order (trying to utilize his pass rushing skills against the play action I guess) even on non obvious passing situations. 

We can trust Rivera to get whatever is left in Allens tank out as he understands how to keep the dline fresh.

 

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