adamprez2003 said:
wait a minute we are talking about Larry Chester DT right?! Cut him, fat and slow? Please tell me that was sarcasm
Hardly. I guess I'm the leader and virtually the only member of the oust Larry Chester bandwagon. He annoys me more than any player on the team. I prefer upfield disruptive DTs. If you're going to be stationary, at least bring along a bit of instincts and tackling ability. Chester whiffs in both categories. Even at 35, Traylor has far superior lateral ability and instincts than Chester. Not even close. I was amazed by some of the things Traylor did Saturday night.
IMO, one of Wannstedt's primary gaffes, even though it's never mentioned, was deviating from the old JJ philosophy of athletic attacking DTs. That is the type he always brought in and utilized in bunches, from Leon Lett, Russell Maryland, Jimmie Jones, Chad Hennings, Tony Casillas, etc. Heck, Darryl Gardener was consensus considered a DE coming out of Baylor but JJ salivated to project him to a pass rushing/gap penetrating DT and it worked out. Also, remember Tim Bowens had plenty of upfield niftiness at that point. One of JJ's first moves was sayonara to unathletic DT do-nothing Chuck Klingbeil.
Absolutely zero chance JJ would have pursued a belly bumping blob like Larry Chester, especially with an aging, less mobile Timbo alongside. We betrayed the JJ defensive scheme in the latter Wanny years even while utilizing plenty of JJ's old players in it.
