What the hell is wrong with our Defense?

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I not convinced that Smoot is much better than we have and that Pierce would make much of a difference all by himself. I do think Pierce is clearly an upgrade over Marshall but lost in the sea of underwhelming talent at we have he'd probably look pretty average too. He isn't a super talent so it'd be hard for him to over come. Kinda like ST has to do in the secondary.

If everybody is playing uninspired, then you're right, no one man can turn them all around. but Pierce was the signal caller & was praised by the coaches for knowing the playbook & getting all the guys in position. Remember how many times he'd tap a d-tackle on the but to slide them to one side? he was always active before the snap, yet always ready. Compare that w/now, guys are standing around looking at each other & pointing here & there before the snap, but rarely seem to look like they're ready for the play. This D lacks on field leadership & passion. I'll throw in talent as well, but since GW got here, we've never had a really talented D.

[B.F. SKINner]

I not convinced that Smoot is much better than we have and that Pierce would make much of a difference all by himself. I do think Pierce is clearly an upgrade over Marshall but lost in the sea of underwhelming talent at we have he'd probably look pretty average too. He isn't a super talent so it'd be hard for him to over come. Kinda like ST has to do in the secondary.

Let me tell you:

1. Smoot is much better. He is at worst an adequate CB. He was actually a good CB most of the time.

2. Pierce would have made a huge difference. He is the QB of the defense, responsible for making the calls and audibles. He has greatly improved the Giants D. With him, Lemar could still be playing WLB, his natural position. So you get two positions upgraded.

3. We don't need Super Talent. What we need is competent players. We had them, we let them go.

4. Think about this: We spent our high draft picks to address areas of need:

Carlos Rogers when Smoot left
Rocky as a replacement for Lavar when Marshall could have just as easily played WLB if we had kept Pierce.

We could have used those picks to draft quality players for our D line. We might have a better defense than we had in GW's first year, if we had kept Smoot and Pierce and built the D line!