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There is a limit to how many downs any person can play, and still have any explosion left in their legs. No 300+ lb guy is going to have anything left in his legs in the 4th qtr, unless you rotate them during the 1st 3 qtrs. You can't be explosive and have the sort of endurance to play that many downs, at lest if you want to be any good. So, we have to find some depth. I am not sure we are building for depth yet, but that is because we don't have much front end talent. Time will tell if we intend to do it later.
As far as when Reyes and Liuget should be playing, it is obvious they should be on the field the most during pass rush line. If they make a big play in the base D vs the run, it is nice, but probably won't have that much impact on the game. But if the DL can get sacks, pressure on passing downs, then that has a real impact on the outcome. I really don't care if Liuget and Reyes start, those downs are not as important as playing on the rush line. Lots of players can be effective run down guys Just get low and take on blocks. But how many 34 DL can rush the passer as well as Liuget and Reyes? If your name is not JJ Watt, you are not as good. IN any case, Reyes needs to improve some as a run down player. He got better, but still needs to use his hands to shed and stay low.
As far as the rookies go, not many players can play NT as a rookie. You get double teamed a lot, and most rookies technique is not good enough to stack against 2 NFL caliber OL and hold your ground, let alone split the block. If they can't, then they get pushed back into the LB, and teams can run up our gut. The good thing is that both Jerideau and Geathers have played other DL positions. And the techniques are very similar, so that starting them at DE is not unreasonable. It would build their skills nicely even if we eventually plan to play them at NT.
Watching some You Tubes of both, they are a lot like typical college DL. They tend to stand up and look for the ball, like most college players do. Both have NFL physical ability, but plenty of rookies have ability & don't make it. It will be how quickly that they develop their technique and learn to stay low and use their hands. The only thing I think that we should consider doing with either or both, then DON'T play them in preseason. You lose the chance to get them experience, but you prevent any other team from seeing them in action. Of course, it is still a gamble, since at least Gaithers is someone on a lot of teams wish lists, because of his NFL bloodlines.
As far as the snap counts go, here is a link (http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/snapcounts). It is pretty obvious that Cam and Garay spent a fair amount of time playing DE, as well as NT. All our NT together only played 80% of the time, all of our DE played (cumulative) 161% (for 2 spots, and we always play 2), so we play a true 3 man line less than 40% of the time (somewhat less, since we play a 4 man line in goalline).
As far as when Reyes and Liuget should be playing, it is obvious they should be on the field the most during pass rush line. If they make a big play in the base D vs the run, it is nice, but probably won't have that much impact on the game. But if the DL can get sacks, pressure on passing downs, then that has a real impact on the outcome. I really don't care if Liuget and Reyes start, those downs are not as important as playing on the rush line. Lots of players can be effective run down guys Just get low and take on blocks. But how many 34 DL can rush the passer as well as Liuget and Reyes? If your name is not JJ Watt, you are not as good. IN any case, Reyes needs to improve some as a run down player. He got better, but still needs to use his hands to shed and stay low.
As far as the rookies go, not many players can play NT as a rookie. You get double teamed a lot, and most rookies technique is not good enough to stack against 2 NFL caliber OL and hold your ground, let alone split the block. If they can't, then they get pushed back into the LB, and teams can run up our gut. The good thing is that both Jerideau and Geathers have played other DL positions. And the techniques are very similar, so that starting them at DE is not unreasonable. It would build their skills nicely even if we eventually plan to play them at NT.
Watching some You Tubes of both, they are a lot like typical college DL. They tend to stand up and look for the ball, like most college players do. Both have NFL physical ability, but plenty of rookies have ability & don't make it. It will be how quickly that they develop their technique and learn to stay low and use their hands. The only thing I think that we should consider doing with either or both, then DON'T play them in preseason. You lose the chance to get them experience, but you prevent any other team from seeing them in action. Of course, it is still a gamble, since at least Gaithers is someone on a lot of teams wish lists, because of his NFL bloodlines.
As far as the snap counts go, here is a link (http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/snapcounts). It is pretty obvious that Cam and Garay spent a fair amount of time playing DE, as well as NT. All our NT together only played 80% of the time, all of our DE played (cumulative) 161% (for 2 spots, and we always play 2), so we play a true 3 man line less than 40% of the time (somewhat less, since we play a 4 man line in goalline).
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