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David Levine -> RE: General Vikes Talk (8/8/2020 10:26:36 AM)
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Here is Patterson's full quote about Stephen:
“I always go back to last year when we played the Dallas Cowboys,” Patterson said. “They have the number one offensive line in the league and one of the top running backs in the league and we played that game with Shamar Stephen and Armon Watts and Jaleel Johnson and they played great that night. We have great competition in that room at that position and I think we're going to be just fine.”
In that game against Dallas, Watts made his debut and had three run stops and a QB pressure in just four snaps and it was the only game in which Shamar Stephen had multiple QB pressures. Patterson was defensive about suggestions that Stephen is a weak link on the defense and went into great detail about the difference between a defensive tackle who is asked to penetrate the offensive line and one whose job is sticking the guard in his place.
“People write stuff about Shamar Stephen, and I get it because everybody just looks at stats, but if you watch film and you ask Eric Kendricks if he had to pick anybody to go to the game with that he'd make sure that guy was there, I guarantee he'd tell you it's 93 because 93 is not going to let anybody get to the second level and block Eric,” Patterson explained. “They're doing what we coach them to do. Some people take that three technique role, and that guy's a penetrating guy. He's trying to get in the backfield and get tackles for losses and is better on his pass rush because he's moving forward, but we don't ask our guy to do that. We ask our guy to keep Eric Kendricks free. We want to flatten out the line of scrimmage. Don't let any linemen leave the line of scrimmage, the inside guys, and let Eric free.”
https://purpleinsider.substack.com/p/camp-rundown-dts-knocks-on-wood-and
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