enough?
I've been looking at that for awhile..shall we examine it. A poster from NE made a very good point on what's been the difference between NE and Miami and I agreed. DEPTH..or the lack of.
Let's look at our team, if they went though what the Pats went though last year could we survive like they did..it wasn't coaching by NE, it was good role players....ie that's why they let Woody and Washington go. Would we have let those kinds of players go? I don't think so, here's why.
We don't have the kind of depth to recover from losing those kinds of players.
First the O.
WR
Chambers, Boston.
Depth: DT, Minnis, Wilkins, Newson, Toliver, Simmons, Bellamy, Bobby Sippio, Carl Morris . If Chambers and Boston went down...what position would we be in....you make the call?
TE
R. McMicheals.
Depth: Donald Lee, John Jones, Ed Perry..We're not bad at all here, probably our deepest position.
T
St. Clair, W. Smith
Depth: Carey, McIntosh(i), Goodspeed. One injuried, 1st round who played G last year, and 2nd year man Goodspeed, who's had a teammate compliment him in Mini camp play.
G
Jeno, German
Depth: Yates, Whitney, Pope, Brad Bedell, Eric Wilson....notice I put the full names of the last 2, so you know they exist. Yates is the only one of these I have any confidence in. You may be able to name other.
C
McKinney
Depth: Hadnot, Shawn Lynch. enough said.
QB
JF
Depth: AJ, Sage, Stoenor
This has been debated pretty well on this site, I want start another war.
RB
R. Williams
Depth: Minor, L. Henry, Russell....another depth part of our team..I actually think Henry can be a great NFL RB if given a chance.
FB
R. Konrad
Depth: Morris...New and learning the O..could be somewhat of a problem..Konrad is like Jay, known to get hurt doing the season.
Defense
DE
J. Taylor, Ogun
Depth:
D. Bowen, Jay Williams, O. Grisby..I actually think we could lose both DE's and still be pretty decent.
DT
Bowens, Chester
Depth:
Zgonia, Romeo,Nate Bolling....Trouble is both DT's go down, we can handle one out at a time. No future, Bowens and Zgonia are getting up there in years.
LB
Zach, Seau, Greenwood.
Depth: Moore, Jenkins, Ayanbadejo...I have no idea, do you?
CB
Madison, Surtain
Depth: Howard, Poole, Banks, Roundtree, The more I look at this the better I feel.
S
Freeman, Sammy
Depth: Edwards, Bell, Atkins, Wooden. With the emergence of Bell, I feel good about this group also..I think we could lose both starters and still be effective.
Over all, our starting T's on O don't excite me, lets more the depth..that whole group seems to be about equal..any could start, but that doesn't mean they're starting caliber, it's just what we have. I wouldn't mind with the present players seeing James, Mckinney, Yates as the interio, but German maybe better than Yates, I just have strong images of Yates from last year. If McIntosh recovers, the right side could be McI-G and Carey T.
I remember the St. Clair in St. Louis too well, here's to hoping he's gotten better. The skilled positions on O could take a hit more so than the OL at this point I think. The D has more depth everywhere except, as you know..LB...Jenkins impressed last year, Moore is a 2nd year rookie And Ab..is unknown..go ST but that's all I know..Can someone fill in the blanks I've left on a lot of these people and ease my mind. Oh yea, I didn't name all the players on the team in each position, just those I think have a good chance of making this year or getting a good look.
I've been looking at that for awhile..shall we examine it. A poster from NE made a very good point on what's been the difference between NE and Miami and I agreed. DEPTH..or the lack of.
Let's look at our team, if they went though what the Pats went though last year could we survive like they did..it wasn't coaching by NE, it was good role players....ie that's why they let Woody and Washington go. Would we have let those kinds of players go? I don't think so, here's why.
We don't have the kind of depth to recover from losing those kinds of players.
First the O.
WR
Chambers, Boston.
Depth: DT, Minnis, Wilkins, Newson, Toliver, Simmons, Bellamy, Bobby Sippio, Carl Morris . If Chambers and Boston went down...what position would we be in....you make the call?
TE
R. McMicheals.
Depth: Donald Lee, John Jones, Ed Perry..We're not bad at all here, probably our deepest position.
T
St. Clair, W. Smith
Depth: Carey, McIntosh(i), Goodspeed. One injuried, 1st round who played G last year, and 2nd year man Goodspeed, who's had a teammate compliment him in Mini camp play.
G
Jeno, German
Depth: Yates, Whitney, Pope, Brad Bedell, Eric Wilson....notice I put the full names of the last 2, so you know they exist. Yates is the only one of these I have any confidence in. You may be able to name other.
C
McKinney
Depth: Hadnot, Shawn Lynch. enough said.
QB
JF
Depth: AJ, Sage, Stoenor
This has been debated pretty well on this site, I want start another war.
RB
R. Williams
Depth: Minor, L. Henry, Russell....another depth part of our team..I actually think Henry can be a great NFL RB if given a chance.
FB
R. Konrad
Depth: Morris...New and learning the O..could be somewhat of a problem..Konrad is like Jay, known to get hurt doing the season.
Defense
DE
J. Taylor, Ogun
Depth:
D. Bowen, Jay Williams, O. Grisby..I actually think we could lose both DE's and still be pretty decent.
DT
Bowens, Chester
Depth:
Zgonia, Romeo,Nate Bolling....Trouble is both DT's go down, we can handle one out at a time. No future, Bowens and Zgonia are getting up there in years.
LB
Zach, Seau, Greenwood.
Depth: Moore, Jenkins, Ayanbadejo...I have no idea, do you?
CB
Madison, Surtain
Depth: Howard, Poole, Banks, Roundtree, The more I look at this the better I feel.
S
Freeman, Sammy
Depth: Edwards, Bell, Atkins, Wooden. With the emergence of Bell, I feel good about this group also..I think we could lose both starters and still be effective.
Over all, our starting T's on O don't excite me, lets more the depth..that whole group seems to be about equal..any could start, but that doesn't mean they're starting caliber, it's just what we have. I wouldn't mind with the present players seeing James, Mckinney, Yates as the interio, but German maybe better than Yates, I just have strong images of Yates from last year. If McIntosh recovers, the right side could be McI-G and Carey T.
I remember the St. Clair in St. Louis too well, here's to hoping he's gotten better. The skilled positions on O could take a hit more so than the OL at this point I think. The D has more depth everywhere except, as you know..LB...Jenkins impressed last year, Moore is a 2nd year rookie And Ab..is unknown..go ST but that's all I know..Can someone fill in the blanks I've left on a lot of these people and ease my mind. Oh yea, I didn't name all the players on the team in each position, just those I think have a good chance of making this year or getting a good look.
