(07-08-2024, 08:57 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(07-03-2024, 05:08 PM)Jag149 Wrote: I have been thinking about this.  I have noticed over the years Crappy players that have been coached up really well have the same attributes:

1. They behave when not in season.
2. They are always on time for meetings and practices.
3. They go out of their way to be as popular with fans as possible.
4. They look really good in their uniforms.
5. When in games they execute all their movements in a confident way while they miss their blocks.
6. When they are knocked to the ground on their backside they get up really, really fast.

Currently there are a few players on our roster that fit the above attributes and have been hanging around on the lineup/practice squad for a number of years. You guys supply your own names. This "backlog" of good ole boys does nothing but interrupt the progression of our team. I believe backups and depth should after a bit push the starter out or be rotated out/traded/cut  giving someone else a chance to do the same.  The drop off between these guys and other options (with proper training) is not very much. That was proven in SPADES last year.

You can't make the statement you make before the bolded and then make the bolded. If you've seen em and are calling them on the carpet, go ahead and call them out.

With 32 franchises and recently expanded PS/eligibility, there's a lot more room for stagnation on a roster. I am not excusing things, but there is some merit to keeping 'serviceable' on the roster and ready in case you need to call someone in a hurry. You know what they bring to the table, for better or for worse. The guy you signed two weeks ago? No idea of his durability, or how well he knows the playbook, or how he handles pressure. You have 31 other teams that are also digging around trying to find guys to push starters and depth off the rosters.

Which backups were proving that the drop off from them to the starter wasn't very much? Which PS call-ups made us more confident if a starter went down? The backend of a roster is where a LOT of settling will happen - you either have guys that you know are going to put in the work, they do the things that don't show up on a stat sheet, or they do the job for less than another guy who similarly isn't going to see the field in an ideal season.

Sure I can. We all watched last year and saw the results, at times it was comical, other times just sad. Can you name one backup that was actually average in relief? At the end of the season I was hoping in the off season they would just keep our 3 tackles and find seven more linemen to give a chance. (we kept 10 last year) There are many posts about our depth on the line and I can't remember any that were complimentary of our depth guys. Maybe there was as I have been wrong before.  I really do not have anything against these guys and hope they can perform. Just tired of seeing the same backups come in and miss the same blocks the same way over and over while our running backs get hit 2 yards behind the line.

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