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RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - Knight of God - 11-10-2010 12:57 PM
(11-10-2010 12:42 PM)g-dawg Wrote: eggzactly...........with Clay Matthews talent, he would fit in any defense and there could be specific blitz packages or he could play DE on passing downs, etc, etc.
BVG could have used CM well - trust me.
This is a football issue. You can have Clay Matthews playing LB in a 4-3 just like Weatherspoon could play OLB in the 3-4. This overclassifying crap is killing us. You know that we had a 3-4 OLB playing SLB for us on our SB run?
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - FullMetalFalcon23 - 11-10-2010 01:03 PM
(11-10-2010 12:57 PM)Knight of God Wrote: This is a football issue. You can have Clay Matthews playing LB in a 4-3 just like Weatherspoon could play OLB in the 3-4. This overclassifying crap is killing us. You know that we had a 3-4 OLB playing SLB for us on our SB run?
Wasn't Abe a 3-4 OLB before coming to us?
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - Knight of God - 11-10-2010 01:14 PM
(11-10-2010 01:03 PM)DoDaDirtyBirdUK23 Wrote: Wasn't Abe a 3-4 OLB before coming to us?
No, they moved to 3-4 and he came here. It was one of the reasons that they traded him IIRC.
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - zigg zagg - 11-10-2010 01:43 PM
(11-10-2010 12:03 PM)keithbrooking56 Wrote: I remember stumping hard for Clay Matthews to be our pick and was upset that we passed on him for a very old rookie player with a long list of injuries already behind him. I got negged like crazy for expressing that opinion but here we are and its crystal clear I was right. Imagine our defense with Clay Matthews in it.
me too.
whats really sad is that there was someone here a week or two ago trying to tell me clay wouldnt fit our system therefore jerry was a better pick. lmao he said matthews (who played 4-3 at usc) couldnt play in our 4-3 because hes too small to be a de. (hes the same EXACT size as kroy biermann btw) even though he wouldnt even be playing de.
its all good, hopefully jerry gets it going eventually. i havent given up on him but i sure as hell hope td stops picking these injury prone players. at least in the early rounds.
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - Radical - 11-10-2010 01:50 PM
(11-10-2010 12:35 PM)Knight of God Wrote: I still don't understand this..."He is not a fit for our team." Does that really mean "We are not creative enough to use him."
He isn't going to get to rush the passer near as much as a 4-3 OLB as a 3-4 OLB, that is just reality.
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - Knight of God - 11-10-2010 02:03 PM
(11-10-2010 01:50 PM)Radical Wrote: He isn't going to get to rush the passer near as much as a 4-3 OLB as a 3-4 OLB, that is just reality.
Why? Because of the one extra DL? Whatever bro.
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - Radical - 11-10-2010 02:37 PM
(11-10-2010 02:03 PM)Knight of God Wrote: Why? Because of the one extra DL? Whatever bro.
Name the 4-3 defense in this league that rushes 5 every play.
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - Knight of God - 11-10-2010 02:40 PM
(11-10-2010 02:37 PM)Radical Wrote: Name the 4-3 defense in this league that rushes 5 every play.
Name any defense that does that? We don't always rush 4...LOL. Clay just had an INT and folks are harping on his coverage...
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - keithbrooking56 - 11-10-2010 02:42 PM
(11-10-2010 01:43 PM)zigg zagg Wrote: me too.
whats really sad is that there was someone here a week or two ago trying to tell me clay wouldnt fit our system therefore jerry was a better pick. lmao he said matthews (who played 4-3 at usc) couldnt play in our 4-3 because hes too small to be a de. (hes the same EXACT size as kroy biermann btw) even though he wouldnt even be playing de.
its all good, hopefully jerry gets it going eventually. i havent given up on him but i sure as hell hope td stops picking these injury prone players. at least in the early rounds.
Anyone who tells me Matthews wouldn't be a better draft pick than Mr. Knee injury Jerry because he "doesn't fit the system" has already conceded the argument and is just refusing to admit they were wrong.
RE: I cringe everytime I see Clay Mathews dominate and wonder why TD did not draft him? - Knight of God - 11-10-2010 02:44 PM
(11-10-2010 02:42 PM)keithbrooking56 Wrote: Anyone who tells me Matthews wouldn't be a better draft pick than Mr. Knee injury Jerry because he "doesn't fit the system" has already conceded the argument and is just refusing to admit they were wrong.
amen...you are getting a +1 sir
TD is capable of mistakes you know.