Quote:Monroe didn't play well his rookie year.  Bradfield has only played OK when he was playing spot duty at RT.  Paztor and Joeckel have played better than Bradfield (source PFF).  
Joekel and Paztor only played together for 10 minutes.  How can you say they are better than a line with Monroe and Bradfield?


 

 

Greg Jones as our fullback I'll give you that one, but he was from the Shack era so Gene gets no credit there.  

Jones was far better than anyone we currently have, but I meant the Mularkey fullback...  I can't even remember who that fullback was, but he made just as many plays and led to better rushing totals than our current Hawaiian.


 

If you're saying that having two guys equal the play of one is a push, then you don't know what you're talking about.  Cyp being able to do the load of two guys is exactly why we drafted him.  He's on his way up, and already outplayed the other guys we had back there since Darius (who was still a liability in coverage).

I was just comparing SS since we haven't changed starting FSs (Prosinskie).  Guy, Alexander, Greene and Landry all played about the same as Cyprian last year.


 

Other than one lucky break in his first game, Cox was horrible his rookie year.  He played more average his second, and got benched after that.  San Diego benched him after giving him a payday and cut him after last season.  Cox was a fail on EVERY account since it took 2 picks to get him.

Gratz has been just as injured as Cox always was!  I think Ball and Blackmon are decent players, and are about the same as Mike Harris and Will Middleton.  So I guess I should've given Caldwell a push here.


 

Daryl Smith is better than Geno Hayes.  However Daryl's clock is ticking so there's no telling when his wheels were going to fall off.  Again, a Shack era guy.  Gene gets no credit.  

You're right, Daryl is getting old, but 33 year old Daryl Smith is still better than 28 year old Geno Hayes.  I would rather have had 3 more years of good player Daryl than 3 years of average Geno.


 

Kinghton/Alualu are not better at the inside DT positions of Marks/Miller.  Knighton was drafted for the wrong position, which was fixed last season by a coach who finally knows what he's talking about.  Knighton played great for one year and got lazy, which is why he got benched before he left for Denver.  Push.

AluAlu stinks for both GMs.  Knighton is better than Marks or Miller, so he helps cancel out AluAlu.  Knighton and AluAlu = Marks and Miller.

 

 

 

Quote:I think the biggest difference between Caldwell and Gene is Caldwell has done exactly what he said he was going to. And has been very systematic about the process. You can tell he truly has a plan. Now whether that plan works out or not who knows.


I don't think what you said about his first draft class is unfair. Joekel while hurt didn't play that much and what we saw, RT, he struggled. But that wasn't his natural position. He is a wait and see player.


Gratz was injured a lot, but he showed as much promise as any draft pick when he did play. He has got to stay healthy this year.


Cyprien wowed in practice, set high expectations, was disappointing in first half of season, but showed improvement. Hopefully he continues to get more comfortable so he can let his physical abilities take over.


It is just like most draft classes. Lots of projecting and wait and see.

 

I'm not being fair to Joekel, but it's not fair to make him better than Monroe after pre-draft hype and 10 minutes of action.  Jury is still out...  But we did waste a 1st rnd pick on him when we already had a good young player at the position.

 

I agree 100% with you on the rest of it.  That's why I think everyone should calm down with the praising of Caldwell.  Lets wait and see what he does.  I'm not going to blindly praise him on everything he does.  He hasn't earned that yet.

 

I find it hysterical that people think that since we gutted all but 9 players from our 5-11, 2011 team; now we're headed in the right direction after going 4-12.

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