I'm not buying into Hughes at all, people are fooling themselves if they think he is any good. He is terrible at setting the edge and holding up against the run, and he is a mediocre pass rusher. He just doesn't do enough, you can find guys like that anywhere.
I knows he flashed some in preseason play, but he does that every year. He had 1.5 sacks as a rookie in preseason and proceeded to make no impact at all. He had 3 sacks in preseason in 2012, then went out and had 4 sacks the entire year on a bad defense that needed play-making ability badly. Now he has 3 more sacks in preseason, but he will disappear again like he always does.
Preseason is not the real thing. Hughes is basically a little-bigger version of Aaron Maybin. Do you think Indy would have dumped him if he had any real ability to contribute? They play the same defense as the Bills and gave up on the guy, because he can't do enough. He will flash and make a play every 3-4 games, and then do nothing else the rest of the time. He has middle-of-the-road ability as a pass-rush specialist, but offers nothing else. You can pick guys like him up off the street.
I knows he flashed some in preseason play, but he does that every year. He had 1.5 sacks as a rookie in preseason and proceeded to make no impact at all. He had 3 sacks in preseason in 2012, then went out and had 4 sacks the entire year on a bad defense that needed play-making ability badly. Now he has 3 more sacks in preseason, but he will disappear again like he always does.
Preseason is not the real thing. Hughes is basically a little-bigger version of Aaron Maybin. Do you think Indy would have dumped him if he had any real ability to contribute? They play the same defense as the Bills and gave up on the guy, because he can't do enough. He will flash and make a play every 3-4 games, and then do nothing else the rest of the time. He has middle-of-the-road ability as a pass-rush specialist, but offers nothing else. You can pick guys like him up off the street.
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