Dirtbag59
11-13-2008, 12:16 PM
I notice a lot of people have been pretty hard on our D-Line over the course of this thread. The funny thing is the D-Line is playing pretty good themselves and deserve a good part of the credit for our fourth ranked defnese. The problem is getting pressure against teams not named the Steelers, but still they contantly are able to knock down passes and teams generally don't enjoy running against them, even Andre Carter who plays his ass off against the run. In fact I 'd go so far to say that Andre Carter is a pretty good run stuffer it's just that when he focuses on playing the run he losses some of his ability to get after the QB.
schndr_tdd
11-13-2008, 01:09 PM
shawn springs moving to FS and laron at SS would improve the secondary tremendously.horton in on dime package and nickle packs .springs tackles well and laundry could explode agaist the run and itermediate passing game.horton could ball hawk and come up with the turnovers.
over the mountain
11-13-2008, 01:48 PM
the SS in our system gets a ton of tackles, from horton and green (less than a week with the team he gets 6 tackles in a game) this year, to arch deluxe (who led the team in tackles after 5-6 games) the SS plays closer to the box than the FS and has the ability to come free to ball runner.
if landry moved to SS he would have 10 plus tackles a game but he is needed to roam the deep end of the pool and the only other person i would trust in that position is springs after he has had time to adjust.
horton is great (that int against cowboys showed his range and play making ability) but i just dont trust him enough to play FS for us yet. winslow broke hortons ankles on a route, thankfully the ball never got to him.
kinda sucks for landry to be put in a position where others get more glory stats but he is needed where he is.
And, as another poster on here stated with stats and rankings, we have given up long pass plays; more than most might think, i know i was surprised when i checked it out a few weeks ago.
Mcintosh has been non-existent but i havent seen him make too many assigment errors either, i was hoping for a big year out of mac but my expectations must be tempered by his injury last year and in college.
go skins!!!