Ogbuehi plugged back in as starter

[Benton]

(10-18-2016, 12:14 AM)fredtoast Wrote: You don't accomplish anything by benching players when their back ups are not as good.

Winston looked better than Og. We don't know about some of the others because they've been busy standing on the sideline watching Og watch the game.

(10-18-2016, 10:10 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Zimmer was not here in '07 when inserting Dhani into the starting lineup had such a dramatic effect.

First 8 games of '07 without Dhani starting.....397.1 yards per game allowed.  Not just dead last, but on pace to be one ot the worst defenses in the last decade.

Last 8 games with Dhani starting......300.4 yards per game.  Would have ranked #6 in the league over the full season.


If Dhani was so lame then why did the great Mike Zimmer not replace him?

Because there wasn't a backup as good.



Seriously though, that doesn't mean Dhani was any good, just that we had less than that behind him.

Dhani was an average player. At that point, we really needed average. Average was better than our LB corps under Marvin, average was phenomenal compared to the players Marvin had been developing. Average was steller enough to, as you've pointed out, go from being one of the worst defenses to one the top five worst defenses.

It took Mike a few years to build up the cast of characters that gave us a good defense.  We didn't just turn around suddenly because of Dhani.

(10-18-2016, 10:18 AM)fredtoast Wrote: That is like a parent telling a child who does not understand his math homework. "I am going to punish you until you understand it." in order to prove the point that not understanding math will not be tolerated.  Instead the parent has to help the child work through the problem.
 

Yup. Agreed. Where I disagree is the environment in which the parent helps the child. If your kid is struggling in math, you don't send them up in the space shuttle and tell them to work out the algebra to get home.

If Og needs remedial level help — and his play on the field so far has been about that level — then get him help. Bring in an outside coach. Hire some guys to follow him around and jump out when he least expects it, forcing him to work on his hands if he wants to keep his Quizno's sub. Give him a clipboard and let him sit on the bench and watch a tackle play, let him understand the game at this level.

But don't treat this as a rebuilding year. Don't treat it as "well, let's get the bench some experience and we'll have a plan for next year."