2020 Our Year For Sure

"Oh no I've gone cross-eyed."

To me a real fan never wants to watch his team lose. No contest

Yeah the Raiders are no "mess," that's a solid football team that went 6-4 over their last ten and swept all three division opponents in 2010. Would be a nice win for the boys in blue...

So they're giving him authority over the college scouts as well, interesting. Those who said this is our GM-in-waiting might be onto something.

I'm no agent but I wouldn't think it'd take more than 2-3 million per season to retain Florence. Gotta get this done or you're leaving a ton of question marks at the CB position I wish I shared your confidence here, but after seeing them draft two corners (plus a safety that played corner) this year, and seeing Buddy talk about getting younger in the secondary, I'm not so sure.

This! Florence was our best defensive back all season long in 2010, period. No other corner or safety even came close! Considering how cheap he'll be and how inexperienced our 2011 secondary projects to be, it would be a real bonehead move to let him walk.

Clearly one of them.

Drayton Florence was our best defensive back the entire season in 2010. Even if you ASSUME Aaron Williams can ball from day 1, McGee has looked old for a long time and McKelvin just hasn't been that good yet. Florence should be re-signed; he likely won't be expensive.

+1

Whatever progress it looked like, they have been really terrible the last two weeks. Really, they were no better than last year. Bad players, bad coaches, bad management. The gap between us and the Jets and Pats has never been wider.

I feel CB and FS are on lockdown as well. If they go to either of those positions in the frst 3 rounds, I'll vomit Agree with this. I still think this kid stinks and always will. Seems overmatched as a starting LT in the NFL. It was nice to see Howard step in and perform well with no experience...between he and Wanger maybe we find a player, so there's hope that we have 4 legit starters on the roster right now. That aint too bad. But I'd really like to add a Tackle in the first 2 rounds of the draft.

Of course we all want to see the team win. But anybody who's given evaluating quarterbacks a good deal of thought ought to realize you've got to dig a bit deeper than whether the team wins or loses. Fitzpatrick has no control over the lack of a pass rush, the complete inability to stop the run, the mediocre special teams. But (fingers crossed) he has helped fix what was the worst offense in the league. That is definitely "making a difference." HA, bravo on the kicker analogy. That makes it plain to see.

I have always been a Whitner supporter but as far as I'm, concerned, he played his way off the team today. He bit on the flea flicker and in general can't cover anyone. Where is Byrd? has he made any plays this year? Edwards does not ever have this guy in position to make a play.

Good point and I thought the same thing. The 18 game season has to be scrapped, in light of the injury epidemic.

both are very intelligent guys. the writers out there with a brain will look at the team's recent history and understand WHY this game wasn't sold out.

Absolutely. name Sanders interim for rest of year.

This team MUST give John Fox 2 million a year when Carolina fires him after the season. He was an excellent def. coordinator.

Once in awhile he'll come up and make a nice stop against the run, diving at the ballcarrier's ankle. Still as others have said, he's a big liability out there. He's never where he needs to be in downfield coverage, always a few steps away from doing anything. And he certainly does miss his share of tackles besides. He's got to go.

Seems your best bet this week alongside Hillis is Beanie Wells. He should get the most touches of the three.

Fitz will probably find a way to be useful this week but I give the edge to Bradford. Amazing how good he looks so quickly

Get real about Whitner, people. His coverage has been god-awful this year. George Wilson is a better player

Gotta agree with KD, and the reasoning can't be explained better. Not even close on that deal. Consider adding a John Kuhn, Lagarette(sp) Blount of TB or a BenJarvus Green-Ellis. Guys who aren't getting a whole lot of attention right now, but will get goal line carries and have a chance to see their role expand. Blount being my favorite of the three. If Torain or Bush are there, those are must-adds. Donald Brown is another guy out there who can help someone a whole lot down the road. Chris Ivory may have some value filling in in the short-term. Good luck!

Yup. Dumb question, to be blunt.

Cato June and Freddy Keiaho, two former Colts OLBs, neither gets above the 220s. Its the Dungy system, and it works when you have athletic defensive linemen like they have. Polian selects players according to that system-- which happens to basically be the system we had. It works for them. Our lack of success was never about size it was about talent.