Can we try something original? Instead of all these Henne-Henning-Sparano threads, let's do something different. :up:

How about a thread on how Lydon Murtha sucks? How about a thread on how Marlon Moore & Roberto Wallace belong on the practice squad, not on the field. I'd like to see a thread about Ronnie and Ricky and how they are slower than a drunk ******, can only get decent yds if the blocking is perfect and suck at picking up blitzes. Maybe someone can start a thread about all the great ways we can attack the defense using Mickey Shuler or Patt Cobbs or Lex Hilliard or Lousaka Polite or Kevin Curtis or Mastrud or Epps or John Nalbone. No sense in leaving out Berger and McQuistan, lets make a thread about how powerful they are at the point of attack and how they never allow penetration. Lets make a thread about how good Incognito is as a pulling guard, a shotgun snapper, and how nimble he and Jerry are on screen plays. Oh, and Vernon Carey, we need a thread on how well he's blown up since he signed that fat contract.

I'm not biased towards the offense, not at all. We can create some threads about if Wake isn't creating pressure then there isn't any. That'd fit in great around here. I doubt anyone on our defense could tell you what perfume Brady was wearing on Sunday. And what about our secondary, leading the league w/ 30+ dropped INTs? We need at least two threads on that. I think Vontae should get his own thread. I keep hearing about how good he is, but he hasn't made a play all year. 1 gift INT where he was beaten (Percy Harvin) but the ball was tipped into his hands. No forced fumbles, precious few big hits, lots of missed tackles, lots of being in good position but failing to make a play, and lots of reading his own press clippings, apparently. We definitely need a thread on that. We could make a thread on just how bad our ST units, from KO to KOR to Punt to PR, FG team, onside kicks, you name it, we all bash it.

I could make these threads myself, and I'd have fun doing it, but I think it should be a group exercise. We all need to get involved, a TEAM effort, no one person held responsible, getting all of the credit or all of the blame. Why? Because frankly, I care about all of you guys here at thephins and I don't want anyone's feelings to be hurt when Andrew Luck or Ryan Mallett or Jim Harbaugh or Bill Cowher or Logan Mankins or Mark Ingram come in here and fail to solve all of our problems b/c they cant overcome just how bad we suck. So we need to take this bashing spree seriously, no half @ssing. It's the only way we can avoid getting duped all over again next year. Duped into thinking we have 3 capable QBs when we really have none. Or a solid run game when we couldn't run through wet tissue. An old savvy OC and not an incompetent dinosaur. A tough as nails leader of men, not a guy named after a TV series, who only uses Xs and Os for games of Tic Tac Toe, and who has a strange fetish for FGs.

In 2011, we're not falling for the banana in the tailpipe, and we need to make sure of it. Who's with me? :wink2:

 

I agree, he did a good job. Not good enough for me though. Gotta make a play at some point if you want to be considered a top echelon guy. Bait the QB, take a risk, jump a route, force a fumble, something. Not asking for it week in and week out, but a whole season and no game changing plays? That's disappointing.

 

Yeah, offensively we're a complete mess, from top to bottom. Did you see Marshall's press conference Sunday? Came about as close to calling Henne and Henning incompetent as you can get without coming out and saying it. With so many upgrades to make and limited resources, what do you think we should address first?

 

Agreed. Fix the OL and running game first and foremost. Better guards, a stud back or two. Another pass rusher. A TE who can beat Cover 2. A WR who can create space for Marshall to work underneath. Most of all, an OC who can put an offense together and develop a QB b/c any QB we get will either be a rookie or a retread.

 

Fixed that for ya :shifty:

 

I'd love to steal Brad Smith from the NYJ (Holmes also), sign Benson or Bush, draft 2 RBs (Ryan Williams or Ingram and N. Devine), a G, a RT, and move Richie to C like you mentioned a while back. Re-sign Wake and Soliai, cut Will Allen, and use the money for Mankins, if we can't get him, Johnathan Joseph is a FA also and he'd look nice across from Vontae.

Oh, and get McDaniels (or someone else who can develop QBs) in here to put it all together. Give Sparano one more year b/c a) the lockout and b)Ross may be rich, but I doubt he has the stomach for a major FA spending spree, 6-10 million for a new coach & GM, while still being on the hook for Sparano & Ireland (4 million) and the rest of the current coaching staff.

 

Hey, he came closer to beating NE than Cutler, Sanchez, Henne, Fitzpatrick, Favre etc. But I was talking about the other guy :lol:.

 

Blackmon is a monster, and probably the better player, but I'd go Ingram b/c our quickest path to success is via running and playing defense. Cant ask Henne or whoever our QB is to carry us, but we can ask our running game to carry our QB. Also, the FA WR list is insane this year, we'll be able to sign 1 or 2 good ones b/c the market is flooded with em'. http://www.footballsfuture.com/2011/fa/wr.html

Side Note: In so many words, Marshall absolutely KILLED Chad Henne in his press conference after the Pats game. Killed Henning as well. Now the team website has pulled the video, has anyone seen it anywhere else? Its the one wear he's wearing the brown scarf.

 

I trust Ireland. He cleaned up the defense in one off season, I hope he can do the same on offense. Need a coordinator asap & then go from there.

 

Any chance we, GASP, go after Rob Ryan? :shifty:

 

Not sure on Ingram either. I'm with you in that I like Ryan Williams, but he's another guy who's dinged a lot.

QB is a total mess. Marshall & Ricky both say Henne sucks. No one is coming out to defend him, and he's not defending himself either so I'm done defending him also. Normally, I'd say give Henne another year rather than waste a year with a retread or put a rookie into this mess, but if Henne has lost the support of his teammates then he needs to go.

I'd take Benson over Brown if the $$$ is anywhere near similar. Then draft two Runners and look for some FA WRs. Hopefully we can recoup that 2nd round pick. I'd only favor staying at 15 if Mallett or another QB we like falls there. Of course any QB that falls past all of the QB needy teams in front of us probably isn't that good anyway so who knows. Interesting times ahead.