01-02-2013, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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Re: 2012 Surprises/Disappointments
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Originally Posted by patfanken
This is a great list for a great bye week topic. Just a few nitpicks
1. Hard to see Trevor Scott being a disappointment. He has seemed to do quite well whenever he's gotten on the field. Certainly he played to expectations. The only complaint you might have is that he didn't get on the field as much as expect, but as 4th DE there aren't a lot of snaps. Your review would have been quite different if Chandler Jones hadn't started so fast.
2. Greg Salas? Was he even here long enough to be considered a failure. He got released because the Pats needed to make some roster moves unrelated to him personally, and got stolen by the Eagles before we could resign him to the PS. Disappointing that we won't have a 7th round pick in 2015, but how can he be a failure when he never took a snap on the field.
3. If I had done the list I would have added Fletcher Dowling, and Edelman to my disappointing list. These are 3 guys who I loved going into the season, but injuries kept them from fulfilling their promise. Edelman was particularly frustrating since he looked like he was really going to break out when he went down.  It will be very interesting to see what happens with him this off season. Especially how the rest of the league thinks about him.
4. To my surprise list, I would have added Boldin, Tracy White, and Kyle Arrington.
Clearly just making the team is a surprise for and UDFA, but Boldin excelled in his opportunities to run the ball, and excelled at special teams.
Tracy White, is there because I have in the past been a big trasher of White when he played LB on the regular D. This year in the few time he's had the chance to be out there on the regular D, I thought he held his own quite well, and that surprised me.
Kyle Arrington, just when I thought my worst fears about Arrington were confirmed by his play on the outside in the first few games, he surprised me with is effective play on the inside, after Dennard replaced him as the outside CB. |
I agree on Bolden right after I made my list I actually realized I left him off.
Regarding Scott I see him as a disappointment based on what expectations were set. Most people including myself expected a Mark Anderson like performance out of him this year. And now Francis is taking his 4th string reps.
Arrington had 7 interceptions last year and 0 this year. Was not expecting 7 but he took the 3rd most snaps of any defensive players and did little with them. |
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