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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Murray gives more ****s. And he runs faster.
I mean that doesn't necessarily make him better, but it doesn't hurt. And in terms of the raw agony of watching them play, at least Murray appears to care when he's taking himself out of a play or failing to make a tackle.
Parker, OTOH, just kinda shrugs and moves on to the next snap. Then he sleepwalks through it. He doesn't necessarily fail most of the time because he never actually tried to make the play to begin with. I'm not kidding, I cannot recall a player more infuriating to watch play than Ron Parker this season. The guy full on doesn't give a shit and he knows he's playing anyway. He just stands there on run downs and waits for blocks to get to him. He openly and obviously guesses hoping for an interception that will get him interviewed but constantly guesses wrong.
Murray, god bless him, is trying to do the right thing. He's kind of a dim labrador at this point - he wants to do well but the hell if he knows how. Parker, OTOH, is a cat. He's an aloof slacker who doesn't really care if you like what he's doing or not. He knows you're gonna feed him and scoop up his shit either way.
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My feeling is, if veterans are struggling to know their assignments, then a guy like Murray will be tentative. I wouldn't mind seeing how he does with berry and especially new coaching.
The one thing that popped out at me on the play where berry put everyone in their place... You could see the DBs weren't ready for the snap. They were hesitant. Of all positions, you want your DBs swaggering out there. Not looking around the field figuring out where they need to be and go.