Good grief - DW this may be your most disappointing post ever.
All the chicken littles have made me rethink what I used to think was a pretty intelligent group of posters.
I just hope the crow the Nancy negatives are about to eat goes down really well and y'all fess up to it come September.
Give me a break.
Cousin,
I have never jumped on the band wagon for these CBs so I can't be a "chicken little". I was dismayed when they picked another smurf DB second round. Hey, I hope he becomes the next Darrel Green, but so far he rots.
All this "yeah, but he can jump crap" is BS. You have a shot to get a number one talented CB like Sheppard which takes the pressure off the rest of the smurfs although Bryant is a little bigger. Litto banged around Moss pretty good I thought.
I hoped they would draft a safety, but nyet on that one too. The percentages of draft choice from 1-7 making an impact on the team are slim. One or two maybe. If I see a trade that I think would help this team I comment on it. It's just me thoughts. You have CAP issues and trade values to consider I know. I get shouted down but my facts are not way off. Seriously for all the hot shots out there, which one of our DBs would start for any other team in the NFL right now except Harrison? This would be an interesting thread. I feel the answer is "0".
I make many mistakes in whatever I do. Ask my wife. I just think if I was blessed in a position of authority on an NFL F.O., it's time for agonizing reappraisal on DBs.
You can talk about we are playing vanilla and playing back but I have seen no spark, want or desire in any DB (Harrison excepting). It's lazy, missed tackles and watching the WR catch the ball. These lead to bad habits.
Do I think the Pats will be successful?, of course. We still need a good solid CB and then we can filter in these kids.
Don't get me going on James Sanders. Nice tackle 40 yards down field on a punt return that did not count anyway. We need Merriweather back for game one.
Cousin it is fun to make comments about what you feel and say about the team here. That is why we participate. At the end of the day, it does not make any difference in what you and I or the hot shots think.
I just see a long year for the DBs we have.
DW Toys