I was ready to write this kid off but he's been fairly solid in his role the past few weeks. Might be some hope yet that he'll be something good.

Yeah, sometimes it takes a while. I'm struggling to remember his name, but I remember a pass rusher that the cheating Donks gave up on a few years ago and let him walk. He signed with the Bucs and led the league in sacks the next year. Lol. Loved seeing that happen to the Donks.

Sounds like Shaquil Barrett

It’s the Tamba effect.

Great game today. Hopefully this payoff experience and success is something he use as a confidence builder and springboard for next season.

Yea, rust is a thing... Once we got up 8 after a couple of good drives, Andy went conservative again, which is Ok, save some for next week. I thought the defense got their legs the last quarter and a half and looked good. I think we will be ready next week.

It was nice to see us use worthy effectively.

So Felix played around 30% of the snaps last year. He had about 40 more snaps overall than Omenihu.

2.5 sacks
10 pressures (Karlaftis had 30 on same site)
7 QB hits
6 TFL
3 hurries
4 QB knockdowns

That’s pretty damn good for getting only 30% of the snaps. I don’t get it. Danna played 581 snaps to Felix’s 344.

It seemed like Felix was a liability in run defense his first year then got better this year? This is such a bizarre pick to me bc it makes me wonder if Spags wasn’t the biggest fan of his and Veach took him anyway based upon potential? We saw this with Josh Uche and Cam Thomas.

I really think this kid needs more time on the field. To me he’s shown he can be a 5 or so sack solid role player at worst. He got better this year but barely played.

Interesting data. Do you know what his rate numbers are (e.g. pressure rate, sack rate, etc?).

Would be curious to see the comparison to Omenihu, Danna, & George if they all had the same snap counts.

Can we see stats per snap? Not trying to make you do a bunch of algebra, but genuinely curious how the rates all compare.

If he keeps improving, he’ll be a fine player.

Maybe not what you want from a first rounder, but Rice filled that void nicely.

He’s kind of the anti-CEH. Everyone loved CEH after his first few games, but then started to fall off (the injuries didn’t help). Now, everyone hates him.

I feel that FAU can steadily improve and be a player that people come to like over time.

Khalen Saunders was nothing until his last season with us.

We got FAU when he was 21. Some guys need time.

He can be a fine player. I’ll take it

I have confidence that we'll get effective play out of him next year. Probably not first round expectation but solid contribution.

Kinda wonder if the holdup with Omenihu is they’ve told him Felix is going to start this year or at least have a much bigger role.

There’s only so many snaps to go around and if you’re trying to get paid like Omenihu is, a 1-yr deal where you won’t start isn’t a great fit.

Just a theory for now. I’d understand and be happy if they think Felix is ready. Draft a DE to replace Charles if so.

Thats before or after Omenihu came back?

I'm holding out hope for Felix but Omenihu is a real NFL player and Felix is just a whatever that we cope with because of his age I guess. Maybe his first step gets faster as he gets older type of cope? IDK