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***Sciz*** · 08-21-2010, 11:49 PM

Madden does it perfectly. Spikes has 70 speed (slow as hell), but 87 acceleration, which is not bad at all. When he doesn't have to run 40 yards in a straight line, he's fine.

loosebearing · 08-21-2010, 11:55 PM

Patsylicious

I think the "greatest show on turf" would agree with you.

Bring back the old Rules - let Ty Law mug receivers all over the field and then let the worst cover safety off all time (Tebucky Jones) allow the reciever to catch the ball hit him so hard that he wouldn't want to catch another one the rest of the game.

Pollian - will you change the rules back when Payton retires???

***DarrylS*** · 08-22-2010, 04:37 AM

As a grandfather, glad that this defense has gotten faster and younger.

fair catch fryar · 08-22-2010, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sciz

Madden does it perfectly. Spikes has 70 speed (slow as hell), but 87 acceleration, which is not bad at all. When he doesn't have to run 40 yards in a straight line, he's fine.

Hopefully, the only time we have to see him run this far fast is after he scoops up a fumble after Sanchez gets blown up because of a great pass-rush.

BlueThunder · 08-22-2010, 07:23 PM

Chad Henne scares me alot more than Sanchez......

He's Poised and smart....

Sanchez hasn't impressed me at all this preseason..

AzPatsFan · 08-22-2010, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueThunder

Chad Henne scares me alot more than Sanchez......

He's Poised and smart....

Sanchez hasn't impressed me at all this preseason..

Isn't it amazin' how smart you are because you agree with my feelings too?

Off The Grid · 08-22-2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by UofApatsfan

It's funny how overhyped the 40 time has gotten that we're calling Brandon Spikes "slow as hell".

Anyone actually watching footage of Brandon Spikes playing football isn't calling him "slow as hell".

Truth.

The notion of Spikes being "slow"...is simply INSANITY.

Off The Grid · 08-22-2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fair catch fryar

Hopefully, the only time we have to see him run this far fast is after he scoops up a fumble after Sanchez gets blown up because of a great pass-rush.

Poetry!!

condon84 · 08-22-2010, 07:43 PM

It's still a read and react defense, which puts us at a disadvantage against teams that have a coaching staff that knows what they're doing.

Watching against the Falcons, Mayo (who's got good speed) got taken advanrage off in the middle by the Falcons' TEs. By the time he reacted, he was already a step behind and Ryan completed passes.

Our ILBS are in such a disadvantage because they have to read run first and then are expected to cover. No matter how much speed you have, it won't matter because in today's NFL, every skill position on offense can run.

***mgcolby*** · 08-22-2010, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by PATSYLICIOUS

The old and slow thing never bothered me. What I want back is the days where we used to punch people in the mouth. '01-'04 we never blew people away or outran them, each game was more like a fist fight. We took their best shot and seemingly always had the resiliency to respond and wear they *** out in the end.

I recently watched a replay of the 2001 superbowl on NFLN and the first thing I noticed was how fast our defense was back then. They would punch you in the mouth but they were plenty fast as well. Faster than I remembered.