Hes an edge setter. Big DE. What Paschals job was. Just contain. Keep everything infront of you and let the LBs and DBs make the play.
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That our secondary was so beat to shit that teams threw on us more than running?
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Running downs they had
Lacy, Reader, Williams/McNeil, Hutch on the DL.
And the 3 Lbs were always on the field.
They couldnât stop a nose bleed
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Nope. It means we used AQM on 3rd downs and in passing situations. He was rarely on the field on 1st down or in short yardage situations.
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Was mostly being facetious because we continuously ignore the side opposite Hutch every year and say stupid things like âweâre goodâ when most people know full well that weâre not.
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We had Davenport , paschal and levi were good (they played a combined like 15% of snaps)
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AQM and Wonnum combined would actually have been a pretty good defensive end. Wonnum does the dirty work on early downs and AQM cleans up the QB. We need to replace the AQM role for sure
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All-22 film study:
https://youtu.be/b5R7EsSUCK4
From the Freep on why Wonnum over AQM.
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Muhammadâs deal is really a one-year, $4 million contract with another $2 million available in incentives. Wonnumâs contract is not yet filed so itâs impossible to compare true dollar figures â and while theyâll probably end up being similar, they donât really matter in this case.
The Lions viewed Muhammad as a designated pass rusher more than an every down defensive end. He never started a game last season despite injuries at the position, played just 40% of the Lionsâ defensive snaps and was on the field for only 82 run plays, according to the NFLâs Next Gen stats.
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Wonnum, by comparison, has topped 50% play time in all six of his NFL seasons, and played a career-high 83% of defensive snaps in games he was active with the Minnesota Vikings in 2023, according to Pro Football Reference. Last year, Wonnum played 665 defensive snaps to Muhammadâs 420, with 264 of Wonnumâs coming on run downs.
Muhammad was more effective than Wonnum as a pass rusher last season by every metric, per Next Gen Stats. He had more sacks, more pressures (59 to Wonnumâs 28), a higher pressure percentage (18.1% to 8%), a quicker get-off (.91 seconds to .92 seconds) and took less time to get pressure on opposing quarterbacks (3.03 seconds to Wonnumâs 3.41 seconds).
Wonnum was more effective against the run â he had 26 run stops to Muhammadâs four. And while it canât be ignored he had far more opportunity to make plays against the run, Wonnum is a better fit as the âcan crusherâ the Lions like to use in the big-end spot opposite Hutchinson.
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Many night there TDY for live fire small arms testing as could shoot the MK19, .50 cal etcâŚ
And many nights at that other place near by
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My first duty station was Bitburg AB west Germany 88-91
Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe
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I mean Wonnum is exactly the sort I would think the Lions want at this DE spot. Which is why Iâve been talking about Keldric Faulk. And if you want a 4-2-5 or whatever next year, which we might have to go to without AA, you need big guys like this to stand up to the run with fewer guys in the box.
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Both Wonnum and Muhammadâs contracts ended up being grossly over reported. Wonnum was only 3 mil.
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anyway always liked his name, and seems HE can disrupt a QB !!