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Coach Whiz and staff have been preparing to replace weak spots and certain players probably moving on or getting too old from day one.
No way could I recall even HALF of the moves made in preparation for the loss of players and to UPGRADE the talent level at every position on the Roster to the addition of Ben Graham as a very talented WEAPON at punter as his ability to pin teams deep on his awesome skill at punting along with a few special Team players on the punt team that down the directional balls near the goalline.
We had Fitzgerald & Boldin but could'nt find that third WR to make us a great recieving team as the very high Draft pick of Johnson just was'nt working out with his very poor hands.We rotated and used players as Urban and others to get by until our FIFTH Rounder in Steve Breaston became that speedy 3RD reciever to not only count on but return kicks & punts successfully till his knee injury slowed him down to just punt returns.
Now TWO Drafts with 3RD round draft picks at Wide reciever a year apart First with the draft of Early Doucet to be a possible (HOPE) of a even close fill-in IF we were to lose the constantly disgruntled Anquan Boldin.Many will argue this point but it took a year and last year finally Doucet took his step up to allow the team to move forward.
The team waits another year then drafts another Third round Wide reciever Andre Roberts from the Citadel with great hands and also return skills to hopefully give our new #2 Wide Reciever in Steve Breaston to just concentrate on his recieving duties.Yet Breaston still wants to return punts and vows to fight for the job.
Whiz saw the possible loss of our talented defensive end in Smith who ended up with a Big payday in Houston as The second round pick of Calais' Campbell has been an AWESOME find from Miami and very high expectations after his very good showing last year and lots of growth ability showing through.
The addition and improvement of play from Matt Ware allows our defense the ability to freelace the extra skills of strong safety adrian Wilson who is part of the heart of the team even though he lacks in coverage skills ,just a little bit as he has two straight Pro Bowl years and scares the HELL out of quarterbacks pre-snap on their back-side.
Hate we let Hood go and signed Mcfadden who tackled well but lacked in coverage for his pay.While Cromartie continues to be a major up and coming coverage cornerback and we can only pray Toler can mimic the talents brought from another small school diamond in the draft.
Will Cody Brown, Will smith,( Who I believe were drafted to find a replacement for Pace) Stevie Baggs, Jerry porter & Haggins be enough to make up for the loss of an aging Okeafor and Berry who only added in our sack and pressure system on "D".
We lost a Super Bowl offensive left tackle and had a stop-gap vet fill-in replace him till our very high first round offensive tackle look like he can handle the left side as he did at Penn State. Plus the 2 lower draft picks that are homegrown and trained up by Grimm & Lott in Brandon Keith and Herman "House" Johnson. As Jeremy Bridges was a stopgap when our vet OLT was injured and then released.Now we add a vet in Alan Faneca to help the lagging run game and Reggie Wells & Lutui who will be in a career year offseason to earn back a starting position. Also Rex Hadnot as depth and competition for the O-Line.Can Sendlein improve at the key Pivot position?
Can Dan Williams even make a contribution as a rookie in the much tougher NFL? Will Robinson still start or will Gabe Watson finally become what we always hoped he would, or will his constantly injured knee be his downfall? Can Branch step up as a pass rush threat at DE if he can't play the NT position? Can kenny Iwebema become more than a backup rotational player at DE? This is normally the year the light normally comes on or it does'nt at that position.
The major replacement transfer of high Draft pick from top TCU defense in Washington trying to become our stud replacement for Karlos Dansby and all he brought at the KEY defensive position our defense runs around with the Vet Lenon now in the starting spot and hopefully good coach for Washington.
I have'nt even touched Feeley replacing Rackers who stayed injured too often and the Tight end situation and all of its changes as Patrick & Becht seem to have the top spots right now as a couple high rookies never panned out for us.
Same with the much needed Fullback position that needs more skill and talent as our team has transitioned From Edggerrin James & Arrington in our SuperBowl year with help from our rookie then in Tim Hightower and now the Sophmore year of Stud RunningBack Beanie Wells with the Howler adding his special skills all over the field as a pass catcher and screen runner and specialteam STUD.Add jason Wright and his skills and set of plays to Schofield and Kerry Rhodes to the mix this year.Is Rhodes tough enough for us?
Can Schofield go on pup till he can contribute THIS year?
I'll leave the matt Leinart story & our backups for someone else.
Our we RELOADING or REBUILDING? I still did'nt speak of our SILB position along with many other positions.When you respond can you give your opinion on where we now stand?
Personally I believe Coach Whiz has us RELOADING and along with a higher level of play from Matt Leinart this year we Threepeat NFC WEST.
