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Can't really argue with an OT, SS, CB and NT from round 2 but Maualuga and Barwin wouldn't have been too shabby either.
Yes, Johnson was a good test for Vollmer, I don't remembering Johnson being as effective against the run though... opcorn:Maualuga light up a few Pats, he played well.
Did anyone else notice Michael Johnson in the Pats backfiled all night? They passed on him 6 times before Cincy grabbed him. Luckily he did not go to Pittsburg/Baltimore/Philly who would really know how to use him.
Yes, Johnson was a good test for Vollmer, I don't remembering Johnson being as effective against the run though... opcorn:
I didn't see much of the game, how did Rey Maualuga look?
Can't really argue with an OT, SS, CB and NT from round 2 but Maualuga and Barwin wouldn't have been too shabby either.
I thought we were definitely taking ReyRey at 34 and I was a little pissed when we passed on him for the 2nd time. I thought we get Chung later on and Mayo-Maualuga would've been a nice inside pairing in the 3-4 for years to come.
I really don't know how Cushing or Matthews jumped way up and this guy fell all the way out of round one. I think some people over-analyzed a little and looked at measurables a little too much. The guy is just a great hardworking and talented football player and shined at USC. Hard hitting, good at getting after the QB (he rocked Juice Williams in the Rose Bowl), always making tackles, always around the ball. The fact that he came back to school for a senior year really hurt his draft stock. I do like Chung and think he was needed but I thought we could get him a little later on.
Maybe I was wrong, we don't need guys like this when we have TBC, Burgess, Guyton, Alexander and Ninkovich. Megs causes two fumbles in one game, what is the over under on the total fumbles forced by all the JAGs listed above.
YouTube - Rey Maualuga: Big Hit - Bengals vs. Packers (9-20-09)
NFL Videos: Bengals Defense Highlight, WK 02 vs. Packers 2009
So far, Laurinaitis looks much more studly than Maualuga, and looks like a great find for St. Louis. He already has 22 tackles and has become their defensive signal caller as a rookie. My issue with Laurinaitis was that we already had Mayo, and at best he is another 3-4 ILB, but better suited as a 4-3 MLB.
I agree. Laurenitis tended to run around blockers rather than take them on. He showed early in his senior season that he could do it, but didn;t look like he wanted to do it.
I wonder how Laurenitis would look as an OLB in our quaisi 4-3 defense??????
No one ever said that Maualuga's not a big hitter and couldn't make some plays. The questions with him dealt with character, intelligence, ability to handle complex defensive schemes, coverage ability, and ability to take on blockers instead of just swoop in and make the big hit when the other guys have done the dirty work. Those are all things which the Pats demand of their LBs.
The Patriots have run a very vanilla defense since about 2005, it doesn't seem like you need Einstein to play LB in their system. At some point you need play makers (aka players who make plays), not a bunch of jags running around just hoping to be in the right place.
Safeties are a dime a dozen, Merriweather keeps improving and one day he could be good but IMO he will never be elite. Average size, average speed, terrible hands, good tackler.. sounds like a 4th round pick not pick 21.