1) The Owen Daniels play you mention happened at 8:31 in the first quarter. I know you won't believe this, but that hit was absolutely Salaam's responsibility. He chose to double Pitts's man and leave Daniels hanging out trying to block the defensive end one on one. The TE is supposed to help the tackle, not vice versa. Salaam blew his assignment and Carr was hit as he threw into quad coverage. Even if (and that's a big if) he was supposed to double Pitts's man then turn to the end he did it much too slowly.
I said the same thing when Lundy allowed the hit on David...... Kevin Mathis on Wali Lundy, can you imagine?? But people here said Wali screwed up, and he was given credit for that sack....
But a tight-end should be able to do better than what Owen did on that play(and he usually does) as been said before, we don't know who was responsible for what, we can only talk about what we see. I'd bet Daniels will get the blame on that one all by his lonesome.
For anyone else who wants to see the play, this is the INT David threw early in the game.
2) At 9:15 in the second quarter Salaam's man nailed Carr and it was taken back because of a poor call in the Texans' favor. I'll bet you Carr still felt it though. I'm also sure Salaam didn't get a "good job" in the film review of that play.
I didn't know how to count that hit, or what to say. That was the low blow by KyleVandenbosh..... David looks like he decides to take off, and VandenBosh grabs a leg.
had David stayed in the pocket, and KVB was no where near David, he would have been able to step into the pocket, and throw the ball. Salaam wasn't beat on that play, David try to run past Salaam, and Salaam's man came off his block and got David, after he was already down. thanks to KVB....
Yes, David still felt it, but no, I didn't count it.......
3) After that came the hit that caused the fumble with 8 seconds left. Salaam's man had a hit on that play as you said.
4) At 12:07 in the third quarter Salaam's man blows by him and forces the fumble that gets Carr benched. Salaam's man is the only player who touched Carr.
Yes, I was wrong. I hadn't rewatched the second half till today..... figuring David was only in for a few plays, what are the odds that Salaam allowed a hit on David in that short time.
but you are correct, LaBoy beats him(with a great move) David is sacked, and we lose possesion of the football.
I stopped re-watching at this point, because we are talking about the hits Salaam allowed on Carr and Carr was then out of the game.
By my count in a little over one half of play that was four hits on Carr by Salaam's man. I have to assume you would get dicey and say #1 and # 2 don't count. That still leaves two clear hits in a little over one half.
Are you standing by the conclusion that he gave up no hits against Dallas and Jacksonville? Your argument looks pretty weak to me already since he gave up four in a little over a half against Tennessee.
Consider it denied.
I still count 2 hits from Salaam's man...... not great, but not as bad as what is being said. I would stand by no hits from Salaam's man in the Dallas game, Jacksonville, I need to go rewatch...... which isn't a bad game to rewatch.
Now you rewatched the Tennessee game, you say 4 hits from Salaam's man. Is that good?? or bad?? do we expect Salaam to shut down his man on every play??
We didn't time any of these hits.. should we take that into consideration, or are they supposed to maintain their blocks until the whistle blows??
These 4 hits would constitute hits & pressures coming from Salaam's man.. right?? Did you see anything else get past Salaam as you rewatched the game??
David dropped back 25/28 times, how do you judge Salaam's game based on the 4 hits??
Did you see the poor game Flanagan had?? how many times he got beat?? Aren't you curious as to why Flanagan hasn't been discussed in this whole fiasco??
