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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 433594" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I don’t remember the exact percentage but I do remember Capers using his 2-4-5 more than any other alignment in 2010. That contradicts the argument he did so because of personnel this past season unless you argue Jenkins wasn’t that good, or even with Jenkins the Super Bowl winning team didn’t have good enough personnel on the DL. As someone posted, the 2-4-5 has the flexibility to be very much like a traditional 4-2-5 nickel with the two OLBs rushing the QB. But the 2-4-5 has more flexibility because it should have better athletes at OLB than 4-3 DEs and because the pass rush can be more varied and unpredictable. That “better athletes” at OLB is the reason I put ROLB at the top of the needs list going into the 2012 season. In addition IMO Raji has to play more like his 2010 self than he did last season. And they need someone on the roster to emerge, or an acquisition to step into the 2-man DL opposite Raji in the 2-4-5. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ARod12 listed young players on the roster he considers talented but who need experience and coaching. A reasonable counter argument IMO would be noting why any or all of them don’t have potential. I’m not sure what point is made by saying they don’t have trade value. First, if they had great trade value, ARod12 wouldn’t be noting their <em>potential</em>. And second, every NFL team should have “a book” on every player in the NFL, even fringe players on the worst NFL team. Who knows how other teams value some of the players ARod12 mentioned? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">As to AJ Hawk, IMO his problem is not in the classroom or knowing his assignments; he’s the QB of the defense. His problem is while he knows his assignments in coverage he still can’t consistently get them done. For example, any of us could know Capers’ defense like the back of our hands and still wouldn’t be able to cover NFL TEs and RBs out of the backfield. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 433594, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]I don’t remember the exact percentage but I do remember Capers using his 2-4-5 more than any other alignment in 2010. That contradicts the argument he did so because of personnel this past season unless you argue Jenkins wasn’t that good, or even with Jenkins the Super Bowl winning team didn’t have good enough personnel on the DL. As someone posted, the 2-4-5 has the flexibility to be very much like a traditional 4-2-5 nickel with the two OLBs rushing the QB. But the 2-4-5 has more flexibility because it should have better athletes at OLB than 4-3 DEs and because the pass rush can be more varied and unpredictable. That “better athletes” at OLB is the reason I put ROLB at the top of the needs list going into the 2012 season. In addition IMO Raji has to play more like his 2010 self than he did last season. And they need someone on the roster to emerge, or an acquisition to step into the 2-man DL opposite Raji in the 2-4-5. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]ARod12 listed young players on the roster he considers talented but who need experience and coaching. A reasonable counter argument IMO would be noting why any or all of them don’t have potential. I’m not sure what point is made by saying they don’t have trade value. First, if they had great trade value, ARod12 wouldn’t be noting their [I]potential[/I]. And second, every NFL team should have “a book” on every player in the NFL, even fringe players on the worst NFL team. Who knows how other teams value some of the players ARod12 mentioned? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]As to AJ Hawk, IMO his problem is not in the classroom or knowing his assignments; he’s the QB of the defense. His problem is while he knows his assignments in coverage he still can’t consistently get them done. For example, any of us could know Capers’ defense like the back of our hands and still wouldn’t be able to cover NFL TEs and RBs out of the backfield. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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