03-27-2017, 03:49 PM
(03-27-2017, 03:32 PM)Joelist Wrote: I can't blame Rey for being the type of player he is - not good at coverage or at reading plays but not too bad at straight ahead thumping. It goes back upstairs that our draft strategy tended to give us LBs who could either cover or play the run - not usually both.
In a perfect world you get the young kid who excels at getting to a spot and hope that he learns the whole IQ thing while in the league. Funny how everyone thinks that all players should have a normal curve of progression when the guys who go from average to elite back to average is very rare in sports. In reality most guys come in below average or average, peak out at solid then fall off a cliff. Some guys never add any parts to their game