The Chargers release OLB Larry English

Would you take a look at him? He's a first round bust with 11 career sacks, but could probably be had for cheap.

 

Na! I'd rather have an undrafted, proven Harrison for less

 

that is better than carter and moats, but when worilds and JJ go down we would be left with an old English moat as our new motto. all the fans would dress in armor, it would be a whole thing so, no.

 

I think he is the kind of guy that the FO must do 2 things. First, they must go back and look at their notes about him. This may allow them to determine WHY he isn't succeeding. Second, I think if you reach the conclusion that the faults making him fail are something you THINK you might be able to fix, you must work him out privately prior to even mentioning him to the team.

 

That's the main reason they have been 8-8 the last 2 seasons, the defense getting burnt.

 

The defense has to take their share of the blame. Ryan Clark was slow, late and a liability to this defense. Vince Williams was a liability. So was Troy, yes, Trou was too but here's why. In the sub packages he's out of his natural position and that handcuffs his dynamic play plus he was replaced by Will Allen who can't match Troy's skill set at safety. JJ also hurt our defense.

All that being said Shazier upgrades Vince which in turn puts Troy back where he belongs upgrading Allen and Mike Williams upgrades Clark. JJ should be improved and if JH returns he'll be a solid rotation guy cause he is slow, and still strong as a bull and in shape.

i fully expect no less than 11 wins this year!!!!

Cajun

 

Old and slow defense also contributed last season 0-4 start, missed tackles and guys getting burnt often giving up big plays. Remember the Bears and Vikings games.

 

I also remember some key players getting injured early. I mean come on we had a rookie safety playing in the nickel because we had nobody else. Then there was the Foote injury and the Kion Wilson experiment.

 

What about an old and slow Offense? Ben has never won the forty yard dash and while deceptively quick he isn't getting any younger, Miller and Spaeth aren't exactly track stars nor was Cotchery but I didn't see you leading the pitch fork mob to get them replaced with younger faster guys. Lets face it your theory of younger and faster being better has more holes than a Pennsylvania road. THey had younger and faster players across the entire defense and they team still went 8-8 and had low numbers in most defensive categories.

 

Not going to argue that point, we were an 8-8 team for many reasons and at the end of the day we were an 8-8 team.

James Harrison is still strong and fast enough to play 3-4 OLB and a much better choice to bring in than English and here I think we may be in total agreement.

Cajun-