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Lots of words. Yet you are ignorant of the fact he wouldn't have the same responsibilities. Keep your ear to the ground.

My poor old eyes saw 4 rushers maintaining their rush lanes keeping QB's contained and getting more than their share of sacks. Logically, if we mixed coverages like the better defenses do, and blitzed more, we should have considerably more pressures. But no, we will drop an extra step keeping the ball in front of us, giving up good yardage on runs and screens outside. Playing va-niiiiil-aaa D.

We were told that there was a scout that reported Richardson exceptional, so to be looked at. And Taylor couldn't have been more well known, and Irsay was credited for telling his GM to move up and get him.

Tyran is what 5'11" 190 DeJean. 6' + 209 We will see what his 40 is and cone drills And yes, Ballard/Dodds have been failures providing us with SB caliber DB's. DeJean Could be a quality CB in Ballard's simplistic D, but maybe a great Safety. History says we will get it wrong.

Nabers is phenomenal. Paying the price to go to the Bears 9th for him would be wise.

Judging Love from his first three years as "a HUGE disappointment" is worthy of talking head, pundit, arm chair GM level commentary. Blather. He came into the league with solid college credentials. Sitting behind an all time great with a really good offensive mind as a HC should have been a great opportunity. Love looks to be playing near the higher level of draft day expectations by year 4's end. A fun question, skill wise, dollars being equal, who would you pick as your QB for the next 3 years? Justin Herbert, Tua, D Watson, K Murray, Jordan Love? With the first pick...

Thanks for responding to that disingenuous reporting. Love couldn't have been seriously graded as a huge disappointment for just the common sense reasons you shared.

3-4 of them are real keepers.

Gus is incapable, and the players Ballard and Dodds supply for the back seven are as a unit, 2nd class or lower. Year after year.

Stroud's excellence wasn’t diminished in the least, and Lamar isn't a run first QB. Stroud's o-line got destroyed and he could use another quality receiver. AND, if one can comprehend what went on, we witnessed in that game and the San Fran game what it takes to mix zone, with constant disguise and aggression to be a Championship caliber defense. Pretty much the Opposite of the lazy "coaching" scheme with so much questionable talent that Ballard and Dodds outdated vision brings to the table. Mahomes has repeatedly killed his opponents from day 1 with his legs. Our poor Andrew would have been a below .500 loser without his running. Lamar is exceptional because he demands an extra defender to contain his escaping the pocket. When the defense leaves an open lane... it is punished The Ravens would have beaten us 47-0.

Endless useless diatribe.

Thank LG for this knowledgeable, common since response. Of the long list of top receivers, Pittman is more like Keenan Allen. But certainly more physical. We need a Reggie sized, very quick and fast guy that can get open quick to complement our passing attack. Given that, Pitts receptions will go down but his ypc and TD's will go up. This season he neared his potential. He is a very good player.

Actually it had everything to do with the subject. Sadly, like Leonard, you've lost a step. You can't keep up as you once could. It's been noticeable this whole season, there has been a change. The board is weaker because of it. I would wish that you and yours are well. Sorry but Brents stats are not so good. And that against mediocre competition. He will make some plays, but with his lack of quickness and speed the really good QB's will play some easy for a first down, fun pitch and catch on him, and he will require that safety to cover his behind. In Ballard's system he could be a little above average soon, but our opponents should be able to successfully attack his weaknesses.

Well now, Rock was the first and obviously biggest CB Fail that Ballard must claim. One should remember how the Elite wrestler got smoked off the line as a rookie. All those grabs for penalties. Most understand that when you don't have the makeup speed when faster, quicker guys get away from you bad things happen. Sorry Rock, at his best, got better not letting guys beat him deep, but the slower/bigger CB's that Ballard lives by have to give something up. Rock was never more than average and I know I was glad to move on. 34th pick or not. If you want a good defense we had to have better. And we watch it play after play, game after game, year after year. We have to play just a little deeper, a little further off, letting any old tom, dick, and Harry play pitch and catch on us. Surprise Surprise Surprise. Enough bad zone play, enough I thought you were taking him, to make one tire of a DC. A DC forced to play VANNILA. Did we play 100% zone? Chuckle How well were we able to defend crossers in zone or man to man? How good were we defending screens? Did anyone miss former NFL Defensive Player of the Year Gilmore? Guess what, receivers couldn't get away from him. He took their best receiver one on one. How could he do that running a 4.53 40? You can't. He ran 4.4. ANYONE with a lick of football sense knows when a corner doesn't need safety help it gives you a player that can be used to mix coverages, Surprise the o-line, Surprise the QB by being where you weren't supposed to be. Ballard, your version of Richard Sherman, Cam Chancellor and Earl Thomas is Pathetic. A Joke! .

