RZA
Scout Team
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2007
- Messages
- 385
- Reaction score
- 6
QB
Pennington - done for the year, sad but he is not the long term answer, lets move on.
Henne - Time to see what we have, there will be ups and downs but he needs the rest of the season to see if he can lead this team.
White - x factor, experimental, say what you will, its early but it looks to me like we wasted a pick here, I can't help think Maualaga would have been the better pick here.
RB
Brown - A top 5 back, keep feeding him and we can control TOP, MVP thus far
Williams - Would start on most other teams, still runs hard and a great spell for RB
Cobbs - Solid but unspectacular but what you want for your 3rd back
WR
Ginn - Very very disappointing, he has not emerged and I don't think he will without a real number 1 WR ala Bolden, he doesn't even offer a threat returning anymore and his confidence seems at rock bottom.
Camarillo - average at best, steady but does not seem 100% recovered from injury.
Bess - Slot guy, no more, great hands but not going to take it to the house.
Hartline - Done nothing to impress, why isn't Turner given a shot?
TE
Fasano - where is this guy, talk about a drop off sheesh
Haynos - I see nothing in this guy
O-line
$150 million dollar investment and whilst the run blocking is good the QB's are getting no time to pass. Teams will blitz the crap out of Henne and he needs a too much time at the moment - this worries me.
D-Line
Very impressive, everyone is contributing although more sacks/pressures would help
LB's
The most disappointing unit
Porter - hurt so he gets a pass
Taylor - looks done to me, a shadow of his former self and probably should have hung them up.
Crowder - Pathetic, no play-recognition, an ILB needs to pick up on that Rivers scramble, he didnt even turn his head to see what Rivers was doing. We've seen this before - entertaining at press conferences but he has no instincts.
Ayodele - a journeyman, no more
DB's
Allen - Is getting picked on and he doesn't like it, too many penalties
Smith - Raw but encouraging - he will be a baller when he gets it down.
Bell - Should be the box safety, a good tackler but no ball skills
Wilson - Should be cut, he is another Bell and we need a ball-hawking FS that can tackle which, despite the numbers at OAK he cannot do.
Special Teams
Carpenter - Steady
Fields - Erratic
Return -Game = pathetic
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Realistically we need a heck of a lot if we are going to compete. This team is 5 years off at this rate and here's why:
QB - We still don't have one, is Henne the answer, maybe but I'm not sold based on what I've seen here and at Michigan
RB - Set depending on whether we resign RB which we must
WR - No playmakers, Ginn would be a good compliment to a Bolden but there are not many of them about
O-line - Should be set but Smiley and Carey are going backwards and Long seems to be suffering.
TE - Again with Fasano going AWOL we have nothing here, we have seen in weeks 1-3 what a quality TE can add to an offence and I think our schedule and CP10's outstanding season last year overinflated what Fasano actually is.
D-line - Set and very impressive apart from NT which is a massive need, Fergie will be done at the end of the season and Soliai whilst improved will not be able to replace him
LB - To me we need an entire new crew here, JP and JT are done and CC and AA are poor - thats 4 picks people to sort this out
DB's - We need 2 new safetys, Bell is old and brittle and Wilson plain garbage - again at least one pick needs to be spent here, thankfully the corners should become solid starters and I think Smith will be All-Pro one day.
Its sad but thats my honest take here, we are at least 2 drafts away here by which time Ronnie will have more mileage and may even be slowing down which means we will need another RB
I hurt
Pennington - done for the year, sad but he is not the long term answer, lets move on.
Henne - Time to see what we have, there will be ups and downs but he needs the rest of the season to see if he can lead this team.
White - x factor, experimental, say what you will, its early but it looks to me like we wasted a pick here, I can't help think Maualaga would have been the better pick here.
RB
Brown - A top 5 back, keep feeding him and we can control TOP, MVP thus far
Williams - Would start on most other teams, still runs hard and a great spell for RB
Cobbs - Solid but unspectacular but what you want for your 3rd back
WR
Ginn - Very very disappointing, he has not emerged and I don't think he will without a real number 1 WR ala Bolden, he doesn't even offer a threat returning anymore and his confidence seems at rock bottom.
Camarillo - average at best, steady but does not seem 100% recovered from injury.
Bess - Slot guy, no more, great hands but not going to take it to the house.
Hartline - Done nothing to impress, why isn't Turner given a shot?
TE
Fasano - where is this guy, talk about a drop off sheesh
Haynos - I see nothing in this guy
O-line
$150 million dollar investment and whilst the run blocking is good the QB's are getting no time to pass. Teams will blitz the crap out of Henne and he needs a too much time at the moment - this worries me.
D-Line
Very impressive, everyone is contributing although more sacks/pressures would help
LB's
The most disappointing unit
Porter - hurt so he gets a pass
Taylor - looks done to me, a shadow of his former self and probably should have hung them up.
Crowder - Pathetic, no play-recognition, an ILB needs to pick up on that Rivers scramble, he didnt even turn his head to see what Rivers was doing. We've seen this before - entertaining at press conferences but he has no instincts.
Ayodele - a journeyman, no more
DB's
Allen - Is getting picked on and he doesn't like it, too many penalties
Smith - Raw but encouraging - he will be a baller when he gets it down.
Bell - Should be the box safety, a good tackler but no ball skills
Wilson - Should be cut, he is another Bell and we need a ball-hawking FS that can tackle which, despite the numbers at OAK he cannot do.
Special Teams
Carpenter - Steady
Fields - Erratic
Return -Game = pathetic
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Realistically we need a heck of a lot if we are going to compete. This team is 5 years off at this rate and here's why:
QB - We still don't have one, is Henne the answer, maybe but I'm not sold based on what I've seen here and at Michigan
RB - Set depending on whether we resign RB which we must
WR - No playmakers, Ginn would be a good compliment to a Bolden but there are not many of them about
O-line - Should be set but Smiley and Carey are going backwards and Long seems to be suffering.
TE - Again with Fasano going AWOL we have nothing here, we have seen in weeks 1-3 what a quality TE can add to an offence and I think our schedule and CP10's outstanding season last year overinflated what Fasano actually is.
D-line - Set and very impressive apart from NT which is a massive need, Fergie will be done at the end of the season and Soliai whilst improved will not be able to replace him
LB - To me we need an entire new crew here, JP and JT are done and CC and AA are poor - thats 4 picks people to sort this out
DB's - We need 2 new safetys, Bell is old and brittle and Wilson plain garbage - again at least one pick needs to be spent here, thankfully the corners should become solid starters and I think Smith will be All-Pro one day.
Its sad but thats my honest take here, we are at least 2 drafts away here by which time Ronnie will have more mileage and may even be slowing down which means we will need another RB
I hurt
