Comments on: Motivations of Hank Poteat Signing

By: subwayfare

subwayfare — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:17:05 +0000

I think D Coleman has actually played the deep ball fairly well and is worth keeping to back up Lowery and Revis. The problem is that, since Ray Mickens left town, the team has had no one who’s played nickel particularly well.

However, though I’m not nearly as down on the CS overall as some posters, I suspect the slot/underneath weakness has more to do with scheme than talent.

By: Bassett

Bassett — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:13:49 +0000

harlan i think you made two great points. the scheme might be what needs overhauling not the corners. even so, it’s clear there’s a gap that that has not been addressed by swapping personnel or by scheme

as far as swapping DBs, it’s a good one, and if they did Ahmad Carroll should be the first out the door. I’m thinking it’s something they needed to do for this week for gameplanning, and although I think that montgomery will be back pretty soon.

By: Mad Dog Mo

Mad Dog Mo — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:50:40 +0000

Harlan is right…add a DB…subtract a DB.

Unless he can kick field goals or punt…Drew Coleman should be gone.

By: jas

jas — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:00:04 +0000

Go Harlan!

By: jas

jas — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:58:48 +0000

Bassett-
Thank you for your “quiet” aggravation about the roster and how badly the secondary has been. I was wondering if anyone was actually watching the Jets or were too busy talking about great the Jets are.
As for the roster, it’s just bizarre.

By: Harlan Lachman

Harlan Lachman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:56:32 +0000

Two problems with this article Bassett.

1.) While the numbers prove what the eyes reveal, that Revis and Lowery have played great and Drew Coleman, Eric Smith, Barrett and others have been inept, it is less clear whether it is all talent and not scheme. IOW, perhaps the TE and third WR are not being covered similarly by scheme. Remember when Harris was supposedly responsible for a WR deep?

2.) More importantly, the issue is not signing Poteat. The stupidity is keeping the players who have not performed and necessitated his signing. Why let an OL go? If he was incompetent too, replace him with another OL who might perform better. But there is no reason to add Hank unless we subtract one of those who caused his signing.

Harlan

By: Reprocity

Reprocity — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:32:12 +0000

Rhodes not blitzing much untill latre in the SD game was really bad on sutton’s part and I havent seen a CB blits ummm since ummm, preseason?

By: jsa

jsa — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:26:35 +0000

This may not hurt us so much this week vs. Arizona, since they don’t throw much to their secondary receivers, backs and tight ends. Almost everything goes to Boldin or Fitzgerald. and of course that’s not a bad strategy when you have a tandem like that. Revis and Lowery can’t be expected to shut them down, but at least they can slow them down and keep them from having huge games.
We should also be able to do a good job against the Arizona running game that’s nothing special.