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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
"The way they do now" is disengenuous.
Nobody wants a Sutton clone. Rex doesn't call games the way Sutton did.
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Rex Ryan BUILDS his defense exactly like Sutton does - front to back, inside out. It's HIGHLY dependent on having not just above average linemen but one-of-a-kind linemen. Sutton was fine with Dontari Poe. Without Poe? Crapfest. Rex Ryan's defense requires the same kind of personnel. Rex Ryan had exactly ZERO good seasons in Baltimore without Haloti Ngata.
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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
People love playing Madden and dream of changing the D to a 4-3 and drafting, trading, signing FA's because it's fun to play make believe GM. It doesn't mean a complete overhaul of players and system is the right thing when the offense is firing on all cylinders.
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I haven't played Madden in 15 years. Sorry. I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
Spags has been feast or famine. Hopefully his feast year will coincide with a good offensive year with a minor amount of injuries. People seem to be willing to place their money on Speaks and Hitchens and some unknown FA over Ford and Houston. It's a little odd since everyone complained the last 9 months about an overall lack of D talent.
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Spags has also been in some REALLY bad spots. The Rams were a no-win situation. How many defensive coaches go to a team with a top 3 pick their first year and actually succeed? I can't think of any recent examples. I mean, Rex Ryan's stint as a HC was WORSE than Spags.
Furthermore, if you're dinging Spags for having to cleanup after BountyGate, you're just not being reasonable. So there's that.
No, Spags insn't a great hire. But to sit here and act like Rex Ryan would have been is laughable.