superozman
January-2nd-2009, 04:06 PM
I watch every single game with one of my best friends and his girlfriend. Never miss a game together, and this year with his new job, and me picking up a bunch more duties at my church, we both were not going to be able to watch some games together. But it turns out we recorded them, avoided tv/internet, and watched them late Sunday night for 3 games, including Dallas in D, Eagles in W, and Cleveland.
I watched some of each game recovering yesterday from lack of sleep on NYE, and what I noticed was the speed of the Skins Secondary. (I also noticed maybe me and my buddy shouldn’t watch games when they are live, as the skins went 3-0 in these games!). As I rewatched some of the games, I was really was amazed at how phenomenal the Skins D is in coverage/getting to the ball. From game 1’s debacle to Philly’s game there was VAST improvement in coverage. I also noticed avoiding Landry’s way and picking on the rookies Horton/Moore. Teams respect Landry, and since there isn’t an ST opposite him, teams went that way. I think Horton can improve a lot, but he did really well for being a non highly-touted rookie.
A lot of people have been saying “get rid of springs”, etc. I don’t understand. We aren’t the GM, why do we care what he gets paid or if he is often injured? There is no reason anyone should say get rid of Springs, because he is often injured. The simple fact is, for those 10-12 games he is healthy, he is an ASSET TO THE TEAM. He’s not a hindrance at all. Hopefully the Skins can resign Hall, and with 4 CB’s of this caliber, this defense should be a top 5 defense yet again. The way he can shut down a TO and other receivers of that caliber, why let him do that for another team?
The other thing, however, was lack of pass rush. Now in the Eagles game, Jason Taylor looked like the Jason Taylor of Miami. No question. With a few near sacks to add to the 2 sacks and all, there is no question I want Jason Taylor in B&G next year. Him being healthy could mean the world to the lack of sacks in the Skins D. With the coverage of the skins D, there should be NO excuse for the lack of sacks, as there should be more coverage sacks. The DT position should be looked at in the draft which I think directly affects the pass rush inadequacies.
Sorry for the rambling, I have 16 hour work day and figured some skins talk would help me through it!
I watched some of each game recovering yesterday from lack of sleep on NYE, and what I noticed was the speed of the Skins Secondary. (I also noticed maybe me and my buddy shouldn’t watch games when they are live, as the skins went 3-0 in these games!). As I rewatched some of the games, I was really was amazed at how phenomenal the Skins D is in coverage/getting to the ball. From game 1’s debacle to Philly’s game there was VAST improvement in coverage. I also noticed avoiding Landry’s way and picking on the rookies Horton/Moore. Teams respect Landry, and since there isn’t an ST opposite him, teams went that way. I think Horton can improve a lot, but he did really well for being a non highly-touted rookie.
A lot of people have been saying “get rid of springs”, etc. I don’t understand. We aren’t the GM, why do we care what he gets paid or if he is often injured? There is no reason anyone should say get rid of Springs, because he is often injured. The simple fact is, for those 10-12 games he is healthy, he is an ASSET TO THE TEAM. He’s not a hindrance at all. Hopefully the Skins can resign Hall, and with 4 CB’s of this caliber, this defense should be a top 5 defense yet again. The way he can shut down a TO and other receivers of that caliber, why let him do that for another team?
The other thing, however, was lack of pass rush. Now in the Eagles game, Jason Taylor looked like the Jason Taylor of Miami. No question. With a few near sacks to add to the 2 sacks and all, there is no question I want Jason Taylor in B&G next year. Him being healthy could mean the world to the lack of sacks in the Skins D. With the coverage of the skins D, there should be NO excuse for the lack of sacks, as there should be more coverage sacks. The DT position should be looked at in the draft which I think directly affects the pass rush inadequacies.
Sorry for the rambling, I have 16 hour work day and figured some skins talk would help me through it!