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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I see no choice but to defer to BB's judgment on this move. BUT, Collins was a play maker who was a force when on his game, and those kinds of players can be difference makers in the playoffs. I just hope this defense doesn't wilt under pressure in the playoffs.
I disliked it then and I still dislike it now.
Collins was and remains a very good player.
The biggest test for the defense is still to come.
I agree that right now pats defense look great, but can we wait till they face proper offense like Packers, Falcons, Steelers or (Kansas/Seahawks(both have to have great day))Hightower, Kyle Van Noy and Shea seem to have done a fantastic job and have brought an extra level of physicality to the position. True, Jamie was an incredible physical specimen, but it seem that Bill wanted to go in a different direction, maybe with a harder edge.
I see no choice but to defer to BB's judgment on this move. BUT, Collins was a play maker who was a force when on his game, and those kinds of players can be difference makers in the playoffs. I just hope this defense doesn't wilt under pressure in the playoffs.
Collins led the defense in both games with eight tackles each time. Against Denver he had two sacks and three tackles for losses.Serious question. Do you remember any plays that stood out in the superbowl against seattle made by collins? I can't remember any.
On the flip side, I remember how the Broncos TEs and RBs were getting open in the AFCCG last year. Just wondering if i'm having selective amnesia.
Hard not to like the move now. Van Noy is nowhere near the athlete Collins is (and I'm not sure there is another in the NFL), but he's more disciplined and does his job.
My guess is that this is a lot closer to Lawyer Milloy than to Richard Seymour.
To extend my perhaps-silly analogy, BB would rather have a decent spoon that knows it's a spoon and does spoon things than an amazing spoon trying to be a Ronco WTF-o-matic (or maybe he was always a Ronco WTF-o-matic and BB hoped he'd turn out to be a spoon ).