No way could I recall even HALF of the moves made in preparation for the loss of players and to UPGRADE the talent level at every position on the Roster to the addition of Ben Graham as a very talented WEAPON at punter as his ability to pin teams deep on his awesome skill at punting along with a few special Team players on the punt team that down the directional balls near the goalline.
We had Fitzgerald & Boldin but could'nt find that third WR to make us a great recieving team as the very high Draft pick of Johnson just was'nt working out with his very poor hands.We rotated and used players as Urban and others to get by until our FIFTH Rounder in Steve Breaston became that speedy 3RD reciever to not only count on but return kicks & punts successfully till his knee injury slowed him down to just punt returns.
Now TWO Drafts with 3RD round draft picks at Wide reciever a year apart First with the draft of Early Doucet to be a possible (HOPE) of a even close fill-in IF we were to lose the constantly disgruntled Anquan Boldin.Many will argue this point but it took a year and last year finally Doucet took his step up to allow the team to move forward.
The team waits another year then drafts another Third round Wide reciever Andre Roberts from the Citadel with great hands and also return skills to hopefully give our new #2 Wide Reciever in Steve Breaston to just concentrate on his recieving duties.Yet Breaston still wants to return punts and vows to fight for the job.
Whiz saw the possible loss of our talented defensive end in Smith who ended up with a Big payday in Houston as The second round pick of Calais' Campbell has been an AWESOME find from Miami and very high expectations after his very good showing last year and lots of growth ability showing through.
The addition and improvement of play from Matt Ware allows our defense the ability to freelace the extra skills of strong safety adrian Wilson who is part of the heart of the team even though he lacks in coverage skills ,just a little bit as he has two straight Pro Bowl years and scares the HELL out of quarterbacks pre-snap on their back-side.
Hate we let Hood go and signed Mcfadden who tackled well but lacked in coverage for his pay.While Cromartie continues to be a major up and coming coverage cornerback and we can only pray Toler can mimic the talents brought from another small school diamond in the draft.
Will Cody Brown, Will smith,( Who I believe were drafted to find a replacement for Pace) Stevie Baggs, Jerry porter & Haggins be enough to make up for the loss of an aging Okeafor and Berry who only added in our sack and pressure system on "D".
We lost a Super Bowl offensive left tackle and had a stop-gap vet fill-in replace him till our very high first round offensive tackle look like he can handle the left side as he did at Penn State. Plus the 2 lower draft picks that are homegrown and trained up by Grimm & Lott in Brandon Keith and Herman "House" Johnson. As Jeremy Bridges was a stopgap when our vet OLT was injured and then released.Now we add a vet in Alan Faneca to help the lagging run game and Reggie Wells & Lutui who will be in a career year offseason to earn back a starting position. Also Rex Hadnot as depth and competition for the O-Line.Can Sendlein improve at the key Pivot position?
Can Dan Williams even make a contribution as a rookie in the much tougher NFL? Will Robinson still start or will Gabe Watson finally become what we always hoped he would, or will his constantly injured knee be his downfall? Can Branch step up as a pass rush threat at DE if he can't play the NT position? Can kenny Iwebema become more than a backup rotational player at DE? This is normally the year the light normally comes on or it does'nt at that position.
The major replacement transfer of high Draft pick from top TCU defense in Washington trying to become our stud replacement for Karlos Dansby and all he brought at the KEY defensive position our defense runs around with the Vet Lenon now in the starting spot and hopefully good coach for Washington.
I have'nt even touched Feeley replacing Rackers who stayed injured too often and the Tight end situation and all of its changes as Patrick & Becht seem to have the top spots right now as a couple high rookies never panned out for us.
Same with the much needed Fullback position that needs more skill and talent as our team has transitioned From Edggerrin James & Arrington in our SuperBowl year with help from our rookie then in Tim Hightower and now the Sophmore year of Stud RunningBack Beanie Wells with the Howler adding his special skills all over the field as a pass catcher and screen runner and specialteam STUD.Add jason Wright and his skills and set of plays to Schofield and Kerry Rhodes to the mix this year.Is Rhodes tough enough for us?
Can Schofield go on pup till he can contribute THIS year?
I'll leave the matt Leinart story & our backups for someone else.
Our we RELOADING or REBUILDING? I still did'nt speak of our SILB position along with many other positions.When you respond can you give your opinion on where we now stand?
Personally I believe Coach Whiz has us RELOADING and along with a higher level of play from Matt Leinart this year we Threepeat NFC WEST.
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