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Mark Barron

I hope he succeeds with minimal playing time.
 
bermudasteel said:
Roll Tide; Go Steelers!!!
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Why do you always turn this into a ******* BAMA thingy..................................... J/K yaz


Barron is a good guy but he needs to play from snap of ball to through the whistle on every play. He is NOT the only one though as I've seen more and more players, league wide, taking snaps off.





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Vince Williams is the better player, and yes he's not a 3rd down guy.
 
this why a formation of 3-3-5 can utilize all the LB's or3-4-3 with bush/barron asa lb/s
you kick now with tuitt done in certain nickel sets watt to DE put Heyward atr DT and Hargrave at the other side asa DE/DT and on 1 side you overload Vince with Dupree to blityz in the middle for coverage you have bush and barron
and say a 3-3-5
DE Watt
dt Tyson/Mcullers
DE heyward
OLB Dupree
MLB Bush
OLB/S barron
CB haden
CB nelson
S Edmonds
S minkah
 
Barron still has to prove himself when he gets healthy again. He flat out sucked the first two games and then showed some in the 3rd game before he got injured. The D has looked much better with Williams and Bush in there. Bush has the speed and Williams brings the lumber in the middle. Those two might remain as the starters with Barron coming in for some sub-packages.
 
TDX27 said:
Barron still has to prove himself when he gets healthy again. He flat out sucked the first two games and then showed some in the 3rd game before he got injured. The D has looked much better with Williams and Bush in there. Bush has the speed and Williams brings the lumber in the middle. Those two might remain as the starters with Barron coming in for some sub-packages.
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So wait... is it possible that a guy gets better as he gets more comfortable? Just asking... lol
 
slashsteel said:
New scheme can take a little time to get comfy in, easier for some to just say he sucks..
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When fans see a guy loafing it after allowing a reception in while in coverage it's pretty hard to be complimentary of that player.
 
madinsomniac said:
So wait... is it possible that a guy gets better as he gets more comfortable? Just asking... lol
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Sure, it's possible but did you watch him the 1st 2 games? He wasn't even trying. He looked 10 steps behind, slow to react, slow pursing and put no effort in. Getting comfortable is one thing but looking as bad as he did is another.
 
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SteelerFan448 said:
When fans see a guy loafing it after allowing a reception in while in coverage it's pretty hard to be complimentary of that player.
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Yeah I love that Mark Barron story, inspiring and seems like a great guy off the field, but when I see him loafing around multiple times on the football field while he gets a veterans day off every week while he 'learns the playbook', I'm wanting to see him on that field as little as possible. Now he did show much more effort in the Raven's game, but some coach must've rightly got in his ear over that BS.
 
Steelworth said:
Yeah I love that Mark Barron story, inspiring and seems like a great guy off the field, but when I see him loafing around multiple times on the football field while he gets a veterans day off every week while he 'learns the playbook', I'm wanting to see him on that field as little as possible. Now he did show much more effort in the Raven's game, but some coach must've rightly got in his ear over that BS.
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Also, Vince Williams is a much better player and the defense got better when Barron went out of the lineup. I want Barron to succeed because we signed him, but I think they put too much on his plate. I want Barron to be the situational guy out there, not Williams or Bush.
 
That whole story is a sad reminder of the lack of direction that these kids have to suffer through. No mention of how his grades were while seeing for the first time that college was possible. No mention of any life goals or aspirations beyond playing sports. What happens to young Barron if he has a debilitating injury in college..or even HS for that matter. The reality of life is that so few people actually get into the NFL let alone get to make enough money to support themselves for the rest of their lives that it is really a pipe dream at best for most kids.

Instead of being made aware of the need for social skills and job training, they are encouraged to depend on a long shot, short term plan to play a game for big money while still struggling to be able to string together an intelligible sentence and nobody seems to care.

I guess that gone are the days when Coach Chas has you getting ready for your ' life's work ' as part of the game plan. A plan that should have been started in elementary school.

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OK my rant is over....peace out !
 
SteelChip, you hit the nail on the head. School is hard work and a long haul. GREED can drive parents / brothers / sisters / relatives all towards that magical payout. Add in the single parent aspect and yes, it becomes an ALL or NOTHING life. I don't have the answers but a lot of NFL players have had access to proper schooling but somewhere along the way neglected to capitalize on it. NFL is greed money which dictates ability of player to pay directly. This causes the entitlement issues as the ranks bring the talented up regardless of what has to be forgiven along the way. CRAPPY society fallout due to NFL hunger.




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F83 said:
this why a formation of 3-3-5 can utilize all the LB's or3-4-3 with bush/barron asa lb/s you kick now with tuitt done in certain nickel sets watt to DE put Heyward atr DT and Hargrave at the other side asa DE/DT and on 1 side you overload Vince with Dupree to blityz in the middle for coverage you have bush and barron and say a 3-3-5
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Err....what?

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