Mongo3451

Olsen is making next to nothing. His only value is playing well or being traded for a reasonable draft pick.

Hell, we just signed Jennings yesterday. (5-9 and 185 if he's lucky)

Gotta disagree on the KR. I think he's a beast at KR. Nice crack though...

Lovely news. However, he has to be smarter than Manning. Nobody could be less instinctive than him. I agree that we should be cautious. Other "Mock Talk" may have better things to say. Anyway, I'll take a slightly less gifted "football Player" over a "dumb athlete" anyday.

It's good to see Lovie and you are on the same page... I like the guy too, but think he won't be there when we pick.

Decent player. I'm glad we got him. He's a little guy though.

My God, hell has frozen over! He had to be the worst fullback of the decade. Oh I just saw pig fly...

I was reading the entire post thinking it was destined to be a one I'd remember for awhile. But the above paragraph made it lose some credibility. I would argue 1 FS, 1 DE, and 1 OL as needs. The rest is depth. Now, if you were saying you'd like to have upgrades at those positions, I'd agree. But 11 to 14 positions? That's a lot. It's like you are saying it's a miracle we went 7-9 with the talent we had? Like I said earlier, the rest of the post was solid.

The problem with Olsen, is that a corner or safety can play him. That negates him even more as a WR, because he can't separate. Teams have figured this out. If he doesn't make it as a TE with our system, I am very against making him a WR.

This is why I'm not a huge stat guy. Manning has always been a guy who is hesitant and takes poor angles. Like you said he's a "catch and drag" guy. Those types of tackles are easier because of his athletic ability. Back to my rub on this, stats don't capture hesitation, poor angles and just plain not being in the play. A lot of guys high on that list are the ones you see flying to the point of impact. Sometimes they lay some serious wood, sometimes they whiff. I'd take Chris Harris any day over Manning at S.

Agreed. The way things are now, if you are only on the team because of special teams, you better be an "ace" at it. Davis and AP are not aces and not starting caliber players. They must go to allow younger players an opportunity to emerge. Yet, another indictment on the staff. One last shot; while I am a Mannelly fan because he shows that average Joe can make it in the NFL, do we really need him so badly? How many longsnapper specialist are there in the league? If I'm a bubble OL, DL or TE, I'm learning how to longsnap. Mannelly is the best, but damn.

I'll take Atogwe and draft one.

That's how I remember it. Jerry would have won 3 or 4 more if he'd have kept JJ.

F'n classic! Mad love on that one...

I think he actually had his best years as an LDE and moved to RDE when Rucker left. True. And I think Brown strongly prefers RDE. I think with Peppers ability, he would be a greater benefit at LDE. (Distrupting in the QB's face. ala Strahan) This would also benefit the way we are used to seeing Brown Blast by the QB as he step up. Now the QB can step up into Peppers or flush out to Brown. I think so.

Nuf said...

You have your biased opinion, as I have mine. I do believe the staff got complacent / arrogant. I also believe it directly translated into a huge lack of hunger from the players. That's what I took from the article. Angelo is nearly as guilty as Lovie on this. He has openly admitted gambling with the draft because he thought we were solid enough to handle it. This article rings true depending on how you view the staff. The article is in retrospect, but I do not believe for one second it is hindsight. It's been covered by our board, media and former players enough to throw that out. Phillips and the family get a pass in my book, because he pretty much left the football decisions to JA and Lovie. If I had to place blame on the fall of the team, it would be 60% Lovie, 30% Angelo and 10% players.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/be...ssey08.article# It took balls to write this after the weekend we all enjoyed. But how true it is. Nasty!

Ta Da! Thanks for the intro. Like I've said before, they run the team like a business, yet have been happy with their signing of players. They were still too cheap to fire Lovie... ...maybe they just don't know any better. Anyway, they do get a pass from me for awhile. They didn't have to do anything with a lockout looming and they did.

He was referring to the week the Rams can take to beat any offers made VS signing someone today.

Agreed. Unless Clark has lingering affects from his injuries last year.

Just trying to be a gentleman about it. You know my opinion of Lovie and company.

Otogwe

Good move sending Lovie to play guard dog. My reservations are still there on Peppers. Like I said before, he is the one out there that can make the difference on our defense. On that alone, I am more optimistic than I would have been with anyone else coming.

I'm wondering about coaching too. JA's draft record is average, while his planning has been above average. Lovie OTOH hasn't shown me anything past the 1st three years.