Rocky McIntosh

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Marshall took a step back last year. Whether it was due to injury or the overall collective collapse of the D who knows, but either way McIntosh is the young stud on the block who's physically a much more talented player.

I don't think it's written in stone that Rocky is starting ahead of Marshall. He's still going to have to solidify himself as the starter in training camp.

If Marshall took a step back last year then Rocky was a no show. If Rocky had wow-ed the coaches in training camp, preseason or in the regular season practices, he would have been in the rotation more. The fact is he did not so he was not in the games. He had plenty of opportunities. Some, if not all of the blame for Rocky's lack of PT has to be on Rocky.

Superior athletic ability does not always translate in to a better football player on the field. I fail to see that Rocky will have more up side than Lemar in the NFL until he can prove he even belongs. Lemar has proven it on an NFL regular season and more importantly playoff field.

It is typical of life in the NFL when a team does poorly there is a fall guy, deserving or not. Last years fall guy was LB coach.