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Originally Posted by Schneed10
I never understood why we let Ryan Clark leave, I thought he worked real well with ST. Harris I could understand, he was getting toasted for us in 2005, Rogers stepped in for him and played well. Nobody could see Walt Harris coming back like he has.
Springs didn't really shut down Steve Smith all by his lonesome. On most plays we put ST over the top of Smith, doubling him. But yeah, Springs is still a good CB. It's just that he's old and isn't going to get any better. We need a young'n to come in and be THE GUY once Springs leaves, because I don't think Rogers is a #1. He's a good #2.
My assessment of the D is this basically:
Springs got hurt, Rogers regressed a bit, and Wright was marginal at filling in. This was compounded by the awful Archuleta signing. He can't cover at all, and Taylor was lost with him in there. The CBs had a bit of trouble, and the safeties weren't there to help them out.
Without a secondary, Grilliams had no confidence in them and consequently basically stopped blitzing. Plus, Salave'a hasn't been as good at stopping the run this season, and Golston is undersized, so opposing RBs are getting 4 yards on 1st down relatively easily.
Our LB corps is fine, IMO. If we secure the secondary and shore up the D-line at the DT position, we'll have what it takes to stop the run on first down and then blitz from 2nd and 3rd & longs.
Golston was a nice find, but he shouldn't be more than a rotation guy. We need a shut down CB, a jack-of-all-trades SS, and a hole-clogging DT.
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Good point on Harris. Its easy to complain now that he's doing so well on the 49ers. I'm going to give Springs more credit than most though. He's a tough Gibbs guy who has that veteran leadership we desperately need next year. Springs # 1, Rogers # 2, Taylor FS, SS ????????
Washington OLB Rocky MLB Briggs or Marshall OLB
Carter DE Griffin DT Golston DT / Free Agent DT Daniels / Wynn DE
How does this look guys?? Maybe draft a SS or CB in the 1st round????
I think if our Defense was like Gibbs year 1 or year 2 we would be right in the thick of this playoff hunt. Our offense is coming along and has no personel problems in my view. Keep them all!!!!! HOPE JC can stop the bonehead plays, that's what rookies do I guess.