Has Frostee Rucker turned the corner?
by GrooveLeg on Oct 26, 2009 5:28 PM EDT
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Reading Marvin Lewis's press conference transcript from today, one comment in particular got me thinking. Most of the time Marvin is very vanilla in his offerings, as are most coaches, but he did make a point to praise Frostee Rucker with absolutely no prompting. When following up to a comment about how the offense was able possess the ball long enough to keep the "injury-depleted" defense off the field, Marvin agreed and went onto say:
I thought Frostee (Rucker) really played the best football game he's played since I've been here with him, so that was great to see and hopefully we can keep building upon that.
I wholeheartedly agreed without a single hesitation and I wasn't the only one. "Keep building upon that." It seems like such vague coachspeak, but how huge would it be if he were to "keep building upon that" and have a nice breakout season?
Frostee is on pace for 21 tackles, 16 solo, and 5 sacks based on his limited reps in just 3 games this year. If I were able to find a reliable site that compiles Pressures, Knockdowns, and Hurries, I'd be able to comment on how much more effective he has been outside the box score. To me, it seemed like he was wreaking havoc in the backfield on just about every passing play. He had to have knocked Jay Cutler down at least twice and pressured him two to three more times on top of that. If some of those hurries and knockdowns turn into sacks and TFL, we're going to see the Frostee Rucker we hoped to see when we drafted him in the third round of 2006.
Frostee has missed a ton of time to injury throughout his career. He missed the entire 2006 season on IR. He was limited to 5 games in 2007 and 11 games in 2008. His career numbers are what you would expect out of a backup who is injured all the time, but if yesterday's game was evidence that a healthy Frostee Rucker is an effective Frostee Rucker, then maybe the wound from Antwan Odom's absence won't sting as much as we thought. Here's to wishing Frostee a healthy season and hoping for this type of effort to be consistent the rest of the way.
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I've always been a fan of Frostee
It seems like every time they give him a chance to play he makes big plays. He will be productive as long as he can stay healthy. Him, Fanene, and Johnson should be able to fill in for Odom nicely. The Odom injury could be a blessing in disguise as we get to see more of these younger guys develop.
Not sure if they showed it on TV but...
each time he leveled Cultler (maybe 3 times), he didn’t flex or make any Merriman type moves to pump up the crowd, instead, he just stood up and politely waved to the crowd. It was hillarious and probably in hindsight more degrading to the Bears.
Frostee is going to be the name of my third son, preceeded by Icky and Boomer
This is our year!
by Paul Cannon on Oct 27, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought he played good last season too!
Remember he stripped Romo in dallas, and Mcnabb in Cincy (both sacks)
"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"
I thought it was odd Marvin said Leonard was healthy but did not dress
That almost came back to bite them when Scott tweaked his knee. Benson might have gotten banged up in the closing minutes as well which would have derailed the season. I would have thought Leonard had earned the backup spot over Scott with his play up until this point. Oh well.
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