In the apt words of Brother Mayo: This
sucks.
I'm afraid that I am
nowhere near as sanguine about this Loss as the rest of you, Gentlemen.
1 ~ I have said since Day 1, back in April, that
Donta HighTower will have the greatest impact of this year's Rookies...but as a
Flanker ~ OLB/DE, to you Earthlings ~ with a minimal involvement ~ barring injuries ~ as a
MidFielder ~ that's ILB/OLB, Earthlings!!
2 ~ Bobby Carpenter makes a nice enough
4th MidFielder, I suppose...
but as the first man up when Spikes or Mayo gets hurt?? That...
sucks.
3 ~ I love
Jeff Tarpinian's Potential, but as a
Coverage MidFielder, as Brother Mayo points out. I think he's got far more potential thither, and I do
not want him in there,
banging heads on every play: If Tarpinian is forced to step in, we may, henceforth, be shortly scouring the streets,
once again.
I hope that y'all are right, and that I am wrong.
But from what I've seen so far, neither those two nor the other MidFielders in Camp come within
light years of commanding the lethal combination of
Processing Speed, Fluidity, Core Strength, and
Lateral Agility that make
Dane Fletcher such a potentially explosive
Defender and
Attacker.
Having
bodies around ~ I'm sure we all agree ~ does not mean we have
Depth.
And from
my perception, our
Depth of Talent just took an
enormous hit.