Asking the tough questions: Lattimore & Cam Jordan

Lattimore by most accounts showed up out of shape, heavy and spent the off-season eating the cheese. I believe he even admitted it in an article about week 8. His was definitely a case of the sophomore jinx, and I doubt it will happen again.

Jordan I love, but he’s always been more of an all around DE, not strictly a pass rusher. He is super strong, tenacious, and never gives up. But even coming out of college wasn’t super fast. However, with the sack increases all across the line, it’s as good as anything. If the opposing team doubles Jordan, Rankins and Onyemata came with the pressure. Also, if you believe Andy Reid talking about defenses, for most of the season there simply wasn’t enough time for an outside pass rusher to get tot he QB. With the changes in minimizing hits and contact, balls were out before a DE could take the 7-8 steps to pressure a QB. Reid remarked going forward the DT position is more valuable because it’s 3-4 steps and they are in the QBs face.