Where have you gone, Chris Clemons?

[Erebus]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

 

[VivaEfrenHerrera]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

CC thrusts his belly in your general direction.

 

[Chrome_Seahawk]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

He's still there and is getting great penetration - sometimes he's just moving the QB up or out in the pocket and causing QB hurries and in other cases is setting up other linemen for sacks.

 

[ClumsyLurk]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

CC thrusts his belly in your general direction.

I like to call this Air Lovin

 

[Pandion Haliaetus]

Clemons hasn't gone anywhere, he's just not the first one to the QB anymore.

Plus, imo Clemons gets held a lot.

 

[OneLofaTatupu]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

He's still there and is getting great penetration - sometimes he's just moving the QB up or out in the pocket and causing QB hurries and in other cases is setting up other linemen for sacks.

This ^

 

[CANHawk]

Yep, he's still there and still doing great. Only difference now is that he's not the only one getting home. Bennett and Avril are getting fantastic penetration. So is Mebane actually. He might be a little slowed up from the ACL, but it's not too terribly noticeable. Clem's still a very bad man...

"Sacks" is one of those individual stats that isn't reeely an individual stat. Like rushing yards, you aren't getting there without some help from your friends. We're getting pressure from all sides and angles now, where before it was really only Clem. So now when the QB runs away from Clem, they run right into Avril or Bennett, or steps up into Mebane. That's what you WANT! We have 33 team sacks this year with 4 games to go. We had 36 all last year. We're on pace for 44 team sacks this year.

Things are going just fine.

 

[mikeak]

Other teams move the pocket around to minimize the pressure on the qb

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Clemons gets held probably twenty times a game.

 

[SmokinHawk]

Dude gets held on pretty much every play. Not sure what more to expect from the guy. He may not have the numbers but he is still a force.

 

[dusktreader]

Also, you can bet teams are scheming against Clemon's rush, and consequently opening things up for the rest of our D-line.

 

[Missing_Clink]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

CC thrusts his belly in your general direction.

But that's Mebane

 

[niveky]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

CC thrusts his belly in your general direction.

But that's Mebane

First thing I said to myself..was just scrolling down to see if anyone decided to point that out before i did....someone should have way before that....

 

[VivaEfrenHerrera]

We miss you. You could make our defense go from really good to all time great.

CC thrusts his belly in your general direction.

But that's Mebane

Excellent point by you! (I blame poor memory compounded by faulty googling.) I hang my head in fannish shame...