Originally Posted by
colin
i voted houghs, but meant to vote mario. houghs is super disruptive, but like many above i feel like he's eating of the plate the rest of the line put together for him.
that said, i think houghs is basically a young robert mathis. a guy who was an overly aggressive "one trick pony" who has turned into what he was meant to be. he played with mathis too, so i think he might have picked up some tricks. what impresses me most this year about him is his motor and his physicality. he's the only guy on the line who isn't basically always stronger than the guy he's lined up against, but he doesn't care and is willing to put his body into it and attack. if we keep this line together and get decent back ups (i think we have some, but they might need to be replaced as they leave) he can be a destructive force for good.
that guy on the ravens line when they won in 2k, bouleware i think, was like that. smaller faster but still power guy who cashed in on monster physical freaks beside him. i'm worried we will waste our once in a long time D line talent on a bad year/offense, but with kiko coming back, bradham and preston as our backers next year, this front 7 can set us up for a while longer.