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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pacman5252" data-source="post: 242289" data-attributes="member: 1469">I like how there is a double standard with a lot of fans when discussing TT, Bob Sanders, and last years defense. I've used two different arguments with some fans;1. TT not doing a good job setting the defense up for success last year He traded away our only pressure DT, in Sanders system that requires pressure from the front four. Also, we all knew that KGB wasn't going to duplicate his 9.5 sack performance from the year before. Those two known variables accounted for over 16 sacks in 2007. Those variables were essentially replaced with big bodies in Jolly/Harrel and Jeremy Thompson. I know Jenkins got hurt, which is the primary excuse that people use to defend not paying Williams and explaining our lousy pass rush(who really wasn't overpaid, look at what Canty, Tommy Kelly, Haynseworth got, the cap goes up every year, 6million for a 5-8 sacks DT is a bargin), but he wasn't going to be enough to fix our pass rush... I'll end this with saying that our D-line in 2007 had 10 more sacks, 33% more than it did in 2008.2.Defending Sanders, because there were way to many injuries/player production fell a lot from the year before If we had so many other injuries, like; Jenkins, Hawk, Bigby, Harris, Barnett, Picket wasn't healthy the whole year, etc.... why didn't Sanders deserve another chance?</blockquote>

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