Realistic "State of the Skins"

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Ade Jimoh Fan Club

GOOD - Sean Taylor's hit on Crayton at the end of the game. Awesome!
BAD - Sean Taylor's coverage for most of the game. While I still think Taylor has the potential to be a beast in the NFL, I have to be honest about the fact that he is nowhere near the neighborhood of Roy Williams, Ed Reed or even Mike Brown in terms of dominating a game. Not close.

Saying Mike Brown is better than Taylor is borderline blasphemy. People are afraid of Taylor. Have you ever seen a Sportscenter highlight where someone says "so and so gets JACKED UP by Mike Brown"? ST also plays the run 10 times better than Brown. The only thing that Brown has going for him is his ability to be in the right place at the right time, which seems to have diminished a bit over the years.

And ST has way better coverage ability and recovery speed than Roy Williams. ST got beat on a flea flicker, which if done correctly, will beat any defense(I specifically remember a Monday night game last year where Ed Reed and Ray Lewis got beat on a flea flicker). Roy got beat twice by a standard double move.

Originally Posted by Ade Jimoh Fan Club

GOOD - TEAM defense
BAD - You are nutzo if you think the defense is better off w/o Lavar in the lineup. Where the hell was he? Didn't hear Carlos Rogers name called all game either (although I saw him in the game at least). These guys are gamechangers, supposedly. We tallied NO sacks and NO turnovers. Did you see Roy Williams last night - he was everywhere. We need some of that. Getting our playmakers in the game will help. Don't worry, G-Williams will still have them playing like a team.

I agree with this statement, somewhat. A lot of people try to act like we're just fine without LaVar, but he's a playmaker. A lot of times, he's the only pressure on the QB because of our dismil defensive line(my only knock on the defense). He's a ball hawk and causes chaos for offenses when he's healthy. You'll see the difference in the defense when he's %100.