Our Oline has backed up in pass coverage almost 70% of the time these last 3 years. allowing 26 sacks or less in 600 pass attempts to 365 run attyempts deserves a medal not trashtalk.
I said to anybody that wouldn't listen that Deuce is younger and stronger than Alan, has 2 playoffs and a SB under his belt as a 3rd year starter. He is just barely devoleped and this line is just hitting it's prime after 3 years together.
Alan is a great player but this is his 13th year 9 probowls in a row. He can outplay anybody any down but keepit up for a NFL season marathon? It's a big maybe but He's got my benefit of the doubt.
We are a SB caliber Oline with or without Faneca. not by traditional OLine grading and the 30 something rush rankings, but measure the point of attack wins by our oline. we are the best in the NFL.
defenses knew we were going to pass Kurt dared them to blitz and burnt it enough times to become a legend all worl HOFFER, Beanie had a 170+ rushes and THT had 143 2 years in a row! Edge was our engine in the playoffs and SB in 08.
the DeuceMeister may have lost a couple cases of his 1 keg abs since he signed, but he's a damn good mauling Guard every down. Wells is more athletic and can pull better than any guard on the team. He can handle RT too, already played their for the Cards early on, but was wasting his athletic ability inside.
So Faneca is a great guard, leader and hoffer for sure, but deuce is younger and stronger and more powerful. besides he was laughing his tail off while a bear was attacking him, the bear was shot, tagged and expelled to the locker room for the resty of te game. while Deuce laughed and laughed and laughed! gotta love that!
We did not upgrade our starters with Alan but we upgraded our oline and our team untill I see otherwise.
Just FYI--Deuce Lutui and Alan Faneca don't play the same position.
True but Lutui is on the bench arguably because of Faneca, they moved Wells to RG to make room for Faneca.
I watched the Jets game last night for awhile and they basically opened the show talking about how one of the big concerns on the Jets is LG, they don't yet know who is going to start.
That made me a bit nervous, they paid Faneca to leave and yet they don't have a clear cut replacement? That is either really dumb or they were REALLY sure Faneca is washed up?
I'll give him more games but as I said I won't be surprised at all if we end up with Wells at LG and Deuce at RG.
Whisenhunt said Herman Johnson’s weight issue “infuriates me” and it was easy to see it affecting Johnson’s lateral movement. “If he gets to the weight he needs to be, he can be a pretty good player,” Whisenhunt added.
http://www.azcardinals.com/news-and...-And-See/42c15566-75ad-4772-ab7f-8d37d737d70d
That was a great moment! I still would love to know what Lutui said to him...besides he (Duece) was laughing his tail off while a bear was attacking him, the bear was shot, tagged and expelled to the locker room for the resty of te game. while Deuce laughed and laughed and laughed! gotta love that!
I actually understand and agree with this statement.We did not upgrade our starters with Alan but we upgraded our oline and our team untill I see otherwise.
Hard to know yet.I watched the Jets game last night for awhile and they basically opened the show talking about how one of the big concerns on the Jets is LG, they don't yet know who is going to start.
That made me a bit nervous, they paid Faneca to leave and yet they don't have a clear cut replacement? That is either really dumb or they were REALLY sure Faneca is washed up?
Hard to know yet.
But I think that Rex Ryan would cut off his own nose just to spite his face.
I'm just sayin'...
Yeah, sort of.Sort of Pete Kendall in reverse?