03-19-2020, 04:22 PM
(03-19-2020, 02:20 PM)McC Wrote: Don't guys who have been coached to their max keep playing at their max until they start to decline due to age? Why would they get worse?
You would think that, but we have seen otherwise. Remember BJGE and his 0 fumbles in 4 years with the Patriots. Then he went and fumbled 5 times in 2 years with the Bengals.
It's also a matter of scheme and use.
James Harrison
2011: 9.0 sacks
2012: 6.0 sacks
2013: 2.0 sacks (with the Bengals)
2014: 5.5 sacks
2015: 5.0 sacks
2016: 5.0 sacks
If you don't know how to use a guy, or how to coach him up, he will be worse. It was like that offseason that Marvin Lewis decided that tackling in practice caused too many injuries so they massively cut back on tackling in practice and it showed on the field, even with guys who were previously good tacklers.
(03-19-2020, 03:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: From the guy who brought us "We can never be happy about addressing our needs in the draft because other teams draft players also"
The mental gymnastics some people go through to sustain the whine is amazing.
From the guy who brought us "See? I was right, Nate Livings must be a great OL because Dallas overpaid him and he was out of the league a year later." and "Nick Vigil was actually great in 2019, that's why nobody is signing him while other people are signing team's backups."
Seriously, go Fred elsewhere.
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