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The NFL has morphed into a league with athletic QB's and play fast up and down the field. A large, slow D can't compete with speed. Speed never goes into a slump. A large slow D can't catch Pat Mahomes. And moving him off his spot doesn't seem to bother him, that guy can throw from any positon. So you need to go HIT him. And he's not the last of fast mobile QB's, he is the future. And does anyone have a power run system in the NFL other than Dallas? Yeah, I'm keeping it simple, because I'm not a GM. I don't pretend to be one on the internet. And the Dungy D works because it is simple. Players don't have time to make decisions, so you give them less thinking and more doing. Defense is reacting, and then you get to the ball, all 11 guys. That's how you can play young guys with less experience. And I believe if Ballard can draft a 310 lb DT who can run like Warren Sapp, he will take him. But those guys are rare. You he's not going to sign a guy 2 gap blocking sponge because that doesn't fit this D. They don't need Tony Sarigusa. They are looking for John Randle. |
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Also, I think the people in this thread have a good grasp of the idea that Ted Washington and Tony Siragusa-type giants at DT are dinosaurs as far as this defense goes. |
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Looking through all of the garbage in your last post, it doesn’t appear we even disagree very much in principle. Of course you need to draft well, and of course you need to make good free agent signings. That’s really all I’ve been saying all along. Where we disagree is how that strategy is implemented. It is indeed a cost benefit analysis, just as you’ve said, and I just don’t think the costs of signing the type of older players you’ve been advocating (like McCoy) are likely to provide a equivalent or greater benefit. Time will tell, I guess, and it certainly isn't impossible, but as we sit here today I just don’t think history suggests that’s a good move. But I never said we shouldn’t sign free agents – that’s a ridiculous distortion – and with perhaps the exception of the Houston signing, I’ve only spoken up when people here start criticizing the team’s failure to sign a ultra high end free agent or an expensive castoff from another team. I praised the 2018 free agent class we signed, which led to a fair amount of criticism and similar comments last off season (perhaps even from you – but I’m not going to hunt down those comments right now), and had no problem with the Funchess signing except for the length of contract/lack of options stuff I mentioned. I’m not a big fan of the Houston signing – primarily for the costs and guarantees involved. That’s it. P.S. So now Ballard is both reactive AND proactive - do I have that right? (sorry, couldn't resist) |
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How is McCoy over the Hill? Isnt he the same age as Houston?
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He’s not, we just didn’t sign him so he’s over the hill.
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Now I get it.
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Come on, man. I am okay with us not signing him, but the dude is not over the hill. He may be at the start of a decline, but he has a couple of productive years left.
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Out of everything I said, THAT's what you choose to focus on? My use of the phrase "over the hill"? That's really weak. I guess when you have nothing else to say, you're left with nitpicking terminology.
For what it's worth, in the context of an NFL player, I view "over the hill" as simply being past the player's prime - or in other words, on the downside of his career. By this definition, BOTH McCoy and Houston are over the hill in my view. You might have a different personal definition, but I'm pretty sure mine is reasonable. And I honestly can't believe this is what the discussion has devolved into. |
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He is the hill.
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