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Originally Posted by SNR
Joe Mays is very likely going to start over Nico Johnson unless Johnson improved by leaps and bounds over the offseason. It would be nice to find an improvement over Akeem Jordan between those two players, but if we just get more of the same, we're not necessarily screwed.
We also have Vance Walker on the team now. Again, it would be really swell if Bailey and Catapano did something awesome, but we're at least adequately covered at that position if they're just going to be talentless shitdicks. We never were going to find the next JJ Watt in that group of players anyway.
So in addition to Bowe and Cooper being absolute MUSTS for marked improvement, I would also add:
- Eric Fisher- I don't care what kind of little adjustments he made as the season went on. He was a fat pussy throughout the entire season as far as I'm concerned. And with the comfort of the left side (I'm STILL skeptical that moving to the right was such a huge ****ing deal to him) comes greater responsibility, and the dude wasn't even able to work out heavy duty in the spring months. I'm extremely on guard about him at LT. He NEEDS to not **** this up or we're pretty much dead
- Jeff Allen- I have yet to see this guy put together a game where I go, "Wow, he's looking pretty good out there!" If Fisher is still AIDS, Allen isn't good enough to at least do his job the right way. It's quite possible that our entire left flank is going to suck. Have fun, Alex.
- Kelce, Harris, or SOME shitty TE on our roster- I don't need to explain this one
- AJ Jenkins or Junior Hemingway- Can you imagine what would happen if Bowe or Avery went down in a game? I know last year we didn't exactly have a great backup plan either, but at least McCluster was decent on short yardage possession routes and slants. We don't even have that this year. And Christ... forget about running 3 or 4 receiver formations if neither of these two assholes can find their dicks
- Alex Smith- ITTH NOT ALEXTH THMITH'TH FAULT!!!!!11111 No, I'm not saying it is, but we simply can not afford to have the Alex Smith of the first 8 games. I'm expecting some stupid asshole to bring up how the team went 9-0 with shitty Alex Smith, but let's be honest here. He wasn't game managing in a lot of those games-- he was sucking ass and getting bailed out by the defense. I'm fine with game manager Alex Smith- the one we saw against Jacksonville, Dallas, and Oakland. I know that we don't necessarily need the Indianapolis game Alex Smith. I'm NOT okay with Buffalo and Houston Alex Smith. We can't afford any shitty games by him, especially against the defenses we're facing this year. If he's not on par, I don't think we've made enough adjustments on defense to carry his ass. Especially not against the Donks and Chargers.
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I'd agree with everything, but if Joe Mays is starting, that doesn't bode well for our defense. He's poor in coverage and is just a dude. And I do think that teams were taking advantage of our lack of productivity at that spot in the field and it forced us to put Berry more into the box than he should be at this point in his career.
Because of the tomato cans we had at MLB, Berry was essentially turned into LaRon Landry, and for a guy with Berry's speed and athleticism, that's not a good thing for the back half of the defense.
Having shit at the MLB position hurt this team.
I'm not so much worried about Fisher and Allen. I think that they are both going to be much better than who they were last season and Fisher did improve markedly by the end of the season. He has to stay healthy though, as well as Stephenson, or we are really screwed.
I think you are a little overstated on the expectations (or lack thereof) on Smith. New system, entirely new coaches from top to bottom, new players, what was essentially a rookie offensive line outside of Albert, a rookie TE and a hobbled one, etc. The guy was walking into a situation that was exceedingly detrimental to kicking ass and he did remarkably well. If those situations, against better teams, you are going to see "game manager" more than you are against what you saw in the playoff game. For this season, I think you see that Alex Smith and that offense (and hopefully a Dwayne Bowe who doesn't shit the game away by bad play after bad play) versus the "game manager" type of performances.