I will admit that I am sure Reeder does a great job with the green dot. I am sure he makes Shula feel all comfortable and shit. But when the defensive front has not played with great discipline, and the secondary has been a fucking mess, and when your ILBs are easy to gameplan for... That's when it's time to reevaluate how valuable that advantage is vs the other options.
If the green dot's the issue.... then I think after JJIII gets back, he'll wear it & after the bye, we start working in Speights & Hummel.
I totally agree. But I do think he's the Green Dot for a reason. Dare I say options could be worse if someone else had to manage defense.
At that point it may not just be a player issue but a coaching issue which is worse because they are the ones deciding how to play or who to play.
No surprise there. Reeder is more instinctual and Rozeboom is more athletic but time to take gloves off. It’s embarrassing they are the Rams starters at ILB. any decent team committed to running the ball right up the middle and crosssing receivers in their zones can easily expose them all day every day. A sure fire recipe for success.
That would be my Plan B if Speights and Hummel can't settle in and be effective. But I'd definitely put them in there first, because a lot of safeties don't like the pounding that position brings. It's one thing to line up in the box on certain downs, but to be up there all the time and dealing with OL steaming around has to be rough for most of these guys.
At this point it’s past infuriating and just damn inexplicable. If Speights and Hummel are worse than the “speed bump” and the “traffic cone” then find someone off another teams practice squad.
Watch pass coverage again. I know I saw several plays where Rozeboom was literally 2 yards away from Reeder. Both standing like statues looking straight ahead at the QB. I’ve noticed that about Rozeboom a lot. He ends up being no more than a shadow for Reeder.
