12-29-2020, 11:36 AM
(12-28-2020, 03:58 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: When I saw the massive dropoff in defense when WJIII left the field for LeShawn Sims, it helped heighten the need for better quality depth at the CB position. No idea why Sims is out there. He's awful, and we have Winston Rose getting no evaluation.
I think WJIII being gone the first pitt game, and losing Phillips throughout the season helped ruin this team's chances on defense. It was a MASSIVE drop off in talent and the opposing teams knew it.
It wasn't the only reason on defense (lack of pressure in the middle of the defensive line, porous run defense early on there as well...) but it was a very large reason why they are 4-10-1.
Depth is a major issue throughout the whole roster.
Look at the O-line - outside of C it's bottom of the roster replacement level guys first off the bench. We went into the season with our back-up tackles being a 2nd year UDFA and a 6th round rookie. At G we should have had someone like XSF backing up.
DT has had injuries but the lack of depth behind Geno was badly exposed.
Look at Finley at QB2, how thin TE is with Uzomah out.
Outside of RB, WR and S - where we were paying our back-ups starter money no position - there was a real lack of depth.
Daniels, Spain, Finney, Covington were nice mid-season additions and that's the caliber of player they should look to add at back-up at each position. Mix them in with some promising rookies as second man off the bench and this team will do much better. You don't need to break the bank: they cost $4.5m - that's four players for almost the price of Cethan Carter and Alex Redmond's tenders.
