Haba predictions for tomorrow

[pjrocksmb]

Kills it imo

[Blue In BC]

Good game. 2 or 3 sacks. Ticats have injuries everywhere.

[blue_or_die]

I don't expect Haba to be a problem as an individual, but I do expect our DL pressure to be noticeably weaker as the game wears on without proper rotation.

Hoping he can bring it for 60!

[GOLDMEMBER]

1 sack
1 tackle for a loss
2 other tackles

Decent

[TecnoGenius]

Not happy Jeffcoat is out.  Haba is up & coming, but he's not Jeffcoat (yet).

I would expect HAM to test Haba, sending many runs his way, and double-teaming Willie all night.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Not happy Jeffcoat is out.  Haba is up & coming, but he's not Jeffcoat (yet).

I would expect HAM to test Haba, sending many runs his way, and double-teaming Willie all night.

So like usual then.

[TecnoGenius]

So like usual then.

Triple-teaming Willie all night, then! 

[pjrocksmb]

Triple-teaming Willie all night, then! 

Great Haba gets 10 sacks then lol

[Jesse]

We saw Haba earlier in the year. It's a significant downgrade.

DE's take a couple of years to develop. He would make the perfect rotational piece but I don't want to have to depend on him at this point in his career.

[Lincoln Locomotive]

Bluto loves Haba as a pass rusher.....not as effective as Jeffcoat against the run though.    He still thinks he'll play well in relief of Jeffcoat....

[ModAdmin]

More about Haba and Jeffcoat here...

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/09/15/the-playbook-wpg-at-ham/

[The Zipp]

Playing the long game with JJ...make sense if he has a lingering issue

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Playing the long game with JJ...make sense if he has a lingering issue

Have to wonder how many more years he wants to keep going, he's still at the top of his game so it will be his decision.  Would love to see them bring in 6-8 DE's next TC to compete, they'll have to dig deep to find future replacements for the 2 Jeffs.

[pjrocksmb]

Somewhere between rough and decent? Thoughts?

I'll eat heavy bird on this one.

[TecnoGenius]

Haba was a non-event as a pass rusher.  But the entire DL was stout against the run inside the box.  Haba may have been responsible for a few of the contain-losses on sweeps and QB runs.

Not sure what Haba's stats were.  I think we thought this was an easy game so why not rest always-ailing Jeffcoat.  Sounded good on paper.  Not taking losing teams seriously is costing us.  Jeffcoat should have played hurt (just as Grant should), with Haba as DI on rotation.