Yeah, ovie has been better about holding the edge in the run game this year (still not great) but he rushes way too far up field and takes himself out of the play. Our front 7 is much improved, but he and Ford are the two biggest weak links right now. It would be nice to see some of the freshman eat into Obie’s snap count as the year goes on.
Collins is still way too boom or bust. He gets some nice pressures, but he gets washed out way too often. It’s ridiculous that a guy with his physical skills can’t hold up more consistently.
The biggest difference between our DL this year and last year is that they’re using their hands to control the blockers. We saw very little shedding last year like you see in those two clips. There was way too much standing up straight and being passive last year. The leverage and hand usage is much improved two games in. The most infuriating thing about last year is that we had the talent on the DL to be performing at this level, but we weren’t even close.