06-18-2015, 12:37 AM
(06-17-2015, 11:13 PM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: It makes for good reading. But I'd rather see the intensity out on the field during crunch time. Bottom line, this coaching staff needs to show some fire, and pass it on to the players. Or we're always going to be the "nice guys" of the NFL.
After so many years of a business like approach with little fire from so many players (like Palmer, Whit, Andy, AJ, Leon and so many others) I have to wonder if Marv's team's take on his identity.
Marv's strength is actually his business like approach to each season. It's made the team consistently competitive since '03. His biggest weakness (IMO) is that he lacks fire. Sure there was that one hard knocks quote, but outside of that when has Marv ever shown any fire?
We've never really had that fiery leader at any point during Marv's tenure. The biggest faces on the club have been guys I mentioned (Palmer, Whit, Andy, AJ, Leon, Peko, Geno). All nice guys, but not vocal leaders or fiery at all.
Burfict was getting there, but now he's shelved. Hill has some potential if Hue let's him talk. We really need more of it though, and we need it from the faces of the franchise.
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