HawkFan72":1u9nrk12 said:
This is the first game since his rookie year that he actually stood out to me. He was making plays all over the field. His best game as a Seahawk. Hopefully the improvements stick!
I think Irvin is finally learning to be a football player. The game is slowing down a little for him, finally.
All the guy's done is work his ass off, coming in as a raw athlete/prospect without a lot of technique and experience in college, or even HS, for that matter After a couple years of being coached up by Pete & co, he's learning to read plays, use good technique, and is starting to look like a football player.
Gotta say it was a shocker to have the announcers talk about how well Irvin was setting the edge vs. the run, because I'm used to him being *used* by O-Linemen in the run game.
We don't win the NFCCG vs. 49ers without Irvin there spying on Kraepernick on key plays, preventing big runs, especially a couple plays in that final drive. Guaranteed, Kraepernick knew who he was and where he was and knew he'd get caught, so he threw instead of ran. Irvin's had a lot of ongoing key contributions, just not always flashy ones involving sacks.