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London Fletcher is a washed up bum.
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Re: London Fletcher is a washed up bum.
he makes a lot of tackles but doesn't make big plays. He looks great when he's next to Spikes and the O is too busy to bother with him. He doesn't look great when he's the No. 1 LB on the field and it's easy to block or avoid him.
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Originally posted by OpIv37he makes a lot of tackles but doesn't make big plays. He looks great when he's next to Spikes and the O is too busy to bother with him. He doesn't look great when he's the No. 1 LB on the field and it's easy to block or avoid him.
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London is still good enough to be missed in St. Louis but he cannot be compared with Jim Hasslett, Shane Conlan, Sam Cowart (before his achilles tendon injury...) and someone who can still help the Buffalo Bills: CHRIS SPIELMAN.
In summary, London Fletcher is an above average leader (top 15) who can still do big plays... but for sure, Spike's injury not only hurt himself...
"Defeat is simply a signal to press onward"
- Helen Keller
- "What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down"
- - Mary Pickford
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Originally posted by JefftheBillsfanill say this, he is not ever going to be a good at shedding blockers, so as long as we have trouble at DT, we will have a problem at MLB.
This year he's getting pushed around by FB's and O-linemen.
He's also clearly slowing down.
He's done very well here and I hate to see him struggling, but that just happens to MLB's as well as RB's. One year they are great and the next, their bodies are beaten. I guess cortisone shots only work for so long.
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Originally posted by JefftheBillsfanill say this, he is not ever going to be a good at shedding blockers, so as long as we have trouble at DT, we will have a problem at MLB.
You want to see fletch make more plays next to the line of scrimmage, draft a 350lb d- tackle in the first and fourth rounds in next year's draft.
(And IMO, draft offensive linemen with all the picks in between.. but thats neither here nor there...)Originally posted by TopdogDamn , your're showing you're ignorance!Originally posted by mercyruleI love Weiner.Originally posted by mercyrulealso cheese
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Originally posted by mchurchfieAt some point whether the DEs are playing good or not a middle LB is going to make a good play. I can't even remember the last time I saw him making a tackle in the opponent's backfield. Great players make great plays no matter what the circumstances.
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what has killed me about london this year has been his horrible angles in pursuit.
short passes to RBs make him useless, he never gets there to smack them on the catch, and consistantly runs right after them instead of taking an angle and just gets beat.
when he is back, spikes should be our MLB, where he has been great before.
posey spikes and crowell would be a freakish LB core.
all can cover, all can run, and all are BIG.
those guys would shut down runs big time
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Originally posted by colinposey spikes and crowell would be a freakish LB core.
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Originally posted by OpIv37I'm not sold on Posey either. it seems that he NEVER gets his name called in games. He maybe has 3 sacks in 3 seasons, no INT's that I can recall, no tipped passes/knockdowns that I can recall.
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Originally posted by gr8slayerPosey had two that I can think of last year. (INT's)DEFENSIVE STATS
Year Team G Total Tckl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def 1998 San Francisco 49ers 16 21 18.0 3 0.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1999 San Francisco 49ers 16 20 16.0 4 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 2000 San Francisco 49ers 16 43 27.0 16 0.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 2001 Jacksonville Jaguars 11 18 16.0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2002 Houston Texans 16 65 49.0 16 8 1 0 0.0 0 0 5 2003 Buffalo Bills 16 63 37.0 26 5.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2004 Buffalo Bills 16 65 39.0 26 1 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 2005 Buffalo Bills 8 30 18.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 TOTAL 115 325 220.0 105 17.5 2 3 1.5 3 0 10
He hasn't been rushing the passer much, but he's been solid. These numbers are good for a Will linebacker in a 4-3. Not spectacular, but solid.
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