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Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let's face the facts. This team is at least 2 years away from playing QUALITY football. I think everyting I was thinking in this regard was confirmed last night. My reasons for stating this are as follows:
1) QB - Feeley has some talent but the game hasn't slowed down for him yet. He still locks on to one reciever far too much. Ferotte is the better QB right now and for the near future. However, neither of these 2 guys are a long term answer. That fact is indisputable. Question: Do we draft a QB early in the first round in '06? Answer: It depends on where we draft and who's available, but we have to find someone somewhere. Of course, this adds 3 years to our rebuilding process as a young QB learns the in's and out's of the NFL (unless we draft another young Dan Marino).
2) RB's - We're actually OK here. Does Ricky stay past this year? I HIGHLY doubt it. But..Ronnie Brown has talent. Our FB's look fine as well.
3) OL - Are you kidding me? If we don't have the worst unit in the league, we're close. You're hearing it here first, Vernon Carey will be a BUST. He's WAY too slow for LT. Hudson Houck can't make chicken salad out of chicken s**t. We're going to need a few high round draft choices to help out here.
4) WR - Not bad last night. But which of these guys are gonna stick around for the next 2 - 3 years? D. Boston will look for more money elsewhere. We should be able to keep Chambers in a Fins uniform. Booker hates it in Miami. We need more talent there. Another high round pick should be spent here.
5) DL - JT is getting older, BUT he's still great. I'm actually encouraged about the interior. Manny Wright looked fat and lazy, however on the plays he actually tried to move, it was hard to block him. He's at least a year away from being effective (maybe 2). Vickerson and Shaw were invisible, but have shown flashes in Camp. We're going to need to blitz more this year to get pressure.
6) LB's - ZT was a great MLB, but there's no Tim Bowens to keep the centers or guards off of him now. This will be a year of decline for him. Not his fault. I like Crowder alot. Look for great things from him in 2 years. Spragen could be decent.
7) DB's - OUCH. 2 years away from being decent. I'm not sold on Travis Daniels. Could be a good nickel back. Sam Madison will continue to decline this year as QB's have more time to throw and pick on him. Need to draft highly here.
8) Kickers - Solid here. But Mare's salary is high and he HAS to prove he's worth it. We might need a kicker next year.
Before you start jumping all over me, telling me it was only 1 pre-season game....or we didn't game plan (neither did Chicago)... These are MY opinions. I repeat..OPINIONS!!
I do, however, feel that within 4 years Nick Saban will have us ready to compete for a title. We really need more YOUNG talent.
Tell me what you think.
Let's face the facts. This team is at least 2 years away from playing QUALITY football. I think everyting I was thinking in this regard was confirmed last night. My reasons for stating this are as follows:
1) QB - Feeley has some talent but the game hasn't slowed down for him yet. He still locks on to one reciever far too much. Ferotte is the better QB right now and for the near future. However, neither of these 2 guys are a long term answer. That fact is indisputable. Question: Do we draft a QB early in the first round in '06? Answer: It depends on where we draft and who's available, but we have to find someone somewhere. Of course, this adds 3 years to our rebuilding process as a young QB learns the in's and out's of the NFL (unless we draft another young Dan Marino).
2) RB's - We're actually OK here. Does Ricky stay past this year? I HIGHLY doubt it. But..Ronnie Brown has talent. Our FB's look fine as well.
3) OL - Are you kidding me? If we don't have the worst unit in the league, we're close. You're hearing it here first, Vernon Carey will be a BUST. He's WAY too slow for LT. Hudson Houck can't make chicken salad out of chicken s**t. We're going to need a few high round draft choices to help out here.
4) WR - Not bad last night. But which of these guys are gonna stick around for the next 2 - 3 years? D. Boston will look for more money elsewhere. We should be able to keep Chambers in a Fins uniform. Booker hates it in Miami. We need more talent there. Another high round pick should be spent here.
5) DL - JT is getting older, BUT he's still great. I'm actually encouraged about the interior. Manny Wright looked fat and lazy, however on the plays he actually tried to move, it was hard to block him. He's at least a year away from being effective (maybe 2). Vickerson and Shaw were invisible, but have shown flashes in Camp. We're going to need to blitz more this year to get pressure.
6) LB's - ZT was a great MLB, but there's no Tim Bowens to keep the centers or guards off of him now. This will be a year of decline for him. Not his fault. I like Crowder alot. Look for great things from him in 2 years. Spragen could be decent.
7) DB's - OUCH. 2 years away from being decent. I'm not sold on Travis Daniels. Could be a good nickel back. Sam Madison will continue to decline this year as QB's have more time to throw and pick on him. Need to draft highly here.
8) Kickers - Solid here. But Mare's salary is high and he HAS to prove he's worth it. We might need a kicker next year.
Before you start jumping all over me, telling me it was only 1 pre-season game....or we didn't game plan (neither did Chicago)... These are MY opinions. I repeat..OPINIONS!!
I do, however, feel that within 4 years Nick Saban will have us ready to compete for a title. We really need more YOUNG talent.
Tell me what you think.
