The Hogster wrote:I'm with LPJ. Landry got trucked. It happens. Landry is a powerful hitter, but he got macked on that play. Looking at him now, I don't think it will happen again.
If a guy bucks you over but trips down while stepping on top of you, it still gets filed under the title "JACKED UP" lol
The best part of it was how Jacobs went back to the huddle like it was just another day at the office. If that was Landry laying the hit, he would have stood over the player jawing about it. There were times last year where he got beat on a pass coverage for a 1st down and he would make a routine tackle, then stand over the guy flappin his gums. It was embarassing. Man, if you get beat for a first down, don't embarrass your team like that. Classless.
I'll also say, Landry got trucked by Jacobs partly because he used poor technique. He was trying to take his 215# and bowl over Jacobs' 260+# by driving his shoulder into Jacobs high driving thigh. Not smart. Several problems with this. One, even if he had caught Jacobs off balance, all he would have accomplished is a stalemate bounce where Jacobs probably would have continued running.
If Landry would have attempted to wrap Jacobs, roll and twist his legs out from under him, Jacobs would have gone down. Landry seems obsessed with the knock out punch. Until he starts playing like a safety and using tackling skills, taking proper angles and putting a higher priority on ending the play than making the highlight reel, he will continue to be a disappointment. I hope Haslett takes some time trying to develop him this year.