tigerfan88

I think the whole thing is one big time quasi troll.

- it’s seven sacks.
-he missed five games.
-he has very good pressure rate stats (more important stat than sacks).
-No coincidence that six of Cam’s 8.5 sacks have come since Young started playing. Other D-linemen as well. Young is someone other teams have to account for which frees up other guys, and his pressures cause the QB to try to scramble leading to cleanup sacks.
-you have no idea how positional value works in the NFL. $17m for an above average d-end is an incredibly good contract. And Young has been borderline elite since he came back from
Injury.

Rebuttal:

Our best DE is Chase young. Defense is night and day from when he came back.

We’ve been good against the run for the past couple of months.

Our running backs are all injured. Miller and Neal both showed promise when healthy.

We also had a lot of plays because the jets couldn’t move the ball. But yeah we have no running backs and our tackles are way better than our guards, which means passing usually easier than running

Sorry 320 total yards in three quarters is boring to you

I mean he’s just coming back from injury.

Once again Arsenal expected goals was 1.61 better than Everton. City was 1.12 expected goals better than West Ham.

City is riding some absurd expected goals luck on both ends of the pitch the last few weeks that is drastically shaping people’s view of the season.

If both teams keep playing like this I still favor Arsenal to get it done. Especially with Havertz and Gabi to return

Its three main reasons apart from the intangible stuff like the wins and comebacks.

1) Shough’s physical tools are clearly much more easily translatable to success at the NFL level. Especially compared to Rattler, his height and size are a major difference maker as far as ability to see the field under pressure and escape a collapsing pocket/break tackles. Rattler also had issues with fumbles that I would assume is related to his hand size.

2) Garbage time stats for Rattler. Outside of a couple games a lot of Rattler’s production came in relative garbage time. We would get down 14 points or so and just kind of hover between 14-17 points down. A lot of games where we’d get down 17-0 and then end up losing 30-16 and looking back a month later Rattler has ok stats.

3) Style of play. This is the main one. As others have said Rattler really struggled to throw guys open, especially over the middle of the field. A lot of his throws were on comeback routes where he didn’t have to worry about complex anticipation and reading a defense. Or he would break pocket contain and hit someone who had broken wide open in a scramble drill. Those are valuable skills but it’s not something that can consistently move the ball and we saw it. Comparatively Shough is hitting guys up the seam and over the middle in just classic 3 step/5 step drop fashion, looking off defenders, reading coverages. It’s night and day.

Mainstream internet Arsenal fans can make the rant seem sane at times.

Calling for Arteta’s head when we’re first in the premier league and first in the champions league because we had an off week at the end of a brutal stretch of games with brutal injury luck is so utterly moronic.

Same for any player at this stage, but especially the manager. Jesus Christ.

For sure, would be huge if they could hold on and keep being productive for another couple of years to give us more time to find replacements.

But replacing two players, one of him is a rotational DE, does not constitute an “aging defense.”

How is the d-line in shambles exactly? It could use some interior depth and edge upgrade opposite Young but far from “shambles.”

O-line we need interior upgrades for sure but if McCoy can stay healthy you’ve got three average-above average starters.

Skill position we also need upgrades but Vele and Johnson coming on in the last month is big. Olave/Vele/Johnson/Miller/Neal is an ok starting point. Add another 2-3 guys through draft and FA.