Who should get a shot

[DR RAM]

Crap. I think we really need a win this week. So, let's toast to that!

:cheers: :cheers:

 

[TheDYVKX]

But for that money, I would expect 10+ sacks

Show me a player who's had 10 sacks in their first 3 games.

Give it time. He might just end up there. He has 13 games to go.

 

[-X-]

I'm spoke of Toon because I think bringing him in May have been meant as a wake up call to the other WRs not names Britt.

With Long, for me, the hardest thing is justifying his pay. I would rather use a rotation of Hayes, Sims and Westbrooks whom together make probably half of what Long does...But that was not my reasoning. Maybe I should have explained better to begin with. I think Long needs a wake up call. I've never questioned his effort or his run defense. But for that money, I would expect 10+ sacks. You don't have to get 18 like Quinn but give me 10. He hasn't looked the same to me. I think he could use a kick in the ass, he, to me, seems like the kind of guy that would respond to that. And I don't mean sit him on the bench either. I think simply starting Hayes or Westbrooks over him may do the trick.

Well, okay. But I just don't see it that way. Through the four years of 2010-2013, he was averaging 10 sacks a year while ranking in the top 5 of all DEs in the league (twice he was first) in QB pressures. Which, as has been demonstrated for years around here, is just as good as a sack in most cases. But that aside, he was hurt last year and only played 6 games. In relief, Hayes posted 4 sacks over 9 games. That's not a vast improvement, right? And, honestly, Chris Long is probably the last guy on this team who needs (or deserves) a wake-up call. In my opinion, he's one of the hardest workers on this team and a locker room leader/motivator. What good would it do him, or the team, to publicly punish him for being a solid player?

Now if you want to know who *I* would send a message to, it would be Cook. I'd give his position to Harkey and bring up either Bayer or Cunningham to be the lead blocker.

 

[RaminExile]

It doesn't...

It doesn't...

You're entitled to your opinion of C Long and his price tag Juggs but I think he's been playing really good the last two games. He was our best player - offensively or defensively (outside of Donald who's a ridiculous Freak). I think hes overpaid - and I've been down on him over the last year or two because of an apparent lack of production - but he ends up tallying dizzying numbers for QB pressures. I don't think you can replace him with Hayes (who is good - but hasn't been performing this year yet) and an untested Westbrooks who had a good pre-season in his rookie year and a few splash plays and then who was used as an experiment at DT this pre-season and who has played as a rotational guy so far. Long is very undervalued in terms of what he does - but overvalued in his paycheck if that makes any sense. It makes him an easy target anyway - a bit like JL55.

 

[rambone]

Definitely Bradley Marquez. The kid showed he can get YAC more than any other receiver we’ve got.