2032889, I wasn't bashing him so much as acknowledging what went down Posted by Beamer6178, Wed Sep-12-12 10:21 AM
>He was left to handle Clay Matthews by himself a lot this >game and when Matthews is right he can be a beast of a pass >rusher. Matthews had a down year last season but his >combination of speed and power off the edge is pretty elite. >Throw in the difficulty of playing the first full game of the >season on the road in a place like Lambeau which can make it >hard to hear snap counts, and playing basically the entire >game with a broken nose which causes a number of distractions >and Staley was put in a pretty tough spot on Sunday. > >Staley is a solid LT but not a great one. Good technique in >the run game, very athletic in getting to the second level, >and very assignment-sound in pass protection. But he >struggles against powerful pass-rushers who can get him >off-balance. He'll have some bad games against good >pass-rushers but he'll generally get the job done and I think >he'll be considerably better next week.
Clay ate his shit. Not saying anyone could have done better, just that it was glaring.
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