HugeSnack's 2011 Grades -- Every Play -- DEFENSE

HugeSnack · Jun 14, 2012

cajunyankee said:

Thanks for the hard work in putting this together. I really don't want to say anything critiquing because it was your 1st effort and I know you have thoughts on how to change things. I'd like to see you put neg scores in red and pos in blue just to make it an easier read and maybe include the oppoenents name somewhere to spark my memory.

I'm jealous you have so many on DVR. I have a few and the other games I watched online so no recording was available.

I enjoyed your comment section. I agree McLendon is a good player. I just don't think NT is a good fit for him. He's more of a 4-3 DT which would translate him to our DE position. Timmons I really do like,contrary to what I've projected, but he isn't that Great versatile LB he's been pimped as. Keep him inside and if we loose 2 OLB again we should switch to a 4-3 makiing him the Sam, Foote the Mike and Stevenson the will. I, as you can tell, don't think timmons coverage skills are that great, its ok at best.

Foote; the best thing he did in relief of Farrior was call the plays and make the adjustments. That is what sealed Farriors release. He still isn't that good making the play so Spence and stevenson really has an opportunity in front of them.

Lewis and Gay: It was Gay's best season as CB and him leaving as a starter should give us a good comp pick ( maybe a 5th) next year and Lewis is a different type guy. All of our CB's except Ike are small guys and are asked not to press but keep ther play in front of them. With Lewis we're getting bigger vs the bigger WRs so maybe we'll see more press at the line but this means Clark and Troy will have to stay back off the line more. with Troy slowing down some ( his instincts & intuition make him faster than just pure speed) this may be shift in defense strategy. Brown, Allen and Mundy seal the deal.

Ziggy & Heyward: As fans we seem a bit disappointed in Ziggys performance and excited about Heyward's potential but dismayed as to his bench time. The Org. seems to really like Hood, maybe because his reserve play is due to him being overly concerned about gap integrity ( A. Smith was always in the right place all the time and still pressure the QB and made the play) and maybe Heyward is being held back because he gets caught out of place because he's trying to too hard to make a play. They're both good young DL and if Hood takes some of Heywards agressiveness and Heyward takes some of Hood's Gap responsibility focus we'll have a super DL.

Thanks again.... Cajun-
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I think McLendon is in the right position at NT, and now that he's gained the weight I recommended to him I think he'll be a damn good one. To think a couple of months ago our NT situation was a nightmare, with a beat up Casey, a retired Hoke, a too-small McLendon and no rookie. Now we got a beefed up McLendon getting compliments thrown at him from everyone that's seen him play this offseason, a mountain of an heir in Ta'amu, Hoke wandering the halls passing out free advice like pez, and on top of all that Casey's looking like he'll come back sooner than expected. We're looking good!

I thought Ziggy was poised to have his best season ever in 2012, but now that he's gone all John Basedow on us I'm positive of it. Heyward is having a complete offseason full of OTAs and minicamp and training camp, plus has some decent playing time under his belt. It might have looked shaky for a bit, but I think our DE situation will turn out exactly like Steeler fans would hope from a pair of first round picks.

Here's hoping Gay makes the Pro Bowl and we get a 3rd for him.

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