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sucks at zone, sucks at man. does his best to look like a hard hitter, AFTER the play is made.

i know Williams likes a physical defense, but wouldn't we have been much better off with a coverage guy at safety than a wish-he-could-be-Sean Taylor? even before the loss of Springs and Prioleau.

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Arch whiffed a couple of easy tackles today. He's such an arm tackler that it's pathetic. Hopefully he too will step up.

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I can't get a read on him. He isn't playing badly IMO. He sure isn't all over the place that's for sure. I think he needs time to get comfortable in this D and Springs back in one on one coverage and then he can create a little more havoc.

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whattabout that first Texan TD where dude just crossed his zone and he let him through without so much as a chip? whats the point of being a veteran if you have no instincts? then you're just old.

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I don't understand why guys just hang there in no man's land. Take the short guy or take the deep guy but take someone. I'm pretty sure he was supposed to cover Johnson on that deep cross. It's a lack of awareness.

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He looks lost in the D right now? Is this another example of wasted free agent spending? God I hope not.

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With all the free agents. One or two (cough Archuleta cough Carter) are going to be a bust.

Kolston looks to be the real deal. That is great to see out of a late pick.

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He was absolutely awful. I was talking to my wife about midway through the third quarter and I was like "See Number 40? We spent a ton of money on him and he's awful." Next play he missed a tackle on a Texan running back and the dude ran 15 yards.
The secondary is suspect until Springs comes back.

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When we signed him, I didn't think it was worth all that money. I'll give him this season to prove me wrong, but I don't like what I've seen so far. He hasn't made any big hits, or any big plays, and he's certainly contributed to letting opposing teams have big plays. I thought he was a good tackler, but he hasn't played like it so far.

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I don't think he's comfortable yet in this defense.

Give him some time, I think he's going to pan out just fine.

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Arch will hit his stride next week. Just wait and see.

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I'd rather have Ryan Clark back.

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I feel the way db. This guy was suppose to an upgrade? I'd also take Matt Bowen over this great white hype.

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[QUOTE=dblanch66;219621]I'd rather have Ryan Clark back.[/QUOTE]
for the price...yeah. i hope he steps it up. can our secondary be any more suspect at this point?

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[QUOTE=4mrusmc;219628]I I'd also take Matt Bowen over this great white hype.[/QUOTE]

thats going a little too far :spank:

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He better step up. Whatever it is, it seems like whenever I notice him, he's either missing a tackle or blowing a coverage. Weak.

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Yeah Arch is about half as useless and twice they hype of John Lynch. HOnestly Arch. better make some amazing plays in January for us.

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Next year, drafting a pass rusher in the first.

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Anyone else stopped wondering why he was beaten out by a rook for the Ram D?

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Arch got beat on their first drive for the long pass. He's got to do a lot better. I trust gw w/ this.

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To me he hasn't looked outclassed in terms of skill. He has looked clueless. The times we can all remember watching him race after someone was because he over played the run and got beat down the field. He looks like he has no feel for the scheme. I can't believe that is the case since GW is so big on guys understanding the scheme before they play though. Maybe he is just making mental mistakes. All I know is that he has not made any plays yet.

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Arch played in a pretty basic cover 2 his whole career in St Louis. I think he will just need a few more weeks to where he reacts to plays instead of thinking about it. I am sure Joe and greg did their research on him and I dont think they would pick someone that is that stupid. Joe and Greg want smart players. I think he will work out, just needs a little time. Pierson getting hurt really trusted him into the starting role. He wasn't going to start, Pierson had the starting role and Arch was rotating in and out.

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On a side note, Carter was drawing CRAZY double teams yesterday. He was a ball hair away from his first sack! :mad:

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[QUOTE=TheMalcolmConnection;219766]On a side note, Carter was drawing CRAZY double teams yesterday. He was a ball hair away from his first sack! :mad:[/QUOTE]

If he's getting doubled, Daniels (or someone!) has got to step up. We have to get more front four pressure. It helps with EVERYTHING in a defense.

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It was a horrible and unecessary signing. I thought so when they did it and I have seen nothing to change my mind. It was the one signing that made no sense at all...completey unnecessary. I guess resigning Ryan Clark did not seem as sexy back when we were throwing money around.

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Lets not get ahead of ourselves here....we need Springs back!! Once Springs is back our whole defense will change. More Blitzes better coverage...Arch should be just fine!!

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We Definetly Made A Mistake With Arch. He Over Plays The Run And Under Plays The Pass. I Think We Should Try Rump At Safety When Springs Gets Back Into The Lineup...

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And i can hardly say a man is horrible when he is 2nd on the team in tackles!! w/ 22 and has the most solo tackles out of anyone 19.....

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[QUOTE=Grim21Reaper;219597]With all the free agents. One or two (cough Archuleta cough Carter) are going to be a bust.

