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C'mon, man. If you are peddling this is the article as representative of the Pats' defensive woes, you probably need to educate yourself on football. Claiming it is homerism to reject this garbage means you cannot intelligently defend the points or the tone of the article. Pryce is a defensive player on an opposing defense. As such, he studies the offense, not the defense. Anything he saw on the field would not have allowed him to make this generalized statement based on a single game. Seau is the best at 40 playing few snaps? Those must have been quality snaps that day, and I like Junior. He wasn't even on the team in the first game against the Ravens, so do the math.
Seymour would be the best DE on the field, and even those favoring the trade tend to agree with that. As for saying other rookies would have done more on the Pats, based on what - performance in entirely different systems? You do realize other players on a defense may make you look better, right? As for rookie performances this year, players tend to need time to adapt to the speed and violence of the NFL, so any bold statements on a draft based on one or several rookies' first-year performance is absurd.
The defense has issues. No big surprise. This is a hack piece that does not reflect comprehension of basic NFL principles. And if you want to hang you hat on Longo's expertise, what qualifies him to make these assessments? The fact the Eagle Tribune saw fit to give him a job? Not even worth the time to read.
Seymour would be the best DE on the field, and even those favoring the trade tend to agree with that. As for saying other rookies would have done more on the Pats, based on what - performance in entirely different systems? You do realize other players on a defense may make you look better, right? As for rookie performances this year, players tend to need time to adapt to the speed and violence of the NFL, so any bold statements on a draft based on one or several rookies' first-year performance is absurd.
The defense has issues. No big surprise. This is a hack piece that does not reflect comprehension of basic NFL principles. And if you want to hang you hat on Longo's expertise, what qualifies him to make these assessments? The fact the Eagle Tribune saw fit to give him a job? Not even worth the time to read.
