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Originally Posted by O.city
Well, thru 5 games Karlaftis hasn't exactly popped off the screen much. He's made a few plays, but is it a stretch to say he's been a bit underwhelming?
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Not really - this is the kind of player he is. He's not a flashy guy; he's a lunchpail SDE who will win some reps with effort.
I think it was Matt Derrick who said he was going to set the franchise rookie sack record - I just never saw that.
He's been good. He's been solid in the run and at least someone you have to account for on the rush. I think he's got about 15 pressures thus far and while 3/gm isn't world altering, it's solid. Crosby's at about 4/gm (22 total).
Speaking of Crosby - the Raiders have got to get some DE depth. I mean I remember vividly the 2 sacks and one of his hurries in the first quarter(ish) of that game. In TOTAL he had 2 sacks and 2 hurries. So after that 1st quarter flurry where he just wrecked Wylie coming and going, he only had one hurry from that point forward.
And some of that HAS to be fatigue. Guy's already at 314 snaps on the season. Those are DB numbers. You can't ask him to keep doing that.