Rock started 1 game this season out of the 14 games they let him play. He had about 270 defensive snaps . Gave up 17.7 ypc 10%+ missed tackles Passer rating 109. Who will be the next sucker to sign Elite Rock?

In 7 years name a corner Ballard drafted that could cover worth a darn. I can name one. Roger's. Small with great speed. Now we have a 6'3" replacement that we just watched get horribly abused by a big receiver. Irsay accepts mediocrity. He has his band and money for toys.

There is a lot to be said for making players finish their 4 year contract. I watched Pittman dog it on some plays the first couple games. Then like the snap of your fingers, he started busting his bhind in all aspects. He is a SB caliber player. 5 years $110 $45M fully guaranteed AR Will be able to attack the entire field and Pittman will thrive.

Moore is the only sure thing in our defenses back 7. Our front four had no effective backup DT. And Ballard and Dodds think their old school scheme will work against todays rules. Brents may someday be a poor man's Richard Sherman (anyone enjoy watching Brents get destroyed), good luck matching him with our Cam Chancellor. They had one of the all - time great safeties behind them In Earl Thomas. Where we have nothing. We got to watch some upper echelon passers do their thing this weekend. They should have put Minshew in his place for you. What fun it was to watch the football excellence shown by the Pack, Lions, and Texans. Like watching Roger's, Aikman, Brady at their best.

We will keep those 4 and there's zero chance Jones is available. And he will get high 20's.

Ballard and Dodds have built a roster with many weaknesses. We need to trade back for more picks. Fortunately it's a deep draft making more sense to trade back.

Pierce had 3 drops for the season.

AR ran the hurry up offense in the first quarter of game one. What I can know is that he is highly intelligent. He was accurate with good touch in short range, when many said he wasn't and would struggle to ever be. He hit guys downfield in tight widows, leading the NFL in explosive plays. We know he can throw the ball with enough speed to attack any place Steichen dials up. This injury hasn't set him back at all. He will be so much more in tune with how we attack defenses, and respecting the speed of our opponents. Will he ever be as good as Stroud is already? It's going to take that to beat them.

Ballard looks to be operating from his personal draft guide he put together. You know, the one last updated in 2014. He can now sit at home with the kids and wait for the RAS scores to arrive. Spice it now and then with listening to a little table pounding to keep the staff interested. Gus and his "old boys" gotta prop their feet up too, so we don't need to be changing things around now do we!

Where is the coaching? Rush 4, play deep, give them plenty of pitch and catches and blown coverages, and wait for them to overthrow some passes that hit us in the numbers. We had a couple all-time record defensive collapses last year. Ballard provided bad personnel this season, shows NO GIFT for Drafting DB's among other positions. Listen to the discussions going on regarding Belicheks genius dividing defensive game plans week to week, making changes at halftime and during the game. Bradley is a Ballard guy. He thinks he knows how to draft for this brainless D sitting at his desk chanting Ras, Ras, I gotta have Ras. We need Football Players that can run with their opponents. Juju just got destroyed. His change of direction and long speed are big problems. Years wasted developing so many big receivers, de's, CB's, Ballard guys.

The pass was so bad that with those sticky gloves he couldn't pull it in. Totally wrong side of the body and short. The guy did all he could to twist around and got only fingertips on the ball. Gardner was given the easiest throw in the book and choked. Fine by me. It saved us a beat down in a playoff game with no injuries.