Where in the world did this run D come from?

[Gapanthersfan]

Another contributing factor is bringing in dudes that are more ‘football smart,’ not just workout warriors and tell them ‘go get man who holding on to football.’ 

Boom plays better downhill. Tell him what to do and he’ll give his all. He’s not a green dot kind of guy. He’s not a great coverage guy (how many LBs are?)  but he’s decent at pass rush and playing the run. He’s got a little wild man to him and I can appreciate that. Many will disagree, but I consider him to be a high motor JAG currently. 

Now to get Evero to dial up some better blitz pressure.  

[ImfromClayton]

Derrick Brown is one of the most unsung heroes in the history of our franchise. He's played almost entirely through the dark ages, but he is an absolutely dominant, game wrecking force. He's definitely the best player we've had since 1 and 59. If he had played on a better team he'd likely be a HOF type player. The team was absolutely miserable, but if we had even been decent he'd have had a case for DPOY in 2023. 

He's legit one of the best DT's I've ever seen. 

[Bear Hands]

11 hours ago, therealmjl said:

DL is playing out of their minds.

I will also say the LB play has improved greatly over the last two weeks surprisingly.

Trevin had some nice moments on 3rd down yesterday. He seems to be trending well the past two weeks.

[SCO96]

15 hours ago, electro's horse said:

They’ve played terrible teams. 

They play a terrible team next week. 

then things are going to get dark. 

I view things in a similar manner. In the last 2 weeks we haven't played a playoff caliber team. We'll know what we really have on defense when we hit the harder part of our schedule.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Obviously getting DB back but I think we should also give some credit to Wallace.  Our defense has been much better since he took over the defense from Rozeboom.

[NorthTryon]

16 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

Bobby Brown next to Derrick Brown is the real answer. Turk hasn't been playing. 

Bobby Brown has outplayed Turk in the small sample size of games this year. I don't know how that rotation is going to go because of money, but we have had better run defense in each game Turk hasn't played. Jacksonville and New England, we looked like last year. I know there were other factors such as DJ Johnson, but we looked way better.