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You guys up for a good laugh.
In the 2008 draft, Jersey/B used the sixth selection on Vernon Gholston; in the 2009 draft, Buffalo used the 11th choice on Aaron Maybin, and Denver used the 14th selection on Robert Ayers. All are hybrid defensive end/linebacker types who specialize in rushing the passer, and the three have combined for zero career sacks in the NFL. This year, Jersey/A used the 15th choice of the draft on hybrid defensive end/linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul, who specializes in rushing the passer. Pierre-Paul had just six sacks in his sole season as a major college player, finishing a distant 69th in Division I sacks. Yet in April, no team drafted Antonio Coleman of Auburn, a three-year starter who compiled 22 solo sacks in the SEC, college football's toughest conference.Drafts can be judged three years later. TMQ has a sawbuck that says in three years, the undrafted Coleman will be a more accomplished NFL player than Pierre-Paul, Gholston, Maybin or Ayers. Also undrafted in 2010 was Blue Cooper, who bested Terrell Owens' receiving records at Tennessee-Chattanooga. I would have drafted him for his name alone.
Easterbrook is a ****ty evaluator of talent. Someone remind him what JPP is doing. He thought all these guys, including Maybin, would get outplayed by Buffalo's Antonio Coleman. How's that working out for us?
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Edit: What a hack? I'm sure he was writing about Nix/Gailey making excuses and mailing in the season when the team was 5-2. Does he mention any other injuries, no just Maybin, MVPaybin.
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We should probably cut him, or maybe we can try to trade him for a 4th.
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It's hard/rare for a DT to come into the league and set the world on fire. The only guys to really dominate in their first year is Suh and Kevin Williams, and you can make the case that Suh is having himself a sophmore slump if you look at his stats and inability to anchor in the run game, not to mention the penalties/suspension.
Ngata, Sapp, Jenkins, Wilfork, didn't see much time year 1 and took time to develop. Also have to factor in that Dareus would be a Senior this year, so I'm giving him until next season to real come into his own. Patience, DT is a difficult position to play. You can dominate with pure athleticism in college, different ball game in the pros, you best learn to use your hands violently or you're in for a rough career.
I don't understand how so many people can have opinions on interior linemen. If I'm watching the game on TV, I'm really not seeing that much of that play. And, when I'm at the game, I'm following the ball.
I would think you'd either have to watch film or be at the game and key on the play in the trenches (and miss the play) to really know.
Sometimes a player like Suh or Sapp or Sam Adams can really show up with huge plays. But, most of the time I think it's going to be something like Ted Washington. I never really saw him make a lot of plays, but I just knew when he was in there, he was said to be taking up two blockers and nobody could run on us.
I'm so stupid in this regard that in the late 80s, I thought Jeff Wright was better than Fred Smerlas, because you could see Wright make sacks. You couldn't see Fred tying up the blockers - but now I'm sure that if Fred in his prime played on the Super Bowl teams, that we would have won at least one.
The same goes for O-line men for me. I just have to take the word of those who watch film as to who is really playing well.
You make a good point, it's hard to take everything in on one play. I do make an effort to just stare at the front 4 from time to time, easier to do in the run game.
Yesterday I felt Dareus struggled in the 1st half, but stepped it up and had a good second half. Heard looked good in his limited time. It was easy to follow the DL yesterday because the Titans really didn't want to pass the ball.
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Normally we have a Safety (Scott, Wilson/Searcy) or ILB (Sheppard) on the TEs. I dont remember seeing Kelsay, Batten, Carrington, etc dropping with a TE often or ever. Maybe out in a flat, but not downfield. Please correct me if Im wrong.
Finley torched Kelsay last year, when they asked him to cover, Edwards learned from that failed experiment.
If we're seriously considering playing a legit 3-4, we need our OLB to cover from time to time. Matthews/Ware/Harrison/Woodley all do it.
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Not a fan. I think his long term position is ILB in a 3-4, he won't be able to stay with TE's and he's an average pass rusher. Very little explosiveness, we need to find a guy like Aldon Smith.
Upshaw can definitely set the edge against the run, but he's going to have to cover TE's at some point and he'll be exposed.
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Someone struck a nerve....
I guess you served him some crow, nice job!
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He wasn't shying away from contact until he was absolutely leveled during the Cowboys/Miami games. Fitz got him killed and now he's a bit more hesitant.
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I really think we'll turn the corner in the next year or so, we need a couple of more drafts and we should be headed in the right direction.
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Dude, if you think a fine young quarterback provided the "lift" that started Cincy down the right road, I'm afraid we don't have too much to discuss.
Cincy D #6 in the NFL. Rams # 23. Dalton ain't out there making tackles, and he's not catching his own throws, either. He might be the final coat of polish on the engine, he's not the lift that started the train.
I tend to think Von Miller has at least as much to do with Denver's success as Tebow. I'm also not sure you can call Tebow a talented QB exactly.
He's a force of nature, for sure. But if the Denver D wasn't keeping them in the game, he wouldn't matter (see Newton, Cam)
I'm fine with visiting Denver tho - the scenery is much finer than Cincy.
Denver almost lost today because Miller was out, they looked like a different team without him. Too bad the Vikings D is ****.
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Worst post ever on this forum (at least as of late). The guy has finally shown even a little bit of anything as a weapon on this team and you think it's "diluting" his play. You've got to be kidding me. Early in the year we used Smith a few times a game at that horrible excuse for an offensive gimmick and he did nothing more than gain a few measley yards and first downs. Nothing more Than a handoff wouldn't accomplish at least 50% of the time. We tried a pass out of it once and the ball was so far off target the sideline almost had no shot at the catch. Wildcat offensive plays are a joke in this league. If they occassionally give Smith a shot at a reverse or pass from the reverse it would be fine but without him in as a WR there is no possible thought at fooling the defenses we play. He is the closest thing we have had at a 2nd WR this year and is getting better as he gets more playing time. We need to see if he can fill this need before going into the draft and offseason. It COULD be one less player of need that we would have to draft. You sir are very dilusional if you think we are wasting his skills now after the first 10 weeks of Absolutely nothing. He's finally getting the hang of being a part of this team.
