I thought I would throw this in the mix since you guys enjoy discussing these things. A 63 yr. old man was hit and killed on his bicycle yesterday just a couple of blocks from my house. He was hit and killed by a police officer responding to a call. The cyclist suddenly turned in front of the police car and was run over. The officer was deemed not at fault. Not surprizing here since the police are never found at fault. They could walk in your house, empty six rounds into your chest and it would be your fault somehow.
Anyways here's the link.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/no...d-monday-morni/
OK resume arguing.
The first round draft pick should be a no brainer starter. Maybin is a project on a team that needs starters. The FO should have taken Orakpo who is a beast or Oher where we have big need. Either position is a big need for us. It's stupid moves like this that keep us in the basement.
Kildrive and Dan Henning seem to be doing better with their new clubs. Our real problem has been drafting. Until we get rid of Modrak, Guy and Russ Brandon we will continue to suck.
Remeber when Turk was fired and he said something about Dick's offense being pop warner like. I thought it was sour grapes, apparantly he was right. Dick must go!
The defense is not the main problem this year. Sure I would like a stouter run defense but the defense is OK for now. The main problem is the OL's inability to open holes for Marshawn or Fred. The pass defense could be better as well. If we can fix this one problem the team will be greatly improved.
I finally got to watch the Carolina game and have a few observations.
1) Fitz played pretty good. He only made three bad passes. The rest were catchable.
2) TO was not trying all that hard to make catches at the start of the game. Dropping easy balls. Then later on started catching the ball for whatever reason.
3) The O-line couldn't open a tuna can let alone open a rushing lane for Marshawn.
4) The D-line did OK considering the Panthers O-line is seasoned and the running game is their bread and butter.
5) The bottom line is the O-line has to improve for this team to improve.
Say it isn't so. My best memory is staying overnight in Hammer's Lot and cooking breakfast with a breakfast beer on Monday morning after a 1:00pm start on Sunday. By the way we won that game. Can't remember who it was against or what year for that matter. Good times.