Jaques Reeves

[jppaul]

I am just hoping that he is not Faggins kind of crispy. See Lee Evans lighting him up like a christmas tree.

[Vinny]

Joyner was one of the guys who rated Carr so highly a few years ago. He seems to look at a lot of film but I'm not big on stats to define or grade players. Personally, I think that you can use formulas in statistically driven sports like baseball because of the 1 on 1 matchup the pitcher has with the hitters. I know there are other defenders in play but the crucial element in baseball is the hitter vs the pitcher. In football there are just too many variables, techniques and strategies that impact any given play.....football is just a sport you gotta eyeball. If not you end up lovin' guys like Carr for no good reason other than because he grades out with high 'metrics'.

[HPF Bob]

I totally agree, Vinny. Baseball is a series of one-on-one matchups while football is far more of a team-vs-team sport for the stats to be analyzed as thoroughly as they are in baseball.

[NBT]

I have to hand it to Vinny on this one. I stayed with Carr entirely too long. Now I see the error of my ways. So my hat is off to ya Vinny.

I agree that in Football, you have to see the game and the games within the game, to really judge a player. So I think I will reserve judgment until I see Reeves in a few games.

[Bigtinylittle]

When Dunte and Faggins were in together at the beginning of last year, what I saw was that the QB rarely threw at Dunte and when he did, Dunte usually made the play. The QB threw at Faggins way more often and Petey looked terrible. He either got beat or he played so far off his man that the reception was a forgone conclusion.

That's why I wasn't surprised when our defense didn't really seem to miss the loss of Dunte very much. It was almost like his talent was being wasted. In my opinion, having a very weak corner is one of the very worst problems a defense can have. It gives the offense a play they can go back to over and over. An automatic.

Even though neither Reeves or Bennett are as good as Dunte, as a duo I would rate them ahead of the Dunte/Faggins duo. And when we get Dunte back, things should be even better.

Now if we can just get a decent pass rush out of our front four, we could be pretty salty against the pass.

[NBT]

I just want us to have good enough talent so we can mix up our coverages more. Because of the injuries last year we seemed to be limited to only a couple of schemes.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by Bigtinylittle

In my opinion, having a very weak corner is one of the very worst problems a defense can have. It gives the offense a play they can go back to over and over. An automatic.

Now if we can just get a decent pass rush out of our front four, we could be pretty salty against the pass.

I was watching the 2003 Colts vs. Bucs game on NFL Network and the Bucs had a hell of a defense. They should have won that game pretty easiliy. However, Brian Kelly was out with an injury so the CB duo was Ronde Barber and some guy named Wansley.

To make a long story short, Peyton and the colts scored 4 touchdowns in 4 minutes left in the game because the weak link in the secondary was exposed and exploited.

This was my reasoning behind wanting CB Antoine Cason in the 1st round during the draft. Hopefully, Bennett and Molden can hold their own this season and Reeves can help out too. None of us know when/if Dunta is coming back. I'm optimistic that he'll be up to speed around week 10. By that time, we could be out of the playoffs.

[NBT]

There were a lot of CB's available (and taken) in the first round. My opinion was if we couldn't get McKelvin or DRC, then the next bet was OLT. When all of the "glitter" OLT's were gone at #18, I kinda thought, well it is a tossup between the kid from S. Fla. (Jenkins?), and Duane Brown. The CowCrooks traded back up to get the CB, so to me the choice of Duane Brown at #26 was somewhat of a no-brainer. I feel he will do us proud. The two extra picks didn't hurt any either.