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<blockquote data-quote="GreenBaySlacker" data-source="post: 588780" data-attributes="member: 9780"><p>That is the circle of blame we have been dealing with the last few years. Capers came in and still had tallent on the roster. added two premiere 1st rounders, and boom, we are good. Every year since we let a good D-player go. Woodson, Harris, and Collins gave us Hall of fame leadership, and clutch plays to keep things respectable. On a injury plagued year. We BARELY BARELY BARELY made the playoffs. We underdog 3 playoff wins. Woodson goes down at half time of the superbowl, and if there were 5 more minutes left in the game, I doubt we would have won. They found out Woodson was the backbone and brain box of that defense... Miracle Superbowl trophy in hand, our freshly contracted coaches started a mini-rebuild. We watched our second tier project defensive players fail to step up imediately. There was no woodson, Harris, Collins to do everything. The deffinition of bad came when we entered the season with huge defensive holes. Lost our good players to injury. At the same time the offense was putting up huge points, and opposing offenses had to open up the throttle. Our entire defensive unit buckled under the pressure. </p><p></p><p>Since then Thompson has slowly built a defense. The slow build, was slowed even more by more injuries, and new corner stones not being consistant. </p><p></p><p>Everyone wants to say Capers fault. If it was his fault, he would be gone. Because it directly reflects on McCarthy as well as Thompson... But Capers stayed. Thompson finally gave capers a great core of young tallent. Then sped things up with some huge free agent pick ups. So for Thompson there are no more excuses!!! McCarthy has become more involved, and firm in his resolve. This WILL be a better defense this year. Because McCarthy has been standing over Capers shoulder, ready to squash any overly creative complications. We have the man power now. Time to just play football. and use the creativity to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. </p><p></p><p>So it seems Capers is walking the walk. Given the players. Not given any mulligan years. He has brought a top tier defense into week 17. </p><p></p><p>So is it Ted Thompson, and his previous unwillingness to invest in the defense, the cause of the problem?</p><p>Dont matter now. Ted has invested in the defense. McCarthy has stepped up as head coach. Capers has come through as defensive cord., and finally having fun, with real veteran leadership, the young players are rallying to become a power house. </p><p></p><p>Our LBs and secondary are dominant... What we are missing is a fresh, motivated Raji. No disreaspect to Guion. But if Raji made the transformation like the rest of the team. And Raji looked like he did his rookie year!?!?! Basicly he could run through a double team. To the point where teams had to take him out low. Give Raji some help and make football fun again. That guy can give us another man advantage, on top of the bee swarm we already have. </p><p>Point being. Daniels, Guion, Boyd, even Jones, are all playing well. Well enough for the rest of the defense to have flexability. But we are not dominant up front. One beastly Raji would open up the flood gates. IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreenBaySlacker, post: 588780, member: 9780"] That is the circle of blame we have been dealing with the last few years. Capers came in and still had tallent on the roster. added two premiere 1st rounders, and boom, we are good. Every year since we let a good D-player go. Woodson, Harris, and Collins gave us Hall of fame leadership, and clutch plays to keep things respectable. On a injury plagued year. We BARELY BARELY BARELY made the playoffs. We underdog 3 playoff wins. Woodson goes down at half time of the superbowl, and if there were 5 more minutes left in the game, I doubt we would have won. They found out Woodson was the backbone and brain box of that defense... Miracle Superbowl trophy in hand, our freshly contracted coaches started a mini-rebuild. We watched our second tier project defensive players fail to step up imediately. There was no woodson, Harris, Collins to do everything. The deffinition of bad came when we entered the season with huge defensive holes. Lost our good players to injury. At the same time the offense was putting up huge points, and opposing offenses had to open up the throttle. Our entire defensive unit buckled under the pressure. Since then Thompson has slowly built a defense. The slow build, was slowed even more by more injuries, and new corner stones not being consistant. Everyone wants to say Capers fault. If it was his fault, he would be gone. Because it directly reflects on McCarthy as well as Thompson... But Capers stayed. Thompson finally gave capers a great core of young tallent. Then sped things up with some huge free agent pick ups. So for Thompson there are no more excuses!!! McCarthy has become more involved, and firm in his resolve. This WILL be a better defense this year. Because McCarthy has been standing over Capers shoulder, ready to squash any overly creative complications. We have the man power now. Time to just play football. and use the creativity to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. So it seems Capers is walking the walk. Given the players. Not given any mulligan years. He has brought a top tier defense into week 17. So is it Ted Thompson, and his previous unwillingness to invest in the defense, the cause of the problem? Dont matter now. Ted has invested in the defense. McCarthy has stepped up as head coach. Capers has come through as defensive cord., and finally having fun, with real veteran leadership, the young players are rallying to become a power house. Our LBs and secondary are dominant... What we are missing is a fresh, motivated Raji. No disreaspect to Guion. But if Raji made the transformation like the rest of the team. And Raji looked like he did his rookie year!?!?! Basicly he could run through a double team. To the point where teams had to take him out low. Give Raji some help and make football fun again. That guy can give us another man advantage, on top of the bee swarm we already have. Point being. Daniels, Guion, Boyd, even Jones, are all playing well. Well enough for the rest of the defense to have flexability. But we are not dominant up front. One beastly Raji would open up the flood gates. IMO. [/QUOTE]
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