Kolston looks to be the real deal. That is great to see out of a late pick.[/QUOTE]



Are you refering to Kedric Golston?

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[quote=DaveyFoSho;219906]And i can hardly say a man is horrible when he is 2nd on the team in tackles!! w/ 22 and has the most solo tackles out of anyone 19.....[/quote]

Yes, but everyone else on defense is so much better than AA. He really stinks when compared to how awesome Carlos Rogers, Kenny Wright, Andre Carter, Mike Rumph, Sean Tayl..errrr...actually he does stink compared to Sean but he's the exception. Give him about 2 or 3 more games as our Offense really revs up and our Defense gets more comfortable and then if he performs worse than all of our other starters we can collectively bash him.

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i just want to say hahahaha

I told you so, I told you so

He was a bust in StL bad a coverage, didn't make enough plays, looked lost. I told you, you don't let a former 1st round pick leave after 5 years when his contract is up unless his a bust, he was supposed to be the foundation of the Stl defense and it wasn't like the where in CAP problems because off the increment on the CAP this year and it wasn't like they have 1 of the best defenses.

If you let 1 of those players go and he's worth something but you can't work a deal out you put the Franchise tag on him and trade him you just don't let him walk without getting anything back for your investment.

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Told you so after 3 games?

Please.

Let's revisit this after the season.

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Don't you have your OWN fan site?? Or are they so boring that you have to post on a site where REAL fans are? Why are you always over here bothering us? I can't stand the site of that star. Be gone!

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i wish we didn't get rid of clark

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[QUOTE=70Chip;219585]I don't understand why guys just hang there in no man's land. Take the short guy or take the deep guy but take someone. I'm pretty sure he was supposed to cover Johnson on that deep cross. It's a lack of awareness.[/QUOTE]

I could not agree more, some players play like robots and do not think!
In zone defense after 5-6 seconds the defensive player really needs to pick up a player in their zone area and stick with them.
On a pass play the QB usually throws it in about 4 to 8 seconds after the snap. Why release a receiver in that time span of the play, especially if there is no other defensive player there to pick him up, don't release him at all! F_ING Morons!
Plus if there is no other receiver coming into you zone why release a player to pick up nobody? Some players don't think.

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I've never been a fan of Archeletta. Watching yesterday, he misses tackles, and when he does hit someone it's someone from OUR team. He put a hit on two Redskins towards the end of plays. Maybe Pittsburgh will trade Archeletta for Clark straight up. Taylor and Clark were working well together. Yeah, LT posterized him, but hell -- there aren't many safeties that LT hasn't.

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I was at the game yesterday and Archuleta did not play that bad. On TV you do not see the defensive backfield and you do not get to see what the defense is doing. I was paying extra attention to Archuleta at this game and he made a great play on a sweep/reverse. Arch had coverage responsibilty on the right side of the defensive backfield and the Texans ran a sweep to the the right side (left side of the defense). The Texans blocked it perfectly and sealed the DE, LB and CB on that side. It looked like the runner was going to break a huge run. Archuleta showed great speed and ran all the way from the opposite side of the field and forced the runner back inside where his teamate made the tackle for a short gain. You could not see that on TV.
I am not an Archuleta fan and was not crazy when we picked him up, but I watched him for most of the game and he played a respectable game.

There are other players that are playing worse than he is.

I love Cooley, but there is something wrong with him. He could not block yesterday. At one point I saw a small skinny CB put him on his ass. On several other plays he would put his hands on the player he wanted to block and just gave up. HIS BLOCKING WAS TERRIBLE! If he is going continue to block like that Gibbs needs to take him out on run plays.
Mike Sellers on the other hand blocks like a mad man!

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I guess we have to crucify someone else since Brunnel had a good game.:)

Arch clearly is having some problems adjusting to the defense. He also seems to have some amazing speed and when we get Springs back, or when another corner learns to shut down the other WRs, we may see Arch getting to the QB quite a bit. Cut him a little slack, I think that the whole defense is still playing beneath thier abilities.

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[QUOTE=Daseal;220110]I've never been a fan of Archeletta. Watching yesterday, he misses tackles, and when he does hit someone it's someone from OUR team. He put a hit on two Redskins towards the end of plays. Maybe Pittsburgh will trade Archeletta for Clark straight up. Taylor and Clark were working well together. Yeah, LT posterized him, but hell -- there aren't many safeties that LT hasn't.[/QUOTE]

Clark is not the answer either. I still remember being very disapponited when Alstott ran him over for the TD late in the playoff game. Then he was slow to get up because he was in pain. He is a liability in the run defense. Which is our slight weakness right now.

I still say if you want to pick on someone for playing poorly yesterday, Cooley did not look good. That is putting it nicley.

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How can you not like Cooley? He isn't very tough though