cashdfs has made a good point....newman is rarely on the field this season. Personally I think when on the field he has underachieved...but still. He has game-breaker potential.
Eddie Robinson is playing awful IMO (check the Jerry Rice TD, he could of disrupted Gannon, but decided stopping 4 yards in front of him allowing him to make a clean pass was a better option). We are getting no pass rush either from the DL. Either put newman in for Robinson in nickel packages at LB, or put him in for Ahonotu in the nickel/dime packages.
Last season I saw Newman develop as a good all around LB because he wasn't allowed to blitz, he improved his run support as well as coverage.
this is going to sound dumb, but are we trying to prevent him from putting up big numbers so we can sign him cheap, then let him loose in 03? i know it sounds dumb, but so isn't playing eddie robinson over him.
Eddie Robinson is playing awful IMO (check the Jerry Rice TD, he could of disrupted Gannon, but decided stopping 4 yards in front of him allowing him to make a clean pass was a better option). We are getting no pass rush either from the DL. Either put newman in for Robinson in nickel packages at LB, or put him in for Ahonotu in the nickel/dime packages.
Last season I saw Newman develop as a good all around LB because he wasn't allowed to blitz, he improved his run support as well as coverage.
this is going to sound dumb, but are we trying to prevent him from putting up big numbers so we can sign him cheap, then let him loose in 03? i know it sounds dumb, but so isn't playing eddie robinson over him.
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