Who we keeping at LBer ?

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(01-16-2019, 06:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Thurman made 10 plays to force turnovers, but the fact that he was out of position so often on the other 900 plays was a big reason we had the 28th ranked defense in the league.  Just look at what happened in the playoff game when Odell did not force any turnovers.  I think the Steelers score on every drive in the second half.

Being out of position has zero to do with being timid.  Both Jimmy Johnson and Marvin Lewis want guys to play with aggression but also to do their job.  Johnson would never have said "I don't care if you ignore your assignment as long as you are running around like crazy." 

Still was our best player on that Defense, wasn't his fault our D was that bad, Odell was the bright spot.

(01-17-2019, 08:28 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: He was so out of position that he was in the running for DROTY?  And you use the playoff game as evidence of that because he didn't force any turnovers?  

And while being out of position may have little to do with being timid, being timid does impact ones ability to make big plays and that was my point in referencing Thurman.  Maybe you could have chosen to understand my point with the Polumalu reference.

Being out of position and timid is what our Linebackers were this year, that is why we were so terrible on D.