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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
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I'm not suddenly anything. But common sense suggests a progression.
Dorsey was a rookie in 2008, and he was being completely misused. The entire defensive front was young as hell, but they were all day-one picks. There was absolutely legit. talent there. Pioli wanted to go in a different direction, and thus there is a big setback. Many saw this as a mistake.
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Changing from a 4-3 to a 3-4 is not a mistake. It's a system change. AS for the legit aspect of that line... Hali? Tyler? McBride? Come on, now....
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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
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Flowers and Carr are above average CBs, and Page and Pollard had demonstrated a hint of promise. LB was an obvious weakness.
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Calling both Flowers and Carr above average is certainly questionable. Pollard needed to go, and much of this site understood that. If he succeeds elsewhere, that's good for him. He wasn't working out in Kansas City.
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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
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On offense, Bowe was looking like an emerging star, and Albert had a very solid rookie year. Most of the more knowledgeable posters on this site hated LJ and were calling for Charles (and a host of others) to be getting far more carries.
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So it's Pioli's fault that Bowe showed up overweight and then took proscribed drugs to lose the weight? It's the fault of Pioli and company that Bowe has problems catching the ball, and that wasn't an issue before Pioli arrived? As for Albert, I believe it was Milkman who addressed that in the past, so I'll leave that for him.
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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
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Your outside perspective is, frankly, not very informed to the details of our team. This is understandable because my knowledge of the Bills, for example, is fairly shallow.
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It's funny, because I apparently knew enough to be pegging the team's win total at no more than 5, to talk about how the team would struggle because of the problem at NT, to want Pioli to get rid of LJ, etc...
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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
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But the difference is that I'm not over at BillsPlanet preaching from the rooftops.
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When I first got here, I came and offered some opinion about how Pioli might run things, since he was coming from New England. Then the Cassel trade and the Sanchez pick in the draft happened, and a portion of you people lost your freakin' minds. I'm not preaching from the rooftops. I'm simply refuting some of the abject stupidity that Mecca, OTW, Hamas and company have been putting forth. I don't think Pioli is perfect, and I don't expect him to be. Some of you people have gotten to the point where you'd bitch if he shook twice after pissing, because you'd insist that 3 times was the magic number, and you'd insist the magic number was 2 if he shook it 3 times.
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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
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You seem like a thoughtful, intelligent poster, but you've overplayed your hand with the Pioli defense (which I know you'll claim it's not) and analysis of the Chiefs.
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I claim it's not because it's not. Hell, from my position as a Patriots fan, it's better for my emotional well being if Pioli sucks ass, because that would make me more confident in the job that Belichick is doing since I could give him more credit for the past success. My interest in Pioli's moves is simply observational in nature. When I think he's screwed up I post it, and I'll continue to do so.