Youth of the Defense

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I think it's pretty obvious why our defense is struggling - it's the young safeties... lot of bad angles and not so good coverage, then we lose Mcdonald to a fracutered leg...for how long?

And was Witherspoon benched for Ray Ray or was he just injured? I liked Ray Ray in there better than Spoon, thought we were better on D

 

[Yamahopper]

I think it's pretty obvious why our defense is struggling - it's the young safeties... lot of bad angles and not so good coverage, then we lose Mcdonald to a fracutered leg...for how long?

And was Witherspoon benched for Ray Ray or was he just injured? I liked Ray Ray in there better than Spoon, thought we were better on D

You make good points. And I think you're right.
I also thought Ray Ray was a upgrade. He was active. No Idea on Spoon being hurt.

 

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god Giodano is gonna get us killed... this defense is about to take another serious step back unless stewart magically gets healthy

 

[RamzFanz]

Finny isn't cutting it. Giodano isn't cutting it.

The McSafties are young and making mistakes but also making plays. Comes with the territory. I like their chances next season if they keep learning.

 

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Finny isn't cutting it. Giodano isn't cutting it.

The McSafties are young and making mistakes but also making plays. Comes with the territory. I like their chances next season if they keep learning.

I don't see Mcleod being there next season - he's not looked good since he's started.... he seriously reminds me of craig dahl

I bet one of our first 4 picks is a Safety next year

 

[DR RAM]

McLeod has been horrible that last couple of games, not real good in other games. I like McDonald, yes he's missed some tackles, but not for taking shit angles, and he's going to be a play maker, huge loss in my book. Giordano, no. Finnegan has been our worst defender all year, and that is saying a lot, glad he got benched, he is two steps slow this year for whatever reason.

Should have played Tru on Boldin, because Boldin just uses his fat ass to push off, and JJ had no chance.

Even if Stewart is healthy and plays lights out, we will struggle the rest of the year at safety I'm afraid.

 

[RamzFanz]

McLeod has been horrible that last couple of games, not real good in other games. I like McDonald, yes he's missed some tackles, but not for taking shyte angles, and he's going to be a play maker, huge loss in my book. Giordano, no. Finnegan has been our worst defender all year, and that is saying a lot, glad he got benched, he is two steps slow this year for whatever reason.

Should have played Tru on Boldin, because Boldin just uses his fat ass to push off, and JJ had no chance.

Even if Stewart is healthy and plays lights out, we will struggle the rest of the year at safety I'm afraid.

We should have put someone on boldin that, when he tried to push off, could grab his wrist and twist it into a pretzel.

 

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i'd rather move cortland to safety at this point

 

[DR RAM]

i'd rather move cortland to safety at this point

We might have to, but would he be better than what we have? The dude's playing so poorly that I was excited to see him benched. If it is truly a lingering injury, then let him heal, and then see what we have. If it's not an injury, I'm not sure that he CAN play safety.

 

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i'd rather move cortland to safety at this point

We might have to, but would he be better than what we have? The dude's playing so poorly that I was excited to see him benched. If it is truly a lingering injury, then let him heal, and then see what we have. If it's not an injury, I'm not sure that he CAN play safety.

I think he would be a significant upgrade. Mcleod is taking bad, bad angles and has been terrible in coverage - and I'm not sure it's not mental related... And don't get me started on how bad Giodano is - he's not even a starter for a reason.

And when I couldn't help but wonder if Cort was expecting Safety help on one or two of those throws to to boldin - he looked like he intentionally played the under route when boldin ran the route of the left slot.


So yes, compared to our other options - I think cort would be a huge upgrade at safety vs those giodano/mcleod

 

[DR RAM]

i'd rather move cortland to safety at this point

We might have to, but would he be better than what we have? The dude's playing so poorly that I was excited to see him benched. If it is truly a lingering injury, then let him heal, and then see what we have. If it's not an injury, I'm not sure that he CAN play safety.

I think he would be a significant upgrade. Mcleod is taking bad, bad angles and has been terrible in coverage - and I'm not sure it's not mental related... And don't get me started on how bad Giodano is - he's not even a starter for a reason.

And when I couldn't help but wonder if Cort was expecting Safety help on one or two of those throws to to boldin - he looked like he intentionally played the under route when boldin ran the route of the left slot.


So yes, compared to our other options - I think cort would be a huge upgrade at safety vs those giodano/mcleod

Maybe, IF he's not injured. If he's injured, he needs to rest, agree?

I agree that Giordano, McLeod doesn't sound very good. At least throw Stewart in there if he's healthy now.

 

[Selassie I]

Speaking of Youth of the Defense...

Spoon's hammy might allow Ray Ray to get some playing time on early downs. I'm all for that. Spoon looks washed-up to me. Ray Ray is flying around like a bat out of hell with one wing up and the other wing down with it's ass on fire. Let him get some playing time as quickly as possible. Certainly won't hurt our defensive "production".

 

[bluecoconuts]

i'd rather move cortland to safety at this point

We might have to, but would he be better than what we have? The dude's playing so poorly that I was excited to see him benched. If it is truly a lingering injury, then let him heal, and then see what we have. If it's not an injury, I'm not sure that he CAN play safety.

I think he would be a significant upgrade. Mcleod is taking bad, bad angles and has been terrible in coverage - and I'm not sure it's not mental related... And don't get me started on how bad Giodano is - he's not even a starter for a reason.

And when I couldn't help but wonder if Cort was expecting Safety help on one or two of those throws to to boldin - he looked like he intentionally played the under route when boldin ran the route of the left slot.


So yes, compared to our other options - I think cort would be a huge upgrade at safety vs those giodano/mcleod

The first TD should have been 3 points, McLeod took an awful angle to the play and completely took himself out of the play by running into another defender (McDonald?) and the 49er he was covering. I've also noticed a few times he's rolled coverage to the wrong side and it's made us pay. I think a true ballhawking FS is something we look to get next year in the draft.