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PurpleKoolaid wrote:way to earn the big bucks Jennings.

PurpleKoolaid wrote:way to earn the big bucks Jennings.

soflavike wrote:Robison still looked pretty weak to me against the Bucs. Griffen is playing lights-out

PurpleKoolaid wrote:Wow, the Steelers have some ugly uniforms.

Purple bruise wrote: Not sure why all the continued disdain for BR but he seemed to play a decent game today and made a cruical sack at a crucial time of the game. He probably was rotated in and out of the line-up numerous times. So unless you somehow was able to focus in on him everytime he was in then were did you see him looking "pretty Weak"

soflavike wrote: I was watching Robison closely today. He was being neutralized pretty effectively by the Bucs right guard, with no double teams. Yes, he had a sack when the QB stepped up past his right shoulder and he lunged back at him and made a good play, and he also had a nice pressure on the QB early in the game leading to an incompletion. That's about it. A couple of tackles, not a lot of pressure, or hustle (especially compared to Griffen who played like a man possessed). Wooten actually looked better when he came in to relieve BRob. He got more push and also got in on a sack.

You can call it disdain if you want, but it's not a personal thing. Just observation of the man's play.

soflavike wrote: I was watching Robison closely today. He was being neutralized pretty effectively by the Bucs right guard, with no double teams. Yes, he had a sack when the QB stepped up past his right shoulder and he lunged back at him and made a good play, and he also had a nice pressure on the QB early in the game leading to an incompletion. That's about it. A couple of tackles, not a lot of pressure, or hustle (especially compared to Griffen who played like a man possessed). Wooten actually looked better when he came in to relieve BRob. He got more push and also got in on a sack.

You can call it disdain if you want, but it's not a personal thing. Just observation of the man's play.

soflavike wrote: I was watching Robison closely today. He was being neutralized pretty effectively by the Bucs right guard, with no double teams. Yes, he had a sack when the QB stepped up past his right shoulder and he lunged back at him and made a good play, and he also had a nice pressure on the QB early in the game leading to an incompletion. That's about it. A couple of tackles, not a lot of pressure, or hustle (especially compared to Griffen who played like a man possessed). Wooten actually looked better when he came in to relieve BRob. He got more push and also got in on a sack.

You can call it disdain if you want, but it's not a personal thing. Just observation of the man's play.

Purple bruise wrote:Hmmm that is very interesting. Most DEs face blocking from a tackle and not a guard unless they are being double teamed But since you
watched his play intently then you should know.

The way in which Robison sacked Bucs quarterback Mike Glennon might also help explain the defensive end's low sack total.

Tampa Bay ran a designed play-action rollout, where Glennon was scheduled to roll to his right and make a throw to a tight end in the flat. Robison broke into the backfield almost entirely unblocked. Rather than head straight for the quarterback, though, Robison held true to his responsibility on the play and made sure Glennon could not escape the pocket. Robison jumped to get his arms in the way of any potential throwing lane to the flat -- even though doing so slowed down his progress toward the quarterback. After maintaining his containment of the quarterback, affecting the throwing lane, Robison saw Glennon try to climb the ladder, perhaps in an attempt to escape through the front of the pocket.

Robison wouldn't have any of that. He got enough of Glennon to bring him down and record his first unassisted sack of the season. Head coach Mike Zimmer and defensive line coach Andre Patterson probably appreciated the play. Robison could have "freelanced" and passed on his other responsibilities to cut down the time it took to get to the quarterback, but he didn't. He kept contain and he affected the throwing lane.

"That's just doing your job. That's what we want, we just want to do our job. Hopefully opportunities present themselves to make those type of plays," Robison said.

He didn't play every snap Sunday, as backup Corey Wootton rotated in on the left end of the defensive line. Robison said Monday that he's bruised up but added that it's too early in the week to tell if there will be any impact for this week's game.

While he's spent plenty of time in the backfield this season, he hasn't always been the one to tackle the quarterback. Those will come over time, he's said, if he continues to put himself in the right spot to make a play.

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