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rampartc

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3. "mobile" quarterbacks have short careers

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 07:20 AM

Nov 2019

cam newton was the best of them for a few years.

I guess they are beaten with a 3/4 front but those front 3 have to be monsters. a "spy," a fast and strong linebacker can then concentrate, 1 on 1, on containing the qb.

meanwhile, the pocket masters like brady and brees last long enough to set career records.

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How do you slow down a QB like Lamar Jackson? [View all] Auggie Nov 2019 OP

You stop him the same way you stop ANY QB...pressure and hits on the QB Moostache Nov 2019 #1

Good points all. Blue_true Dec 2019 #12

Jackson is in rarefied air. no stopping him this year. Maybe next year when there's more tape. Kurt V. Nov 2019 #2

In a playoff game, even in Baltimore, I think Belichick will have a plan for him. nt Blue_true Dec 2019 #13

"mobile" quarterbacks have short careers rampartc Nov 2019 #3

Andrew Luck retired early JonLP24 Nov 2019 #6

Spot on -- I think we'll be seeing more QBs like Jackson and Murray Auggie Nov 2019 #7

If there is 1 defense that can stop him I think it is the 49ers JonLP24 Nov 2019 #8

S.F. lost another D lineman to injury Auggie Nov 2019 #9

The Refs allow questionable hits on them. At some point the rules will change, Blue_true Dec 2019 #14

at some point they must be considered to be running backs rampartc Dec 2019 #15

Your point is well taken. Richard Sherman made that same point yesterday. Blue_true Dec 2019 #19

Keep him off the field Bob Loblaw Nov 2019 #4

The problem is that defense exboyfil Nov 2019 #5

Paraphrasing Lefty Gomez.... Brother Buzz Nov 2019 #10

49ers were impressive in the loss to ravens rampartc Dec 2019 #16

Justin Tucker's 49 yard walk-off field goal in the driving rain Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #18

Defenses will likely start setting up the edge linebackers to spy on him, Blue_true Dec 2019 #11

I think the answer is a little paradoxical ... Auggie Dec 2019 #17

How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? bluedigger Dec 2019 #20