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Take a look at Chris Brown's response to a fan:
2. Hi Chris,
To me Poz seems like he’s not adept at shedding blockers near the line of scrimmage…..he makes lots of tackles, but seems like too many go for 5+ yards and not enough tough stuffs. But Poz remains a good play maker…do you think he has the skill set to move to OLB so we might get a stud MLB like Rey Maualuga in the draft?
Rick Natelson
CB: I think Poz very accurately stated his shortcomings on locker clean out day at the end of the season. He said there were a lot of times where he felt he was half a step away from making a big play, and he chalked it up to simply not diagnosing plays quickly enough. That was due in part to the fact that he was essentially a rookie last season after playing just 2 ½ games in 2007.
With a full year under his belt I believe and so do his defensive coaches that he’ll make more big plays defensively in year three. That being said he did make a handful of big plays this season with his INT against the Jets, He also had a fumble recovery and a forced fumble on the season. He was also fourth on the team in pass breakups with 7. I think he’ll only get better and turn a lot more of those types of plays in come 2009.
First off, this post is not about Poz. Its about the way we build our team.
Basically, we have a 4 year deal with Poz, 2 of those years are now gone and Chris is saying that finally, in year three, we could get a high quality LB out of Poz. I think he was very good this year but not stellar, but again this isnt about Poz.
My point is that we rely so much on the draft to build this team. Heres an example of possibly getting two years of high quality play out of a guy you drafted. His first year was a bust due to injury, his second year was his rookie year really, and his third year we hope to get high quality play, the year after his contracts up and he may leave.
THis year were banking on improving our pass rush most likely from the draft... doesn this show that we could very well get little to no real imporvement if were relying on a rookie? Werent we supposed to get our #2 WR last year in Hardy?
Thsi team banks on rookies to make them better, but wont realize that its takes years to develop them, and in the mean time were left losing guys from their rookie contracts to other teams, and not getting better at what we need to get better at now.
We need to invest more in free agency and trades if we want to have real, appreciable improvement year to year.
2. Hi Chris,
To me Poz seems like he’s not adept at shedding blockers near the line of scrimmage…..he makes lots of tackles, but seems like too many go for 5+ yards and not enough tough stuffs. But Poz remains a good play maker…do you think he has the skill set to move to OLB so we might get a stud MLB like Rey Maualuga in the draft?
Rick Natelson
CB: I think Poz very accurately stated his shortcomings on locker clean out day at the end of the season. He said there were a lot of times where he felt he was half a step away from making a big play, and he chalked it up to simply not diagnosing plays quickly enough. That was due in part to the fact that he was essentially a rookie last season after playing just 2 ½ games in 2007.
With a full year under his belt I believe and so do his defensive coaches that he’ll make more big plays defensively in year three. That being said he did make a handful of big plays this season with his INT against the Jets, He also had a fumble recovery and a forced fumble on the season. He was also fourth on the team in pass breakups with 7. I think he’ll only get better and turn a lot more of those types of plays in come 2009.
First off, this post is not about Poz. Its about the way we build our team.
Basically, we have a 4 year deal with Poz, 2 of those years are now gone and Chris is saying that finally, in year three, we could get a high quality LB out of Poz. I think he was very good this year but not stellar, but again this isnt about Poz.
My point is that we rely so much on the draft to build this team. Heres an example of possibly getting two years of high quality play out of a guy you drafted. His first year was a bust due to injury, his second year was his rookie year really, and his third year we hope to get high quality play, the year after his contracts up and he may leave.
THis year were banking on improving our pass rush most likely from the draft... doesn this show that we could very well get little to no real imporvement if were relying on a rookie? Werent we supposed to get our #2 WR last year in Hardy?
Thsi team banks on rookies to make them better, but wont realize that its takes years to develop them, and in the mean time were left losing guys from their rookie contracts to other teams, and not getting better at what we need to get better at now.
We need to invest more in free agency and trades if we want to have real, appreciable improvement year to year.
" ~ yordad
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