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(09-14-2021, 09:48 AM)Sled21 Wrote: True, I really liked Lawson, my only complaint with him is if you go back through his professional and college years, he seems to be on an injury schedule. He was due to be injured this year, and has been. It's just crap luck. 

As to Dunlap and WJIII, yeah, while I would not go so far as to say they were a locker room cancer their last year here, they definitely were malcontents. I found Bate's comments very interesting.  He talks about how smart the new free agents and draft picks are, and how Lou has an open door and communicates very well what he wants, and every single one of them have bought it.  Maybe certain ex players just weren't smart enough to grasp what they were asked to do, and that's why they were unhappy. Dunlap was unhappy in this system, Hendrickson and Hubbard are on fire with it. And all the DT's, even the brand new guy, are getting after it. Larry O said in his interview when asked about Hill's 2 sacks after just getting here, and he said "a players going to play regardless"

Dead on.

This was the big test for me this year with the coaches.  Aside from injuries, which hit all teams and can't really be controlled, they now have the young, high-motor, intelligent (to their system) guys they wanted with little to no holdovers.  

It's only week 1, but that first game was pretty huge and a tough draw.  Thank God they got the Vikes at PBS, where they are still yet to win a game.