Where is Barwin?

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Maybe, but that also sounds like typical Kubiak protecting his guy and trying to cover up a guy who's just not producing much. I recall people always calling BS when he did this with Mario and would say in his press conference after Mario didn't show up in the stat sheet that he was playing great and getting double-teamed all the time.

And to stay with Mario, as best I can recall, when the topic was moving Mario to OLB, everyone talked about how Wade's defense was designed to allow the OLBs to rush the passer nonstop and that they were the primary beneficiaries of the scheme and pointed to the ridiculous numbers Ware is able to put up in Dallas as proof of how Wade creates a bunch of opportunities for his OLBs.

The big difference in Kubiak protecting his guys before and now, is before he was protecting members of a losing team, and now he is saying a member of the best defense in the NFL is playing well.

I saw a quote from Barwin that all the defensive guys are joking about how it's a race to try to beat Watt to the QB. So if Watt wins that race every time and he finishes with 30 sacks (his current pace) and the team gets 52 (current pace) on the top rated defense, I'll defend Barwin all season long.