If you watch it again and focus on him...wow
He wasn't a factor at all. Staley had him locked down. Not only that JPP was slow off the snap consistently and showed no effort.
It appeared to me he wasn't even trying to beat Staley. He seemed content to play patty cake and try to make cleanup playw past the LOS.
I got to ask why doesn't Fewel use matchups? When th other teams OT is dominating your "best" defensive lineman then why not move JPP around on the longer yardage or clear passing downs?
Look at it from the offensive's point of view. As long as they get a hat on a hat then they like their chances. You cannot double team everybody. The majority of players have to handle their business one on one when on offense. When a defense doesn't challenge the OL mentally nor physically then the game is already lost.
Robbie,
It just shows how we have regressed on both sides of the ball... where we cannot win a one on one match up. Our D line gets pushed backwards and so does our O line. We are physically weaker than our opponent it seams.
And Kelly Rippa might be our second best. At least it's a good football name
JPP is the best lineman on this team.....where is the competition among his own team mates? Really none.....
That 2011 team had the likes of Canty, LJ, Bernard, Osi, Tollefson, Kiwi, and Tuck......these guys pushed each other from their very competitive nature....there is none of that on this defensive line....
I'm not trying to make an excuse for JPP....he is the leader of the front four, and he is not living up to it.....maybe the pressure is too much to live up to....maybe he is playing down to this line, a trait this whole team seems to have....
Like Nicks, this is a big contract year for him.....amazing that extra effort and gear, is not there.....and it's not like he's being double teamed....whatever edge or spark he once had, is not there.....
Is it that he's not playing with a solid Tuck & Osi? Could a change in defensive coordinator help him play better?
It's almost as mysterious as Nicks' performance dropping off a cliff last year.
BTW, Strahan didn't break out until his 5th season.
But he cannot be THE man in the defense, not even on the DL itself.
HJ ever the contrarian. Smarter than everyone. Dude work on a new act.
JPP wants out of here. That's pretty clear. Rats jumping ship.
Fewell is a better DC Lewis but not by much. Guy never seems to get anything extra out of his guys. And one or two injuries always seem to result in chaos.
JPP isn't playing up to his talent level. Some of that is on him but he seems to be the type of guy who needs to be pushed.
Since 2012, JPP has become the Adrien Robinson of Defensive Ends...not the other way around.
All have come back to earth (or crashed), and we are left we a losing team...
All have come back to earth (or crashed), and we are left we a losing team...
Jimmy, do you think it was like a Damn Yankees deal, you know, Lola and the devil and all? :)
- the JPP field goal block vs. Dallas
- the Cruz 99-yard TD vs Jets
- two fumbled punt recoveries vs SF
- Chase Blackburn of all people intercepting Brady's jump ball in the Superbowl
you never know...
Since 2012, JPP has become the Adrien Robinson of Defensive Ends...not the other way around.
LOL