GTripp0012
05-19-2008, 06:10 PM
Actually the last time we had two quality ends was when we had Marco Coleman and Bruce Smith. In 2000 Smith had 10 sacks and Coleman had 12.Looking at the numbers, that 2000 team had a really great passing defense.
Did the kicking game cost the team a lot of wins that season? Just based on the offensive and defensive numbers, you'd think that team made the playoffs and was better than the 1999 team.
But again, the special teams numbers are really pathetic. Did Brett Conway have an awful season or something?
Dirtbag59
05-19-2008, 06:14 PM
I've actually heard some pretty good things about Mapu, and I don't think he's a long shot to make the team. If anything I'd say he has a pretty good shot to make the team, sure he might be a Ryan Boschetti type, but is that really such a bad thing? And remember the last samoan we had on our team was Joe Salvae and for a while he was pretty good.
So in the end samoan logic trumps all arguments against Mapu making the team.
chrisl4064
05-19-2008, 06:41 PM
Actually the last time we had two quality ends was when we had Marco Coleman and Bruce Smith. In 2000 Smith had 10 sacks and Coleman had 12.
Please take this back, Bruce Smith was a waste, classic over the hill purchase. He struggled here and we kept him in until he got enough 1/2 sack to get the record, as soon as he got it he was off the field more than he was on it. I still think he was one of the worst free agent pick-ups this team has ever made. Notice I said "one of the worst" not to forget about Arch and Lloyd.
freddyg12
05-19-2008, 07:35 PM
Looking at the numbers, that 2000 team had a really great passing defense.
Did the kicking game cost the team a lot of wins that season? Just based on the offensive and defensive numbers, you'd think that team made the playoffs and was better than the 1999 team.
But again, the special teams numbers are really pathetic. Did Brett Conway have an awful season or something?
kicking & crazy turnovers at crucial times, e.g. an int. that Samari Rolle took across the field in the closing seconds of the first half v. Tennessee, and a Stephen Davis fumble into the end zone v. Ariz which Aeneas Williams took back 103 yrds. for a td.
That team beat the 4 best teams in football that year but couldn't beat dallas & lost some other easier games.