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Originally Posted by htismaqe
DOD didn't get a lot of snaps but he made a couple of pretty egregious mistakes. I'll leave it there.
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Yeah, sub guys don't really factor into my calculus on stuff like that; if you don't play 40% of the snaps, it's hard to really lump you in with guys playing 70%+.
But man he got roasted on that 3rd down play over the middle; pretty sure it was a 3rd. He looked like he got caught completely off guard by the possibility of a simple crossing route - flat footed as hell.
I'm not sure what he thought his responsibility was there but that's EXACTLY the kind of play he can make on this defense that could make him hugely valuable and he just wasn't ready for it.
This was the first game he's been involved in where I don't remember him coming up with an impact play. He had a hold where he got fooled a bit by the route and then that play over the middle. That's about the extent of his contributions I can recall. Definitely a bit of a step-back game for DoD.
But we're gonna need to keep sending him out there because he's the only chance we have to keep James White from going off for 200 total yards and 3 scores in the post-season. He needs to learn.