Re: A QUESTION FOR THE PESSIMISTS
Learning new systems does hold teams back, at least early in the season.
I forgot about the Pats losing Talib, so I will agree that their D had a net loss even with the acquisition of Revis. That being said, I don't know how you can argue that Spikes makes up for Byrd. Byrd was an every down player. Spikes is a two down LB who likely won't play in passing situations. Byrd is more valuable in number of snaps played alone.
And yes, it mostly rests on EJ. Even if the rest of the team improves, we are going nowhere unless he takes a major step forward.
Originally posted by better days
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I forgot about the Pats losing Talib, so I will agree that their D had a net loss even with the acquisition of Revis. That being said, I don't know how you can argue that Spikes makes up for Byrd. Byrd was an every down player. Spikes is a two down LB who likely won't play in passing situations. Byrd is more valuable in number of snaps played alone.
And yes, it mostly rests on EJ. Even if the rest of the team improves, we are going nowhere unless he takes a major step forward.
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