Quote:How's that true?  If he keeps putting on more and more weight its going to effect his play and health.  The heavier he gets, the higher risk of injury.

 

Lets all act like he didn't gas during games and have to be pulled because he was too tired.

 

I like Pot Roast, but lets not act like his weight isn't holding him back from being a better player.

He came into camp overweight in 2010 and ended up arguably having his best season as a pro. That was the year he was playing inside in our terrible 4-3/3-4 hybrid defense, where he was probably one of the lone bright spots there.  No one's arguing that it's not a bad thing, but it's not something that's new and he's proven he can still play while overweight, and there's a ton of guys that have come and gone in the NFL that have been able to do so.

 

Lets not act like he still didn't come in and still play at a pretty high level for us, regardless of whether he could've been better if he could control his weight.

 

Quote:I mean, he flashed at times, but I don't see how anyone can say his play was at a high level. He's a space eater and average run stopper in my mind. Weight problems or none, players that play at a high level don't typically get 1 year 4 million dollar contracts.



It's time to admit Caldwell was right on letting both Knighton and Cox walk, even though a ton of people disagreed with it.

Maybe it was time to move on from them. Regardless of talent, sometimes there's just a "right time" and it was right for both of them.


Knighton's job was to pretty much eat space and he did that very well. There was a year where he was putting up a ridiculous stat in the run game up to week 15, something along the lines of having a 100% win rate when the ball is ran to his side, and considering he's a guy who started and played the DT/NT spot that's insane.

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