McD5
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I mean, his slot on the 53 man roster, not "filling his shoes" at the safety position
We just signed Jerome Murphy. New thread created.
I mean, his slot on the 53 man roster, not "filling his shoes" at the safety position
if ANYTHING had to do with why a player is drafted Sean Taylor wouldnt have been picked up because of his combine performance, John Riggins wouldnt have been picked up because of his attitude, Doug Williams wouldnt have been taken out of Tampa Bay, and Santana Moss would have stayed in New Jersey.
you dont know jack...
as for the "longest tenured player on the defence"? how many starts does he have during that tenure? he rarely got on the field last year.
As much as you like to toot your own horn about football knowledge, you must have a shortfall when it comes to the roots of the game. A safety should NEVER be in the position to make almost 9 tackles a game. That tells me that the linebackers, and CB's aren't doing their jobs. Safeties also shouldn't be relied upon in man to man coverage. Sean Taylor STRUGGLED in man to man coverage. He never was known for that. What he was good at was playing center field, and crashing the box. Reading a play and reacting. If safeties were good in man to man, they wouldn't be safeties, they'd be playing CB.
Sean Taylor STRUGGLED in man-to-man coverage? I think you can make your point without the hyperbole. Maybe it wasn't his strong-point, but to say he struggled at it is a little bit crazy. Now, maybe you're basing this on the fact that in the beginning he was apt to bite on a play-fake more often than not, but I don't think that speaks to his man-coverage skills.
There are things Sean Taylor struggled at, this is true. Sean Taylor struggled at choosing the right crowd to hang out with. Sean Taylor struggled at reigning in his emotions at time (e.g. forearm to TO's jaw), and ST struggled at going for the big hit instead of playing the ball sometimes.
But man-to-man coverage? This is a guy who ran down the field step-for-step with Randy Moss in his prime, then out-leapt him for the ball, knocking it away. That doesn't happen if you struggle in man-to-man coverage.
Also, just FYI - safeties are often relied upon to cover WRs down the field - its the basic premise of the cover-2 defense.
Also, ST was often asked to cover TEs man-to-man IIRC, and was good at it.
Also, Jason I was just ribbing you about Reed. I didnt mean a big **** storm to start up.
I'm sorry about that, bro.
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You're good, Mike. Unless you ever apologize to me again for anything. Then we're gonna have a problem.
I have a problem being as civil as I should with topics that are important to me. It's caused me problems on other boards, and I'll do a better job of avoiding that here than I did last night. Well, I'll try to anyway.
and what would you want to go and do something like that for....
Jugband has his own special stopwatch, that is the only one to consistently gauge Doughty's 40-time consistently at 4.21.
Let's just say the calibration on his stopwatch is off by a full second
But I will say this. The sooner you ****ers realize that I'm always right, the easier that will become.
Good luck. I've already tried this approach. Some hard headed people here
You haven't joined any rooms.