well, i find the whole sacks part of it hard to believe, pass blocking is more about playing well as a unit anyway, and they have done just that, played well as a unit. i don’t recall him being manhandled one-on-one on that many occasions but i guess manhandling is a subjective term.
i also don’t get the toughness accusation, other than jeff, they weren’t a very tough group of guys, they were all finesse, so what, i don’t think you should put that against him. he was a good Denver-esque zone-blocking guard, which by extension helped our passing game and especially our play-action game. I’d take him in a heartbeat over any of the rookies/converted DT’s/ Charlie johnsons we started this year, i’d take him over a 4th round pick. hell, i’d even take him over a pre-injury lilja. there’s a reason he got a bigger contract from the titans, and we had to settle for the cheaper one. Im not saying he’s the reincarnation of john hanna of steve hutchinson, im just saying, especially looking back at the past season, that jake has earned some love.