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FRPLG · 10-27-2006, 01:07 PM

I think a lot of what he said is spot on. Most of all I think our play makers from 04 haven't been replaced or aren't currently as good. Griffin just hasn't had the same impact the last two seasons. Joe Sal has been about the same but he wasn't a play maker then and isn't now. His injuries have kept him out too much. I am realistic with the Arch siging because he is playing a role that he wasn't supposed to play. He isn't playing the same role that Clark would have played. Clark was our running down safety who supported pretty well in the run and was adequate in pass coeverage. Arch is having to play all four downs because Priloeau is gone and has been exposed on passing downs. I do wish we had kept Clark because he was serviceable and Arch isn't much better for the money. But he hasn't been an 'abject' failure since he can't be blamed for being relied on to do things no one expected to to do.

At DE they took a gamble on a guy just like they gambled on Griffin and this time we haven't had the same impact results. He isn't any worse than what we had though. I now agree that losing Pierce was the biggest deal. Lemar is serviceable but Pierce was a player. We haven't had a decent weak side LB since Lavar was good which was before 04 but somehow we hid it better then. Maybe Pierce was the reason.

I think our biggest problems have been, and I hate to say it, that our two 1st round draft picks on D have not brought play making to our team. Rogers is not a play maker at this point and some would even say he isn't very good. I can't argue since he hasn't shown much. I would have expected him to be better against WR1s. Maybe not lights out but he should be making his share of plays. He is making no palys at all. Even more disappointing has been the failure of Taylor to grow as a playmaker. Let's be honest, the guy can hit and he knows it. The problem is that basically all he ever tries to do is hit someone. He isn't ball hawking, or shutting down the TE or anything. If Rogers and Taylor made some plays we'd be talking about a much better defense.

10-27-2006, 01:07 PM	#22
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Great Blog about the D--Jason LaC I think a lot of what he said is spot on. Most of all I think our play makers from 04 haven't been replaced or aren't currently as good. Griffin just hasn't had the same impact the last two seasons. Joe Sal has been about the same but he wasn't a play maker then and isn't now. His injuries have kept him out too much. I am realistic with the Arch siging because he is playing a role that he wasn't supposed to play. He isn't playing the same role that Clark would have played. Clark was our running down safety who supported pretty well in the run and was adequate in pass coeverage. Arch is having to play all four downs because Priloeau is gone and has been exposed on passing downs. I do wish we had kept Clark because he was serviceable and Arch isn't much better for the money. But he hasn't been an 'abject' failure since he can't be blamed for being relied on to do things no one expected to to do. At DE they took a gamble on a guy just like they gambled on Griffin and this time we haven't had the same impact results. He isn't any worse than what we had though. I now agree that losing Pierce was the biggest deal. Lemar is serviceable but Pierce was a player. We haven't had a decent weak side LB since Lavar was good which was before 04 but somehow we hid it better then. Maybe Pierce was the reason. I think our biggest problems have been, and I hate to say it, that our two 1st round draft picks on D have not brought play making to our team. Rogers is not a play maker at this point and some would even say he isn't very good. I can't argue since he hasn't shown much. I would have expected him to be better against WR1s. Maybe not lights out but he should be making his share of plays. He is making no palys at all. Even more disappointing has been the failure of Taylor to grow as a playmaker. Let's be honest, the guy can hit and he knows it. The problem is that basically all he ever tries to do is hit someone. He isn't ball hawking, or shutting down the TE or anything. If Rogers and Taylor made some plays we'd be talking about a much better defense.