Bootz wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 8:11 pm
Terry Tate wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 8:03 pm
You might want to do some research on Hendrickson. He looks like he jumped right to his age 37 season. He has 2 sacks on the season.
Right now, the big missing link on our defense is Kancey. It's popular to hate on him but when healthy, he is a big asset. Hopefully, he can be like McCoy and his injuries are just bad luck. I guess we will see how patient Licht is.
As of right now, our sack leaders are Vita Vea with 2 and LVD with 1.5. That is a bit of an issue. Yaya seems to have regressed. Reddick hasn't done much yet. Our linemen aren't getting any pass rush, aside from apparently Vea.
Fortunately, the secondary is playing well and it's the only reason we haven't given up a ton of points. With the amount of points we can potentially throw up, we need pass rush. When we get Evans and Geodeke back, I expect the offense to truly explode. We have the potential to make people abandon the run. Without pass rushers, the defense can't exploit that

Ummmm what about Kancey??!
Our lack of pass rush doesn't shock me. We were hoping Reddick at 31 and on a 1 year deal could rebound from a poor 2024 and bad attitude. We hoped Yaya could turn his "pressures" into actually getting to the QB. Not sure what we hoped from Braswell and I guess we were just content with Nelson.
This front 7 needs to have an actual infusion of talent. We haven't tried for years.
yes, Kancey. No one on the team is currently on a pace to beat the sacks Kancey had last year, in 12 games.
Otherwise, I agree. The reason why so many were up in arms about drafting E2 is because the above wasn't much of a secret. E2 turned out to be a stud and a wise pick, but the reasons why everyone assumed we were going edge remain.
I am not sure we could even trade for a stud edge either. Let's say we could get Hendrickson from the Bengals for minimal assets. How do we absorb that contract? The front seven may well be a multi-year rebuild. Unless, Denis turns it around in a hurry along with Kancey and David Walker turning into studs when they come back next year. I'd probably take the under on that
The offense is something though. God, when we get Evans and Geodeke back....Evans is truly the missing link on that offense. His size and contested catch ability are the one thing this offense doesn't have,