Nailed it.
The losing is bringing back the madness.
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Well, the author, Jon Dove, "has completed a scouting training course run by the national football post’s Wes Bunting", so I guess he ought to know.
HAHAHAHA
It's the Bleacher Report, nuff said.
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He's seeing consistent playing time at WR, having success, and yet you're not satisfied. I'm actually more hopeful for him now than I was when they first inked him to a deal. If Fitz hit him on that deep ball in 1st half, he would've gone for over 100 yards, he torched that corner.
I guess you want more gimmicks, I'm fine with that stuff when you're ahead and not trailing. Can't take those risks when you're down.
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Stop. He dropped a crucial pass and went down if an opponent sneezed. Be serious please.
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Are you serious with the Upshaw talk? A guy with very little athletic ability, who only managed 7 sacks while playing against pathetic competition. You're the same guy who bashed Von Miller during the draft process, should we go back and look at how off you were with Miller? Your opinion is no better than his. Get real, please.
Like someone said, you have an axe to grind. If Spiller went for 300 with 5 TDs it still wouldn't have swayed you, "one game, blah blah blah."
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Spiller is a LOSER. He showed it when the ball was stripped and he was crying on the sidelines. He showed it when he gets turned back at the first down marker and did not make the first down. He has no heart for this game. He is a loser as is the rest of this team. Fitz should shave that beard and get serious about the game no try to cultivate some weirdo cult image. This team spews DJ all over again.
HAHAHA
Speaking of loser....
You're going to have an aneurysm, take a deep breath loser.
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I didn't like the Williams pick either, but you know what, he's looked damn good the last two weeks. Too bad he got hurt today, guy played a good game. If we had a pass rush Sanchez doesn't break contain, and Williams doesn't lose his man.
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Ryan Tannehill is the second best QB prospect, he has looked way better than Jones, Barkely and RG3 who he destroyed in head to head competition.
Does RG3 play defense? Outside of one bad throw RGIII played great against A&M. Shame his defense is atrocious, Baylor has to drop 40+ points just to have a shot with how poor that D plays. Tannehill came out on top, but he has the better overall team.
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Good post, can't disagree with what you said.
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Searcy may be a find in the 4th, besides his one missed assignment he looked good, really good for a rookie with only one game under his belt.
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It's hard to be much a factor when your 1st round DT, and #3 overall pick is being engulfed all game long. Linebackers are only as good as their DL.
Dareus looked like Glenn Dorsey today.
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He's a solid player but nothing amazing, we'll have a top 10 pick and we aren't taking him that high.
Just not athletic enough, but he's well rounded.
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The issue I see with you is paragraphs, use them. ;P
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Not a fan of Upshaw to be honest. Guy averages half a sack and that's in the SEC, where most tackles aren't very good. No real explosiveness, solid players but won't be dominate. Burfict is the type of player that falls to teams like the Ravens and Steelers. They'll correct his issues and watch him become a dominant player in the league. Ngata had motivation issues, look at him now.
Not a fan of many of the LBs to be honest, but the guy with the most upside is Burfict imo. Hightower hasn't been the same since his knee injury, lost a lot of his speed/explosiveness.
Edit: Another guy with good explosiveness is West Virginia DE Bruce Irvin, hasn't done much this year but I don't think they use him properly and neither would George Edwards. West Virginia rushes 3, they really don't blitz him from a 2 pt stance.
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Dareus is only 22 to boot, he's not Suh, but he'll get better. Too soon to tell with any of these guys, why make an issue over the '11 draft right now? I'm sure Peterson will develop into a fine CB, he's just not there right now.
BJ Raji didn't even play his first year in the league, and he came out as a Senior, not a Junior like Marcell. Give the a guy a break, for now anyway.
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lol it's always something. oh the guy next to him is hurt! his leg is sore!
peterson and green, both picked after him, and BOTH at positions of HUGE need, look like superstars. nix blows.
Peterson has played like flat out garbage @ the CB position. Yeah, he's getting on TV because of punt return TDs, but when he's asked to cover he gets destroyed. Nicks and Crabtree ate him up.
I'm sure you would've been jumping for joy if they took Green.
Educate yourself. Where's Peterson on that list. Guy has done nothing besides contribute to special teams.
Dareus has hit a wall, 10 games is about what they play in college. Hasn't been amazing but you're acting like he's washed up after 10 games.
TMQ opinion
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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No, Easterbrook has always been a ****ty football writer.
Here's another example.
Maybin wouldn't have made a difference on this team, that's a fact and anyone with some semblance of objectivity would know that. My beef is with his "saving their jobs" statement, it's horseshit. With or without Maybin they're fine, they have bigger issues than that scrub.
We got 10 sacks against the Redskins, they have the worst line in the league. And Maybin's other 3 sacks have come against ****ty tackles as well, including our beloved Pears, also Scott Chandler who can't block a thing.
Cutting Maybin wasn't a move to maximize the bottom line, they wanted to go with players that showed more than he did and no one could argue with that. The guy was, and stil is trash, and that block by Barber in the exhibition game summed up Maybin's career as a Bill, on the ground laying flat on his back.
Heck, the Jets cut him again after camp and didn't bring him back until injuries surfaced, they took a shot because they had no one else. If Thomas stays healthy Maybin's not a Jet.