Cards 4th Round Pick 103 Alex Okafor

[Snakester]

Good first game for him. Looking forward to seeing how much better he gets by the end of the year.

 

[Garthshort]

In his first game, when he started, he showed that he's probably the best pass rusher on the team.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

The thing that stood out for me with Alex Okafor is his size.

He certainly doesn't look 261lbs. That is a big dude. The best thing I saw from Okafor is he is what he was billed, he uses his hands VERY well.

As for Kareem Martin, he did a good job yesterday as a rookie. If he just does his role, and keeps the linebackers clean, then he is doing everything we can ask of him. The kid is a rookie keep in mind.

It is a rare breed that can both eat up offensive linemen, and then go make a play.

 

[kerouac9]

His first sack was weird he was being held the entire time right through the sack, took forever he just pushed the guy back and Cousins just stood there. Had no idea Okafor was that strong, both of his sacks were just bull rushes.

First sack was a straight-up bull rush. Really nice seeing a Cardinal lineman walk a tackle back into the QB like that.

Second sack came on a six-man blitz where be benefited from pressure next to him from Larry Foote and a safety coming in from the opposite side.

Looks like he can be a nice depth/rotational player fairly quickly.

 

[juza76]

First sack was a straight-up bull rush. Really nice seeing a Cardinal lineman walk a tackle back into the QB like that.

Second sack came on a six-man blitz where be benefited from pressure next to him from Larry Foote and a safety coming in from the opposite side.

Looks like he can be a nice depth/rotational player fairly quickly.

finally he played 54 snaps so we could see his value,last week played just 10 snaps.sometimes we need a veteran injury to see youngs emerge.
why the coaches has some problem with it

 

[CFLredzoned]

The thing that stood out for me with Alex Okafor is his size.

He certainly doesn't look 261lbs. That is a big dude. The best thing I saw from Okafor is he is what he was billed, he uses his hands VERY welll.

Yeah I noticed that too. It's refreshing to see a guy that really looks the part of a true edge rusher, being physical with the OL. You can tell that he's emphasized this in his training since last year. A grain of salt might be in order though because last week I did hear alot of Washington's RT being described as the worst Tackle in football.

 

[juza76]

i wrote about okafor tecnique in the way he use his hands to sheed blocks 1 year and half a go............

 

[TJ]

Wow...just saw that Okafor only had 15 career snaps before yesterday's game.

Take the leash off, Bowles

 

[juza76]

Wow...just saw that Okafor only had 15 career snaps before yesterday's game.

Take the leash off, Bowles

and martin had just 6 snaps yesterday( campbell replacement) and dan williams 36% of the snaps .taamu just 1 snap
pretty weird
they say to not overload kelly and he played 94% of the snaps

 

[crisper57]

Well if we can get consistent pass rush from him, we will be in good shape. That was our one glaring weakness coming into the game and you saw how it impacted Cousins as the game went on.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Wow...just saw that Okafor only had 15 career snaps before yesterday's game.

Take the leash off, Bowles

Okafor has been injured. This is the first time he has really been healthy enough to play.