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Reply to "Ryan Wood on a tweet about Blake Martinez"

slowmo posted:

Martinez is good at getting calls in and setting the defense, although we do seem to have mixups in the back end (like yesterday on a long completion when King was playing zone and everybody else man to man)

He's an unsung hero on the last play of he game, he saw that Fackrell was on the wrong side of Clark and moved him over prior to snap.  Fackrell hadn't even arrived at the right spot when the snap went off---he actually was in the gap between the center and guard, still standing up,  and was able to slip into the backfield and get a piece of CMC.  That slowed CMC and allowed Peston Smith to  grab him from behind.

Fackrell, while not having last year's sack numbers, is having a productive season, so far. He is disruptive in the backfield and is in on a lot of QB pressures with the Smiths. He is a sure tackler, too. He needs some coaching to tune his skill set, but overall, I like his performance on the field alongside the Smiths.

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