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07-05-2007, 01:48 AM | #2 |
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07-05-2007, 01:55 AM | #3 | |
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07-05-2007, 02:03 AM | #4 |
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That's a very good piece and mostly accurate, although you are way off on Antwon Burton. He has not been around since 2004, last year he was a rookie whom we signed as an UDFA from Temple after the 06 draft.
I would take issue with your characterization of Warren's effort in 06 vs. 05, I think you have it backwards. He performed better in 05, he took a step back in 06, although to be fair, he was bothered by a toe injury that began in camp and was later aggravated against Cleveland (I think). As to the rookie haul at DL, as of the present there has been very little if anything to come out of Dove Valley as to Jarvis Moss, other than he was a bit out of shape at the initial OTAs. Jim Bates, has, however remarked very favorably on Tim Crowder recently and a month or so ago, he said that Marcus Thomas is going to be a starter in the league for a long time. I think you are also shortchanging Lang a bit. He was outstanding last year. Is he on the downslide? Sure, but it is hard to pencil him in as a backup only after his performance last year. He was a very pleasant surprise in 06. Excellent descrptions for Ekuban and Engelberger. Engelberger is a big effort guy but is basically worthless. I agree with you on Dumervil, his size prevents him from being effective vs. the run, although he possesses natural leverage. In the base defense, according to reports he is running third string so far, but is running first team on the nickel D. Overall an excellent summation though. |
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07-05-2007, 02:15 AM | #5 |
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In the name of fair-and-balancedness, I appreciate it.
I'll defer to you on Antwon Burton, since I just don't consider him important enough to go back and forth on. But Warren's tackle stats took a 33% jump from 2005 to 2006. Good for him to officially get in on more business than before, but the difference wasn't really that notable either way. And yes, give him credit for playing through major foot problems to achieve those numbers. Lord knows I just about cry when I cramp in the pool. Bates loves the guys that he drafts, I'll give him credit for that. If he says Marcus will start for a long time, I'll guarantee you it'll happen and it'll happen under Bates. But it's not going to happen now. This season is clearly too valuable to the Broncos and they're going to slowly work Thomas in. Same with Moss, although I've read Bates' words on Crowder and yeah, I think you've got an insta-starter there. I can't settle in with Lang making this team, though. All signs point to Bates slowly washing the DL clean of former Browns. I can't see more than four DEs making this team (or five, if you want to count McKinley as a hybrid, which I wouldn't). Obviously Crowder and Moss are in the mix, and Ekuban's simply got more left in his tank than Lang does. Those are the big three that will remain, and if there is a fourth thrown in the mix, I bet it'll be Dumervil in a Kendrell Bell-type role where he steps in on selective obvious passing plays. I think Lang's gone. |
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07-05-2007, 03:04 AM | #6 |
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It's a bloody mess, the same as it's been for a while now. I won't have an opinion until about game 8.
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07-05-2007, 05:35 AM | #7 |
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I applaud the activity and hopefully there is strength in numbers. On there own, several of these guys don't illicit much excitement, but as part of a rotation of players, who knows.
Another year, another mystery at Dline... we'll see what happens. The good thing is that the offense and the secondary are not much of a concern for me.
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07-05-2007, 06:05 AM | #8 |
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Of the draft picks, I think Crowder has the most chance to play right away. He's more NFL-ready.
Thomas scares me, and he should scare Bronco fans too. Will he live up to his potential? Or will he end up like Tank Johnson? Jarvis Moss is the big question mark. They traded up to get him, even though they didn't need to, and really made him the centerpiece of their draft. Moss is 6'6" and 250 lbs. Opposing offensive tackles are gonna have a field day against him, getting underneath his pads and pushing him around the field. Sure, there's Jason Taylor, but he's a rare breed. Can Bates get lightning to strike twice? |
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07-05-2007, 12:43 PM | #9 |
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Good analysis I would like to see you do an Raider and Chief analysis too.
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07-05-2007, 06:06 PM | #10 |
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That's a very good piece. I think you're off on some things on more right on others than you realize.
I like that you gave Ekuban some love. He really is very good (for what he is). Lang was much better last year than you suggest, though. Also of all the defensive line picks, Marcus Thomas is the one I'm worried about the least. You do realize that he took urine tests every week and gave the results to all the GM's in the league, right? He's actually paid for his problems so I think that will be better than a guy who's been smoking weed in college for four years and never gets caught and comes in with a problem. I think you overrated McKinley. I'm not sold he's going to be that great. Also, Warren didn't play well in '06 but did play well in '05. I know you like Engleberger, but he's not as good as you suggest. The other thing you missed is Adams. Adams played with scar tissue in his knee last year and should have had it scoped. He has since done so and word is he impressed at camps. Obviously he's not going to dominate anybody, but I think he'll be somewhere between the '06 Adams and the '05 one. Anyway, thanks for posting this. It's a shame posters like you don't come to our board anymore. Rausch and Saulbadguy don't post either. All we have are the numnut trolls like Lost in the Mail, KMartin and Crazywhore. |
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