goldfin17
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2 down below average LB won't allow a team to tank?
Who's Your Pick For Most Improved Player
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If the rookie year didn't impress the hell out of you and confirm everything you heard about the kid before and after the draft...I don't know what to tell you.
I don't think it's a bold stretch at all when looking at the kids past history, physical traits, and watching him play at the level he did as a rookie while learning and playing 3 different positions. And dare I say playing at a near All Pro level at one of them.
Raekwon McMillan.
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Don't get me wrong Minka is going to be really good. He is a very smart player, great work ethic with great tools too. but, a perennial all pro? That would be awesome. i would be happy with a top 5 safety for 6-8 years
This is considering Raekwon is the most improved player. If he takes the step forward hes capable of, hes not a below average LB. Although, I get your overall point.
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I may be alone, but Taylor. Seems to have the talent. Needs help in technique. That's coachable.
The question wasn't who's going to be the best player, most agree that's Minkah
It's who going to be the most improved player?
It's who going to be the most improved player?
Kwon
Some outside shots
Charles Harris, DeVante Parker, Drake, Ballage, Grant, Butler
Charles Harris, DeVante Parker, Drake, Ballage, Grant, Butler
We went 1-15 with All Pro HOF'mer Jason Taylor leading the defense, and 0-5 with future HOF'mer Zach Thomas before he got injured. Unless Raekwon is the next Ray Lewis combined with Lawrence Taylor I doubt he's the anti-tank.
I believe that Godchaux and Taylor have a chance to be in that conversation.
Ya if the rest of the roster were garbage, which it isn’t.
It’s an average roster with no QB. It’s not a 1-15 roster.
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Well the biggest upside (considering how overall poor their prior performance has been) is
IMO Harris and Gesicki. Harris should benefit from the new staff/system but I don't believe
it's even a guarantee he's a starter opening day. But he could surprise and emerge as a
viable piece in the D Flores & Graham are implementing. So his "upside" could be
significant (and if he flops his NFL career is probably in serious question).
Rumor has it Gesicki has been on the Hulk Hogan diet program and is now a rippling
muscular mass (some say resembling a pumped up giraffe but I'm just reporting hearsay).
He could also greatly benefit from the new staff/system and get the opportunity to
"strut his volleyball stuff" in the pass game!
After that I'm gonna say Ballage and Baker could really shine. Ballage because he's a
superior athlete that will benefit from better coaching and what I expect (hope) to be a
significantly upgraded OL. Baker because he's also a superior athlete and I fully expect
(hope) he's used in a manner that exploits his speed and range...
IMO Harris and Gesicki. Harris should benefit from the new staff/system but I don't believe
it's even a guarantee he's a starter opening day. But he could surprise and emerge as a
viable piece in the D Flores & Graham are implementing. So his "upside" could be
significant (and if he flops his NFL career is probably in serious question).
Rumor has it Gesicki has been on the Hulk Hogan diet program and is now a rippling
muscular mass (some say resembling a pumped up giraffe but I'm just reporting hearsay).
He could also greatly benefit from the new staff/system and get the opportunity to
"strut his volleyball stuff" in the pass game!
After that I'm gonna say Ballage and Baker could really shine. Ballage because he's a
superior athlete that will benefit from better coaching and what I expect (hope) to be a
significantly upgraded OL. Baker because he's also a superior athlete and I fully expect
(hope) he's used in a manner that exploits his speed and range...
As of right now we have no proven edge rushers, our OLINE is still garbage, no real proven HB's, no one to play opposite Howard, and an unknown coaching staff. We might have some good individual players here and there but there's not a single unit on this team that we can lean on.