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Originally Posted by milkman
Let's be honest here.
Ford has only made any real impact against 3rd string tackles as a pass rusher.
He's improved against the run, and has had a couple of passes defensed, but he has not developed as a pass rusher and is not generating any kind of consistent pressure, and as you stated, is not finishing when he does.
That simply is not good enough.
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He could've been Justin Houston and we'd have lost both of the games we lost still.
My points is that he's taking far more heat than he deserves. People are still trying to argue that Zombo is a better player and acting like the guys on the other side of the ball aren't getting paid to play this game as well. He's not a great player and isn't likely to ever be a great player, but he's been servicable and hasn't been the reason we've lost any of the games we've lost.
You see more shit thrown at him on Twitter during the game than virtually anybody else on the roster, as though getting blocked out is a mortal sin. It's just ridiculous. Hell, it's not like he was even a top 10 pick; most guys taken where he was taken AREN'T Marcus Peters. If you get a servicable player, you're doing fine.
If he had a full season worth of playing time, he'd be a 10 sack guy, IMO. That's pretty damn decent.