How Much Ass Can a Rebuilding Team Kick?

Honestly who is better Clemens or Beck. Or would it matter at all?

One of the BEST 8-8 teams with a bright future.

We have a PLAN.

We might not win this year, but that’s b/c we have a PLAN.

Gone are the years of going .500 with an aging roster and no hope for improvement.

and everyone’s kool aid cups will runeth over.

I was sort of against it when we first hired him but since then I’ve seen some really good things.

Haslet has shown the ability to adapt his defense within reason. Sure he had to make the mandated switch to a 3-4 focused defense but he has really shown great versatility working within that framework.

Haslet has been creative with his schemes, at times to the point of ineffectiveness. Remember that stupid defense we used against the colts? I thought it was a good try but ultimately a flop. Still, haslet tried to confuse manning rather than sitting back in cover 2 and getting picked apart as some coaches do.

Haslet moves players around, plays various hybrid schemes, shifts line rotations depending on the game and opponent. I’m not sure how mean of a game he can call yet, but he shows a lot of promise. I think he works well with shanahan, being a fiery counterpoint to the smouldering shanahan death glare. He’s also a players coach, and a guy that seems to garner a lot of respect from his guys. That’s very important.

This year will be quite telling I think. More so for haslet than shanahan. If we don’t see marked improvements across the board defensively I’ll seriously start to question his ability to run a 3-4 defense. I don’t expect top 10 but I do expect top half of the league.

Oh and you bring up points per game. Thank you. Who gives a fk if the defense allows 40020 yards per game but holds opponents to 10 points? Yards allowed is a horrible way to rank overall defense. I think they need a total defensive rating formula that factors in all sorts of neat stats. Maybe someone already has that figured out.

Granted, Hank has been subpar, but he’ll come around. Please double Moss if you feel that’s the best way to contain us! Between our WR quality depth & our above-average TE’s, we have the ability to make defenses pay for not being honest.

He seems more like a day-to-day guy to me.

It really was because of the quality of guys being out there. I’m pissed I was out when the banks play happened. if anyone has a link to it, please post it up here for me.

Banks is an idiot but…he’s our idiot. 99% he makes the team now btw.

it is improved defense and special teams. The defense scored against the Ravens, the special teams scored against the Bucs, and the defense set up another TD by giving them the ball at the 2. Of the 17 first half points, only 3 really are credited to the offense last night.

couldn’t tell who it was. I think it was B. Thompson, though…

I was never a Brennanite, but I would take Colt ever either one of these guys. Just goes to show you how much of the NFL is about timing. Colt was here when our top two guys were pretty much set. I wonder how he would fare against Thing One and Thing Two?

Losing in 2011 was just one way of getting there.

If Allen and Shanahan like the guy bad enough, I believe they will trade up to get him.

One thing to remember…if the 49ers have the #1 pick, nobody is prying it—and Luck—from Harbaugh.

To beat the Giants, slam Manning a few times. Manning always cracks under pressure.

See number 6 on the list. Eli doesn’t crack by getting slammed. He gets back up and continues to play.

Then he is good for a couple on ints.

Yup, Eli threw a bunch of pics last year. I’m not going to deny it. Did you know that at least 9 of them were gift wrapped deflections by his own WRs?

Jacobs is prone to fumbling so they try to rip the ball from him.

Jacobs has 15 fumbles in his career in 991 career touches. He is not prone to fumbling. Bradshaw, on the other hand, is historically prone to fumbles.

Also, if i were the Skins, I would test that Giants front line early by pounding the ball inside to see just how good they are. The skins have the backs to do it and hope the Redskins Oline is decent.

Meet Cofield’s replacement.

Good luck.

My biggest fear is Bradshaw and Mendenhall.

Mendenhall plays for the Steelers.

If Hall gets over agressive, the Giants are going to burn him for some big plays. Hall has to be smart. Wait for the Manning floater, those mystery passes he throws that just hang in the air forever

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You mean like this?

In his 5 year career he has all of 15 fumbles. Including 2 in each of the last two years.

And Manning always cracks under pressure? There is that 2007 post season that you may have overlooked.

You worry about Bradshaw and Mendenhall? Who is Mendenhall?

now i just feel sorry for them
…okay not really for them but for the players involved.

Whoever’s got the voodoo doll in a Giants jersey, Imma tell New Yorkers where you are if you don’t lay it down and back away slowly.

And University of Virginia

And if it weren’t for the fact that the Giants have completely manhandled us the past few years, I’d feel sorry for the team too.

and it obviously hurts their depth at linebacker, where they didn’t have a lot to begin with.

False statement. In years past maybe, but Sintim’s loss doesn’t hurt that much with the talented crop of youth that were basically pushing him off the roster anyway.

I think the O-line half assed it last night. The starters have been set all camp. I don’t think they wanted to play last night. They’ll be better next week.

I say that mostly because I don’t like Flacco as a QB.

Give up to get him. I can’t think of much.

Although, you think they’d still want Rocky?

Wasn’t in the same stratosphere with Sonny in his prime. Bradshaw was a product of the team around him. Sonny was one of the best pure passers ever. Vince Lombardi was on record as saying Sonny was the best QB he ever saw. Which means better than Bart Starr. Sonny was just a victim of being on a bad team, and then fate. Lombardi died, then Allen comes in with his craziness, and decides Kilmer is his guy.

You want to pack it in week 1? Yikes.

It matters that much who the starter is, because i don think either of them are NFL quality starters. Personally, I’d rather have Beck because he’s less of a known commodity. If he flops, you can always fall back on Mr. 50-50.
But the not in that Grossman is gonna “prove himself” is a little goofy. That ship has sailed. He’s a procure commodity, and that stock is selling low…very low. There isn’t another team/regime in this league who would contemplate a Rex as a starter. Unfortunately, the same could be said for Beck.

when he traded a 2nd round pick for mcnabb.

8-8 would be amazing. Personally, I see 7-9, unless McNabb is the same QB he was last year, which I doubt. If so though, maybe 8-8.
What suck is, i can really see us going 7-3 to start the season, but then the schedule catches up with us.