Defensive Report Card: 1st Look, September 2012

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		Total		Rushing		Pressure
Chi	…	452500	=	417500	+	35000
Hou	…	446750	=	424250	+	22500
Sea	…	445250	=	420250	+	25000
TB	…	439500	=	422000	+	17500
Arz	…	436500	=	406500	+	30000
GB	…	435500	=	405500	+	30000
SD	…	432000	=	419500	+	12500
Phi	…	431500	=	414000	+	17500
Was	…	428750	=	413750	+	15000
Buff	…	428500	=	406000	+	22500
NYG	…	428500	=	413500	+	15000
Den	…	424750	=	407250	+	17500
Det	…	424750	=	409750	+	15000
SF	…	424500	=	412000	+	12500
Cleve	…	423000	=	400500	+	22500
Mia	…	421500	=	414000	+	7500
Minn	…	420500	=	405500	+	15000
Dall	…	418750	=	401250	+	17500
Pitt	…	417000	=	404500	+	12500
KC	…	416000	=	403500	+	12500
NE	…	415000	=	407500	+	7500
Cinn	…	410000	=	382500	+	27500
Atl	…	407750	=	390250	+	17500
Ind	…	403250	=	385750	+	17500
Oak	…	398500	=	391000	+	7500
StL	…	398250	=	388250	+	10000
Bal	…	397250	=	377250	+	20000
NYJ	…	395750	=	388250	+	7500
Car	…	395250	=	382750	+	12500
Tenn	…	376250	=	361250	+	15000
Jax	…	373250	=	368250	+	5000
NO	…	365000	=	352500	+	12500

Here are the Sack Leaders going into the Bye Weeks (3 Weeks):

Chi

Arz

GB

Cinn

Sea

Hou

Buff

Cleve

Bal

TB

Phi

Den

Dall

Atl

Ind

Was

NYG

Det

Minn

Tenn

SD

SF

Pitt

KC

Car

NO

StL

Mia

NE

Oak

NYJ

Jax

 
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Bush practices with hip injury, not knee injury

The good news for Dolphins running back Reggie Bush is that his knee injury has healed to the point where it doesn’t show up on the injury report.
The bad news for Dolphins running back Reggie Bush is that he now has a hip injury.
Bush was limited in practice on Wednesday, due to a hip that he apparently injured when he played against the Cardinals on Sunday, seven days after injuring his knee.
Not practicing on Wednesday were linebacker Kelvin Burnett (foot), cornerback Richard Marshall (back), and cornerback Nolan Carroll.
Also limited were defensive tackle Tony McDaniel (knee) and linebacker Austin Spitler (groin).  Fully participating were defensive tackle Paul Soliai (ankle) and receiver Marlon Moore (hamstring).
The Dolphins face the Bengals on Sunday in Cincinnati.

Source: PFT.com
Author: Mike Florio
Photo: Bill Ingram/Blogs.PalmBeachPost.com

Packers won’t cut down on Cedric Benson’s carries

Green Bay running back Cedric Benson is only averaging 3.6 yards a carry this season, but that doesn’t make the Packers’ coaches think they should give him the ball less. If anything, they think they should give him the ball more.
Packers offensive coordinator Tom Clements said he thinks Benson will play better with more opportunities, and more opportunities are what the Packers want to give him.
“He’s a workhorse and when he touches the ball, the more he touches it, the better he gets,” Clements said of Benson, via the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Behind Benson on the Packers’ running back depth chart are Alex Green, who has two carries this season, and James Starks and Brandon Saine, who have zero carries. Clements made clear that giving the backups more opportunities is a lower priority than feeding Benson.



“We’d like to work those other guys in there if the opportunity presents itself but you try to get [Benson] the ball to get him going,” Clements said.

The Packers aren’t running the ball quite as much this season as they did last season, mostly because they aren’t protecting leads as much this season as they were last season. But as long as Benson is healthy, he’ll be the one carrying the ball in Green Bay.

Source: PFT.com
Author: Michael David Smith
Photo: H. Marc Larson/GreenBayPressGazette.com

Greg Jennings could be shut down for a week

The Packers lost wide receiver Greg Jennings during Sunday’s win over the Saints and it sounds like they could be missing him a little while longer.
At his Monday press conference, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said that Jennings’ groin injury flared up during the game. That left him unable to open up to a full stride while running and, per McCarthy, leaves him back where he was two weeks ago in terms of the injury. McCarthy suggested that shutting Jennings down for a week was an option.
That would force Jennings to miss the Week Five game against the Colts, but that might be in everyone’s best interests if it means that he can be closer to full speed in time for a Sunday night date with the Texans in Week Six.
Jennings already missed one game as a result of his groin injury and has been limited to 12 catches for 78 yards in the three games he has been able to play so far this season. He had one catch for nine yards and a touchdown against the Saints.
McCarthy also updated the status of another injured Jennings. He said there isn’t a high level of concern about the shoulder injury suffered by safety M.D. Jennings.

Source: PFT.com
Author: Josh Alper
Photo from PackersFreaks.com