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Don't believe everything you think.
How many of our supposed Top NFL players get cleaned out if a new regime takes over.
The one constant on this team over the years of futility has been the players, specifically, on the defensive side of the ball.
Namely Zach Thomas, Jason Taylor, and Sam Madison.
Zach Thomas, the former 5th round draft pick who came out of no where and despite his small size, proved that he belongs on an NFL field because he has a heart three sizes too big for his chest.
Jason Taylor, the undersized defensive end whose only rival on the team for determination and grit, comes from the aforementioned Thomas. These two guys are so from the same mold internally, that they became family to each other.
Sam Madison, has all the talent, size, and speed you can ask for in a corner back and while some may question his heart,as he has been known to laugh it up after a loss, few have ever questioned his talent.
Sam, the one out of the group that came into the league pedigreed. No one has ever questioned whether he had all the skills and size to play the position.
Should they have?
Could it be possible, that in the days when Sam Madison was known for literally taking away half the field, that it wasn't as much taking it away as it was ignoring it. You gotta admit that for many years it was better to go away from Madison rather than test him, just because it was easier that way. There were other targets of weakness that could be exploited with far less risk than throwing at Sam. So that's what OC's did, took what they were given really.
Now that Surtaan has proven that he is not to be toyed with and the weakspots in our defense being harder to define, opposing OCs are testing the Madison waters and finding them quite warm and inviting.
Please don't get me wrong about Sam. I don't see him as a big weakness or something. I'm just wondering if he is able to shut down the best receivers in the league? Is the lack of heart showing up? Is he taking plays off? Is he not physically able to do it?
One thing is for sure, his game is much harder to find fault with than the other two.
And here is theirs' in a nutshell....size.
It's been said about the both of them from the very beginning of their careers. High motor, no a$$.
A revved up motor will get players like these two guys through 85%(numbers made up on the spot) of what they need to get through because, let's face it, the size disadvantage is rather minute really. I mean what's the difference between a 265 lb guy and a 255 lb guy in terms of what you can see by looking at them? Not much but, 15% of the time it hurts them. If a guard or center can get to Zach, he is effectively nullified from the play because he doesn't have the size to beat these guys one on one. Never mind that we practically lose two defenders trying to keep him clean.
JT is a great player but, he can be overpowered too. I'd even say that out of these three guys this is the closest to a superstar that we have and he quite possibly is a superstar but, he's also a guy that inexplicably disappears at times or for whole games and I think it has more to do with size and getting worn down than any lack of talent.
The way that Miami has gotten taken out each of the last 100 years (it seems) was by a bigger badder team just ramming it down their throats while they looked powerless to stop them.
Eric Allen said it first and I thought about it some more and I think he's right, these guys just aren't big enough when the other team has a heart the same size as theirs.
Or in Sam's case, bigger.
Sorry so long.:o
The one constant on this team over the years of futility has been the players, specifically, on the defensive side of the ball.
Namely Zach Thomas, Jason Taylor, and Sam Madison.
Zach Thomas, the former 5th round draft pick who came out of no where and despite his small size, proved that he belongs on an NFL field because he has a heart three sizes too big for his chest.
Jason Taylor, the undersized defensive end whose only rival on the team for determination and grit, comes from the aforementioned Thomas. These two guys are so from the same mold internally, that they became family to each other.
Sam Madison, has all the talent, size, and speed you can ask for in a corner back and while some may question his heart,as he has been known to laugh it up after a loss, few have ever questioned his talent.
Sam, the one out of the group that came into the league pedigreed. No one has ever questioned whether he had all the skills and size to play the position.
Should they have?
Could it be possible, that in the days when Sam Madison was known for literally taking away half the field, that it wasn't as much taking it away as it was ignoring it. You gotta admit that for many years it was better to go away from Madison rather than test him, just because it was easier that way. There were other targets of weakness that could be exploited with far less risk than throwing at Sam. So that's what OC's did, took what they were given really.
Now that Surtaan has proven that he is not to be toyed with and the weakspots in our defense being harder to define, opposing OCs are testing the Madison waters and finding them quite warm and inviting.
Please don't get me wrong about Sam. I don't see him as a big weakness or something. I'm just wondering if he is able to shut down the best receivers in the league? Is the lack of heart showing up? Is he taking plays off? Is he not physically able to do it?
One thing is for sure, his game is much harder to find fault with than the other two.
And here is theirs' in a nutshell....size.
It's been said about the both of them from the very beginning of their careers. High motor, no a$$.
A revved up motor will get players like these two guys through 85%(numbers made up on the spot) of what they need to get through because, let's face it, the size disadvantage is rather minute really. I mean what's the difference between a 265 lb guy and a 255 lb guy in terms of what you can see by looking at them? Not much but, 15% of the time it hurts them. If a guard or center can get to Zach, he is effectively nullified from the play because he doesn't have the size to beat these guys one on one. Never mind that we practically lose two defenders trying to keep him clean.
JT is a great player but, he can be overpowered too. I'd even say that out of these three guys this is the closest to a superstar that we have and he quite possibly is a superstar but, he's also a guy that inexplicably disappears at times or for whole games and I think it has more to do with size and getting worn down than any lack of talent.
The way that Miami has gotten taken out each of the last 100 years (it seems) was by a bigger badder team just ramming it down their throats while they looked powerless to stop them.
Eric Allen said it first and I thought about it some more and I think he's right, these guys just aren't big enough when the other team has a heart the same size as theirs.
Or in Sam's case, bigger.
Sorry so long.:o
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