5 Most Important Players

[Crat92]

1. Jason Campbell
2. Clinton Portis
3. Sean Taylor
4. Jon Jansen
5. No. 6 pick

[jsarno]

Really, our coaching staff. I still believe in them...and I still believe that with the right coaching, you can plug all sorts of players in and out.

1- Gibbs
2- Saunders
3- Williams
4- Bugel
5- whoever you deem next important.

A truely great coaching staff is hard to find! If we win the super bowl this year, we will all be saying how wonderful our coaching staff is.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Really, our coaching staff. I still believe in them...and I still believe that with the right coaching, you can plug all sorts of players in and out.

1- Gibbs
2- Saunders
3- Williams
4- Bugel
5- whoever you deem next important.

A truely great coaching staff is hard to find! If we win the super bowl this year, we will all be saying how wonderful our coaching staff is.

I agree, because as Gregg Williams has taught us, it's the system that makes a great defense and not the players... oh wait

Seriously though, I don't think having four people with "Head Coach" in their job title on the same team works. At least not in the first year or two. I do think all of the coaches listed know what they're doing and have proven that their systems work in the NFL, but throwing them all into the same cluster F of an organization and telling them to play nice and fix it doesn't seem to be working.

[Rajmahal33]

the original question posed was if we could only sign 5 players b/c of FA (this eliminates coaches and draft picks): <in no particular order>

- Clint Portis
- Sean Taylor
- Jason Campbell
- Chris Samuels
- Jon Jansen

WR's & TE's are expendable cuz there are many ways to get production our of mediocre receivers; two offensive linemen IMO b/c they can help both the passing and running game; QB & RB both needed for a balanced offense; the secondary is the hardest place to find franchise level players on the defense and since none of our CB's are stellar u gotta go with Taylor...plus he is a freakin beast!

[Rajmahal33]

*out of mediocre players...

[Frost]

sean taylor
santana moss
chris cooley
mike sellers
clinton portis

and if there were a 6th one i could pick...marcus washington

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I agree, because as Gregg Williams has taught us, it's the system that makes a great defense and not the players... oh wait

Seriously though, I don't think having four people with "Head Coach" in their job title on the same team works. At least not in the first year or two. I do think all of the coaches listed know what they're doing and have proven that their systems work in the NFL, but throwing them all into the same cluster F of an organization and telling them to play nice and fix it doesn't seem to be working.

While I understand the apprehension, just give it one more year. We were not so negative when we made the playoffs in 05. Last year was just an ugly set back. Hard to compete when your entire secondary suffered injuries.

[Paintrain]

Portis
Moss
Campbell
Taylor
Samuels

[Ade Jimoh Fan Club]

1. THE ADE (Special Teams Demon, as we all know)
2. Clinton Portis (For laughs - as much as anything else)
3. Chris Cooley (doesn't really need an explanation)
4. Santana Moss (speed demon)
5. Cornelious Griffin (for O and D Line needs - he can play both ways).

[Aussie_Skins_Fan]

I am shocked at how many people are listing Campbell. I hope he will be great, but at this point he is in the top 5 most important players on the whole team?! I guess it depends upon how you define important.

Moss has to be there, look what he did with Brunell tossing him the ball, imagine how good he could be with a good QB!

My list in no particular order:

Moss (see above)
Portis (Still got a few years of his best left, super fast and tough, great team man aswell)
Cooley (The TE, can go across the middle, can go deep, breaks tackles, blocks and at such a young age seems to be a leader for the o!)
Thomas (Had to have someone from the best part of this team, i.e. o-line!)
Taylor (Young, seems to have settled down and what a beast, should become a big time playmaker)