Fred Evans, more than a good dancer? (D-Line Shuffling)

rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16906 Location: Stillwater, MN

Meant to put him infront of the NT spot...
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biggsohnasty · Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Posts: 315

Evans really came on strong at the end of the year, but a 4 game sample of splash plays isnt enough to all of a sudden think the DT position is set. KWill is slowing down big time, Guion was a bit of a disappointment and Ballard is still kind of unknown.

I myself would address the DT spot by drafting a guy like Jenkins, Short, or Spence etc, and moving Kevin towards becoming a 1 or 2 down guy. He just hasnt given any sort of pass rush and if we had somebody who could just push the pocket a little bit, our DEs would either rack up even more sacks then they already did, or our DT could be a 6-8 sack guy.

At this point, I think 1 3 down DT is needed because we can get by with a handful of others who are more "specialists" for the other downs. Williams and Evans would provide great rotational run stuffing ability, and Griffen also needs to be on the field as much as possible (which comes inside alot)

Klomp · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:52 am Post subject:

biggsohnasty · Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Posts: 315

Why wouldnt it?Assuming we can bring down Kevin's salary, none of our DTs would be making so much money that they are forced to play heavy snaps. and honestly if you draft a DT, in all likelihood he woudnt become a legit 3 down guy during his rookie year. But if we can go into the season essentially with a DT rotation of Kwill-Rookie-Evans-Ballard and have Griffen play in pass rushing situations we could be really good.

Don't get me wrong, Evans played really well down the stretch of the year and should be in line for more playing time. But he's looked good in the past as well. I think at this point, he is a solid 3rd DT who can provide good run stuffing.

Just for arguments sake I'm gonna assume we take Kawann Short. Playing time breakdown could be something like this:

NT: Williams-60% Evans-25% Short-15%
UT: Short -60% Griffen-25% Ballard-15%

DE: Allen-90% Griffen-10%
DE: Robison-75% Griffen-25%

Klomp · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:32 pm Post subject:

HighHopes · Joined: 01 Jun 2008 Posts: 25259 Location: Courtroom

Fred Evans was always that back up that many mocks always cut him and the Vikings I think always considered it, but always makes it back and seems to do well. At least that's my memory of him lol.
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Freakout · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 1765

I just find it a little depressing that a good year for Fred Evans resembles a bad year for Pat Williams. Our expectations for the NT position has really declined.
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rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16906 Location: Stillwater, MN

vikingsrule · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:52 pm Post subject:

Fred Evans is an interesting player. He has hung around since 2007 and seems to finally be putting things together. DTs tend to be late bloomers so maybe we have something.

lacrosse59 · Joined: 30 Sep 2012 Posts: 44

Fred Evans has been very good and you can tell he has worked to get where he is. He should get a start next year he deserves it!!