10-30-2024, 03:02 PM
(10-30-2024, 02:42 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: I guess 1 player can make all the difference (J. Bates)
I think his loss has made a big difference, but it's not just him. It's the aging of the rest of the team.
Vonn Bell was a good part of that secondary. A younger Mike Hilton...
Not the secondary, but a younger Hubbard... I'd say Hendrickson and Hill are still effective, but we've lost Reader too.
I'm not even 100% sure we've replaced a guy like Eli Apple sufficiently! If that statement is true, then that says it all.
Long and short of it for me on defence is we're at its core the same defence... but these guys are all older now and the one(s) that weren't that old aren't on the roster. The players who were to make up for the shortfall have been draftees who haven't really been very good. We haven't successfully moved with the times here.
