07-03-2016, 08:36 PM
(07-02-2016, 03:24 PM)CageTheBengal Wrote: How can the season opener for a team be a trap game? If they aren't pumped and giving it all they got for the first game then something is seriously wrong.
You are doing something seriously wrong Dave...
(07-02-2016, 04:17 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Atkins isn't the best DT in the league, and Burfict is close to the best in the league. The last full year Burfict was healthy he lead the league in tackles. The only LB that would fit in our defense as a LB that would be better is Kuechly.
If you look at our defense ANY time Burfict is out of the game it's VERY VERY noticeable how much worse we are doing. If you look at 2014 when Burfict was playing we were doing great on defense. One of the best in points allowed. When Burfict couldn't get back on the field our defense looked like crap.
The defense plays good w/o Atkins and plays like crap w/o Burfict. It seems pretty obvious that Burfict means more to the defense than Atkins. Team records isn't following my logic at all. It's showing a team stat and not a defensive stat. Our defense could shut an opponent out and we could still lose.
Burfict is the MVP of our defense, and if you can't see it then you need to re-watch a lot of our games.
Geno Atkins is the best DT in the league and plays in the trenches where games are won.
TLL is correct and you are wrong. Geno is our best Defensive player and i love Burfict. But Burfict isn't even close to
Keuchly in coverage and the reason he looks so damn good is the rest of our backers have sucked compared to him.
Geno is the unquestioned player that Offenses worry about first. He blows up the running game and the QB's...
Directly through the heart.
