Daily Slop: Players React to London Fletcher Pro-Bowl Snub; Jarvis Jenkins Ahead of Schedule
by Kevin Ewoldt on Dec 28, 2011 9:00 AM EST
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London Fletcher: Snubbed by the Pro Bowl? - The Insider
Twitter reacts to news that the NFL’s leading tackler didn’t make the Pro Bowl. (Great collection of tweets here from Schefter, Skins players, beat writers, and former players).
Jarvis Jenkins expected to take part in spring workouts - The Insider
Jenkins’ recovery has gone well. In late October, defensive coordinator Jim Haslett estimated that if Jenkins had not been placed on injured reserve, he probably could have returned to action by December.
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Willie Smith (-3.1) struggled, especially with Jared Allen (a sack, a hit and two pressures conceded to him alone), while right guard Chris Chester (+0.8) gave up his first sack of the year to Kevin Williams. Otherwise though the line was able to handle the Vikings’ pass-rushers, with backup left guard Maurice Hurt (+3.8) having by far his best day with no pressures given up and some solid run blocking, and much-maligned right tackle Jamaal Brown (+3.4) putting in the best performance we’ve ever seen from him (and the first time all year he’s only allowed one pressure). Center Will Montgomery (-0.3) was also perfect in pass protection, but struggled in run blocking.
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Torain was slow to the hole. And those tenths of a second mean the difference between an attempted arm tackle by a defender or a player who can now wrap up – with help. Evan Royster was typically a couple tenths of a second faster to the hole and he was in position to break tackles. Torain almost needed to run over guys because the extra time enabled them to fill a gap.
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"It’s depressing," nose tackle Barry Cofield said after the loss. "The way we got trampled, it’s the worst defense we played all year. When teams run the ball like that, it hurts me personally. It’s very disappointing, especially coming off of last week where we played well [against the Giants]."
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Jarvis Jenkins: "OK, tell me whos pro bowl material based on stats. FLETCHER 163 tackles, 3FF, 2 Sacks, 2 INT; URLACHER 92 Tackles, 0 FF, 0 Sacks, 3 INT." Yeah, that's tough to argue
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This is a kick in the nuts.
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Regarding the Pro bowl
Carlos Rogers and Andre Carter are in after leaving the Redskins, London Fletcher is not going to the Pro bowl again.
It just goes to show that and the world of the NFL, you have to win to get any kind of respect for your team, your franchise, and your players.
Hopefully, the Redskins will finally find themselves in that company of respect very soon.
The world looks mighty different when you're peeking out your belly button
The Pro Bowl is officially dog shit
Jarvis Jenkins: “OK, tell me whos pro bowl material based on stats. FLETCHER 163 tackles, 3FF, 2 Sacks, 2 INT; URLACHER 92 Tackles, 0 FF, 0 Sacks, 3 INT.” Yeah, that’s tough to argue
Prime example of why the Pro Bowl is garbage. If it’s not about teams, then it’s about individual performances, right? Then how does a scrub like Urlacher beat out Fletcher, huh? Oh that’s right, this is a popularity contest, like voting for class president. They need to rename the fucking thing to the Pop Bowl and be done with it.
Fletcher not being in the Pro Bowl is one of the many reasons why “fan voting” is garbage. It is such garbage that shouldn’t exist. Just have the players vote on all-star games, in all professional sports and call it a day.
Fletcher has what, more tackles than anyone in the game since 2000, and he’s made two Pro-Bowls? Yeah, and people have told me all-star games are worth watching…
Get rid of “fan voting” now!!! Actually, it never should have happened because fans by and large are idiots when it comes to this kind of stuff.
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I agree with everyone's take...
the fact that fans vote makes the ProBowl irrelevant. My only point, if I was a player, would not to attach ANY bonus $ to making the ProBowl. This is not politics. No one should have to kiss babies to make a bonus.
Yeah. this is a joke.
Lance Briggs and Urlacher combined are not enough to beat London Fletcher.
Speaking of Lance Briggs...
Lance Briggs:
100 tackles, 0 sacks, 3 turnovers (2 forced fumbles, 1 interception)
Ryan Kerrigan:
61 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 5 turnovers (4 forced fumbles, 1 interception), 1 TD
And nobody can point to the tackles because LOOK AT FLETCHERS FUCKING TOTALS COMPARED TO BRIAN BALLSNIFFER! Honestly, I don’t even know why we get outraged at this point. The Pro Bowl has been and always will be a sham.
I don't think it really matters, London will go into the Hall of Fame anyway.
I see it as more cushion for the pushin'
That’s fine and all (see: Taylor, Fred) as another example, though not quite Hall of Fame, but just another snub year after year, but what if like jgibbsfan1 alluded to above, that Fletcher has money tied up in Pro-Bowl appearances?
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or more recently darren sproles…who has 2500 yards from scrimmage three years in a row. no one in NFL history has ever done that
by les boulez bomber on Dec 28, 2011 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
I'm also happy to see that our offensive line grade out well.
That’s the kind of running game you use with a rookie QB, say like a Robert Griffin III.
I see it as more cushion for the pushin'
His style of play concerns me
Don’t get me wrong, I won’t be upset if we draft him (provided we don’t trade up for him) but he strikes me as the type who could turn out to be an incredible bust or end up injured very early in his career….
by SkinsOsTerps on Dec 28, 2011 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
Not me.
I love his play, and if we have to trade up for him then so be it.
As a team, you don’t want to be this close to the top of the draft again, so while there take a QB that can change your team.
If not you might be mediocre, go 8-8 and the top QBs next year are out of reach.
I see it as more cushion for the pushin'
I'm really not into trading draft picks
the top teams in the NFL only do it very rarely and I feel like I’ve seen that movie too many times before… you know the one where we trade half our picks for that “can’t miss” guy…
by SkinsOsTerps on Dec 28, 2011 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
London should be in
Its a joke that he didn’t make it. Stats alone show he is worthy and if you watch him play anyone can see how great he is at his position.
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