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Short thinking of wins. Contract on the back burner...

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According to David Newton, Kawann "Short (is) more concerned with wins than sacks or long-term deal."  According to Short he's "playing good," while Ron Rivera referred to Short's play as "solid."

It really is hard to argue that Short's play hasn't been solid, but of course the real question is whether his play this season supports his demand for a top contract at his position. He knows that he needs to "correct" some things, and that he will "get to it," and he'll let all the contract stuff take care of itself.  He sounds like he expects it all to fall into place once his play improves, but we'll see if that turns out to be the reality.

One thing that has been a question here, is whether Short is really being double-teamed as much as some would have us believe. Rivera basically says that Short is absolutely being doubled, and that it's not just him.

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“It’s hard." Rivera said. “One of the things, if you watch the tape, is how many times he does get doubled, how many teams are protecting. That back, when he goes through the middle, he’s looking for KK and chipping him on the way out, too.

“It’s not like he’s getting the free runs like he had last year. That’s the hard part. People are keeping those tight ends in, so they’re doubling both of the DTs. We’ve been approached a little differently this year."

 

So, perhaps it's not as cut-and-dried as many people believe about Short, sacks, or the rest of the line.  Perhaps untrained eyes are missing something (or not).  Be that as it may, Short still sounds like he's got dollar signs on his mind to me.

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“I’m confident in myself,’’ Short said. “It’s not really putting nobody to shame. But at the same time, if you know your worth, then you know what’s up."

I guess we'll see what's up beginning with the Cardinals.

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KK's play has been solid, and he'll get his mega deal in the offseason. Since Rivera and Cam have arrived, the team has always had long winning streaks during the season. We need to start a streak now, and KK is going to have to be a major force if we're to go on one.

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12 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

 


It has?

 

 

10 minutes ago, Kakarot said:

To my naked eye it has. Stats could prove me wrong, tho. *shrugs*

Its not what it was last year but a lot of this bashing on KK seems like your trying hard to justify the Butler pick. We seen about 30 million double team treads I know you can find atleast 1 good play by KK. 

Its not like Luke , TD, & Shaq have been perfroming to last year but I dont see any threads about underperformance by Shaq but we all know everyone has their favitorite players.

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In my opinion, it all depends upon one's definition of "solid." One thing I will say though is that some of you are acting like he has been "trash," but to me he has been OK, just not the dominant force he was last season. Of course that means I wouldn't pay him anywhere close to what he wants, but "it is what it is." Getty will make that determination.

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2 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Regardless of what kind of season KK has, someone is going to pay him top dollar... thats just how the NFL works

If it's going to be the Panthers, he absolutely needs to step it up. Otherwise we had all better hope that Big Vern flashes this second half of the season. 

On an off note, I can just see a grinning Dave on the first night of the draft talking about our newly acquired DT after passing on a quality DE (but I'm just admittedly being somewhat facetious). 

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