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Old 11-28-2017, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by barrett View Post
I think this year's secondary was built with the idea that Clowney, Watt, and Mercilous would wreak havoc on QBs.
This year's secondary was "built" on the idea that they were going to sign a 40 year old, immobile, terminally crippled guy that would play behind THIS OL and lead the team to Never-never Land. (Just let the sheer lunacy of that notion sink in for a second.) They didn't have the money to sign, no, wait, RE-sign one of the top CBs in football (who is leading a defense that appears to be poised to go down as one of the all time great defenses in the history of the sport) (of course their offense is deftly guided by one Blake Bortles) (somehow only just now did it occur to me that his name conveniently rhymes with chortles) because they were operating under the fantasy that they would sign this walking MRI. They could easily have matched or beaten Jacksonville's offer, or they could have fking franchised his ass. Whatever. But to suggest that there was actual planning going on with respect to the secondary is an actionable insult to anyone who has ever made out a grocery list.

I think it is imperative for the team to plan as if Watt will never return. It's impossible to admit that publicly of course, but to "plan" a defense that sees Watt as a centerpiece or even as a functioning member is completely irresponsible.
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