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Elite players are game changers.. Mayo isn't a game changer..
Is Mayo not a game changer because he lacks the ability, or because BB has a very specific role for him that prevents him from making higher risk/higher reward plays that would show up on ESPN and appease the mouth-breathing anti-Mayo crowd?
it doesn't matter........
mayo does have the ability......he is far more athletic than tedy bruschi......he just doesn't see the game in slow motion the way bruschi did
I do think part of this is because of the stiffs he's surrounded by......if the pats had barwin and reed on the outside, mayo's job would be much more consistent and he'd be able to focus solely on the zones in the middle and develop the instinct to read better....now he is simply forced to run around all over the place
Well, there's a positive. If Mayo hasn't reached his ceiling because he's bailing out the jag LBs around him, maybe the playmaking Mayo will emerge if BB enhances the LB corps.
it doesn't matter........
mayo does have the ability......he is far more athletic than tedy bruschi......he just doesn't see the game in slow motion the way bruschi did
Really? How the hell did you get inside Bruschi's head? Was that when he had his stroke? Shame on you.
......I just hope he will still want to be here after next year
If Mayo moves on after next year, will the Mayo era be remembered for having the worst defenses of BB's entire NEP tenure?
Added: In contrast with the 3x Super Bowl champion Bruschi defense.
What class of ILB in the league do you place him?
Patrick Willis class?
How do you rate him? Should the D be built around him or should the team look for more help inside?
He's very good.
He's no Patrick Willis.
I would love to see him make more big plays.
it is one factor.....here's alist of items that bruschi had to help him focus:
richard seymour
ty law
rodney harrison
willie mcginest
mike vrabel
ted washington
roman phifer
the point was that bruschi never had to worry about what the guy adjacent to him on all sides not doing his job.
mayo has the following guys adjacent to him:
rob ninkovich
guyton/spikes
chung (or whoever is in there when he is hurt)
arrington
kyle love
vince wilfork
a bit of a fall-off if you ask me