01-29-2025, 04:22 PM
(01-29-2025, 03:01 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Congrats, Duke! Admitting that there's a problem is the first step toward finding a solution.
It would warrant a congratulations if he was right/identified the right problem. What players did we hold on to for too long? Hubbard? If you look at the core of the Super Bowl defense...we let the following names go:
DJ Reader
Chido
Bates
Eli Apple
Vonn Bell (for a year then brought him back)
Trae Waynes
Tre Flowers
Josh Tupou
The only names we've kept since the super bowl/afc championship years are:
- Hubbard
- Hill
- Wilson
- Pratt
- Hilton
The only name you can really say has been a problem is Hubbard. Pratt hasn't been great, but it's not like he is a drastically different player than he was during that run. The problem hasn't been keeping guys too long. The problem is not effectively replacing the guys we lost. So hearing him blame the incorrect thing is actually concerning.
