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bedlamVR · 10-18-2007, 01:08 PM

I still think Rogers gets some bad press amongst the fans and he has been invovled in I think 2 big plays that have lead to losses but that is it all season... 2 plays both of which were missed tackles essentially (Burress and the in GB) but in GB it was Rocky who was beaten in coverage and against Burress there were three other guys who had a shot at stopping him and missed.....

I am sick of "oh we should have picked Merrimen" ....yep possibly he is the stud of that draft but we were in need of a smart middle linebacker with the loss of Pierce and CB with Smoot leaving ...not an OLB/DE who would be a 3rd down pass rush speciallist in a 4-3 system.... would you be happy with Harris as he was in 2004 and the fragile Springs and no youth movement at all... Remember CBs were hot property in 2005 getting massive contracts and again this last season we have seen Clements getting QB money 80 mil ...also remember CBs were hot in 2005 draft 3 sure fire hits....Merriman would be a short reach and a luxary we would have had to address CB at some point , which then asks the question who would you do without if you think you have to use a 1st round pick somewhere on a CB to have a decent chance of getting a good No1 guy .... Campbell? Rocky? Landry?

A GM can ruin teams as well as make them ( See A J Smith - Chargers 2007 re : Hiring Norv Turner) . I think it is telling that the teams we most resemble in terms of front office set up are the Patriots and the Eagles.

People seem to think a GM is the magic bullet but I would rather see where the Gibbs train will take us...

10-18-2007, 01:08 PM	#13
bedlamVR Special Teams Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 389	Re: Interesting blog interview on how we build a team I still think Rogers gets some bad press amongst the fans and he has been invovled in I think 2 big plays that have lead to losses but that is it all season... 2 plays both of which were missed tackles essentially (Burress and the in GB) but in GB it was Rocky who was beaten in coverage and against Burress there were three other guys who had a shot at stopping him and missed..... I am sick of "oh we should have picked Merrimen" ....yep possibly he is the stud of that draft but we were in need of a smart middle linebacker with the loss of Pierce and CB with Smoot leaving ...not an OLB/DE who would be a 3rd down pass rush speciallist in a 4-3 system.... would you be happy with Harris as he was in 2004 and the fragile Springs and no youth movement at all... Remember CBs were hot property in 2005 getting massive contracts and again this last season we have seen Clements getting QB money 80 mil ...also remember CBs were hot in 2005 draft 3 sure fire hits....Merriman would be a short reach and a luxary we would have had to address CB at some point , which then asks the question who would you do without if you think you have to use a 1st round pick somewhere on a CB to have a decent chance of getting a good No1 guy .... Campbell? Rocky? Landry? A GM can ruin teams as well as make them ( See A J Smith - Chargers 2007 re : Hiring Norv Turner) . I think it is telling that the teams we most resemble in terms of front office set up are the Patriots and the Eagles. People seem to think a GM is the magic bullet but I would rather see where the Gibbs train will take us...