Originally posted by LoneWolf:
No surprise there..................
Did you expect anything else out of me?
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Originally posted by LoneWolf:
No surprise there..................
Originally posted by GNielsen:
@buck:
No question about it. Demarcus Ware is an unbelievably good NFL player - absolutely top five in the league defensively. But I also think lots of fans around the league and quite a few Niner fans I've seen are underestimating Aldon Smith. He's only entering his third season, but if it's another one like the first two, he deserves to be considered close to the top of the bunch if not at the top.
Originally posted by BrianGO:
Aldon Smith makes some things look so easy, that it is dismissed as nothing.
The perfect example of this is with Justin Smiths "hook" move to open up a lane. People act as if this is some new play that has just come around. As if Justin Smith is the only one capable of pulling it off. The fact is, this play has been around forever, other players can do it as well as Justin Smith can, its just that Aldon gets around the edge so fast, and makes it look so easy, that everyone ignores the fact that he deserves credit for these plays.
Most of Aldon's sacks come from destroying people one-on-one (as is true with JJ Watt, Von Miller etc). Aldon also makes plays in the run game. He makes them look so easy, that sometimes people just assume it was a missed block and Aldon deserves no credit. I don't think people realize just how much ground this guy covers with his long step. It reminds me of Julian Peterson except he has an enormous amount of power to go along with his cat-like agility.
Originally posted by 5280High:
Just rewatched the packers and falcons playoff games, to say Aldon fell off after Justin went down just isnt true. He may not have registered a sack in the playoffs, but he forced fumbles, made tackles behind the line of scrimmage and was constantly in the QB's face. What gets overlooked is that in the final stretch he faced some damn good QBs who are good at getting rid of the ball and not taking sacks, but his impact was definitely felt.
Originally posted by buck:
ALL PRO
There are three 2012 All-Pro Teams—one each named by the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers Association (PFWA), and Sporting News—for performance in the 2012 NFL season. None of the teams are officially sanctioned by the NFL, but I think, and I may well be wrong, the Associated Press team is more highly regarded.
Two outside linebackers made all three of the teams; Von Miller and Aldon Smith.
DeMarcus Ware made the Sporting News All Pro team, and the Associated Press's second team.
The NFL Top 100
7. Aldon Smith (fan ranking 22)
12. DeMarcus Ware (fan ranking 38)
Just some more opinions.
Originally posted by buck:
Some still argue that Aldon is not a well rouonded linebacker; that his run defense is weak.
Here are the top five linebackers in sacks with total yards lost.
1. Aldon Smith-19.5--145 yards
2. Von Miller-18.5--130 yards
3. Cameron Wake-15--92 yards
4. DeMarcus Ware-11.5--64 yards
5. Elvis Dumervil11--83 yards
Here are same 5 linebackers with their tackle numbers.
1. Von Miller--55--13-68
2. Aldon Smith-- 50--16--66
3. DeMarcus Ware--33--23--56
4. Cameron Wake--38--15--53
5. Elvis Dumervil--32--22--54
I have also noticed that now some people are saying that Aldon's numbers are a by product not only of playing behind Justin Smith, but also of playing along side of Willis and Bowman. The argument seems to continue expanding. If I remember correctly, some also has added that some of the sacks are because the secondary is forcing the quarterbacks to hold the ball longer.
There is no denying that all of the above factors do indeed help Aldon Smith do his job better, I just find it odd that I never hear similar remarks being made about any other of our Pro Bowl players.
The same 49er players who have contributed to Aldon's success did vote him the team's Most Valuable Player.
I just going to guess that they think Aldon is in fact deserving of the acclaim that he has gotten, no that he has earned, in his two years in the league.
edit: The stats is this post came from ESPN.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/defense/sort/sacks/year/2012/seasontype/2