Blake seems to be doing just fine, I fail to see why when a guy has a good name, we go back to the "well, he might still suck" mantra.
Because it takes more than one game to prove you're a viable starter, let alone a long-term one.
How about we let the ******* guy on the field to SEE if he ends up sucking, instead of putting someone back out there who we already have seen suck a whole bunch.
And leave yourself with NO fallback plan? What if Jarvis continues to suck, and you've bypassed pass rushers just on basic principle?
I'm not sure why you're fiercely opposed to spending a late 3rd on a pass rusher - a majorly important position in any defense, but especially ours - but you applaud spending it on a scatback project with lots of red flags.
Next year we'll be starting Cortez, like it or not, since we just threw a truckload of cash at him, so I hope he's as good as they think he is.
I hate that we have to hope and pray he's startable. Because he's been one of the worst in football this year. I'm confused - if you're sold on Blake as our long-term starter based on last night's game, then doesn't Allen's season long shitfest mean anything to you? I mean, if one game proved Blake has taken The Leap, then don't 7-8 games prove Allen is sheer garbage?
And why the hell wouldn't I be ok with blake next to him given how he's been playing?
How he's
been playing? It was one game, the first time he's played more than 17 snaps. That's quite a leap of faith there, that he's our CB of the future.
I would have put Adams out there last night, I have no idea why Gilbert was put out there again, he did ok, but Adams actually looked really good for 6 quarters of football, I would have waited to see if he could do it for 4 more. That's just me.
Adams looks OK when he gets help from a TE and a RB. I think we can do better, though. Lot of RTs out there who can look at least average on their own.
We have no replacement for Heath, as of now, but every year we seem to take a tight end in the draft, so eventually we'll get one.
I get this, but your'e just pushing off a million needs into the future, for two reasons: (1) you don't want to spend that 3rd on any position we've drafted in recent years, out of sheer principle; and (2) you assume we'll just snap out fingers and fill these huge, crucial spots whenever we feel like it. To me, every pick in the first 4-5 rounds is an opportunity to land a contributing starter or, once in a blue moon, a great player like Martavis who drastically outplays his draft slot. I'm not interested in throwing them away for the hell of it.
You think we're just going to find Heath's replacement in one of our David Paulson type picks? I can't assume that.
Foster isn't great, but he's nowhere near bad enough to start looking for his replacement. How many sacks has he given up this year?
PFF credits him with 2 sacks, 13 hurries, and grades him very negatively in the run game. Below average in the pass game. With all due respect, if you haven't seen Foster get flattened repeatedly over the years, you haven't been paying attention.
In any event, an upgrade there is more important than adding Dri Archer 999 times out of 1,000.
Mitchell seems to be playing just fine
I'm not sure which Mitchell we're watching, but the one I've seen has been awful.
and Shamarko WAS indeed drafted to replace Troy at some point, are you suggesting we should have taken YET ANOTHER safety at that spot? THAT to me would seem idiotic, after going to free agency for one, and supposedly having another waiting in the wings.
Yeah, maybe, I'd pretty much rather have taken anything but a K or P instead of Archer in the 3rd. You load yourself with
multiple options at
key positions, especially those with
big question marks, before you draft Dri Archer and pray all of his many, many red flags disappear and he becomes Dexter McCluster 2.0.
You seem to think we should draft some guys, then whether they show anything or not, STOP adding guys IMMEDIATELY. Gamble the future on guys like Gilbert and Cortez and Jarvis turning it all around tomorrow, because you'd feel stupid drafting competition for them. I can't get on board with that. I'd rather look for
potential upgrades than stubbornly keep trotting them out and assume we'll be fine.