gimmesix;1997649 said:
What we can hope is that he figures it out this year and can be ready to replace Zach Thomas after the old man's year in Dallas. ... Maybe a student of the game like Thomas can facilitate the process.
Carpenter saw the field in two different roles last year, special teams and the cowboy package. The Cowboy package where only the NT actually started off in a 3 point stance was wildly successful and Carp called it at the LOS. He also saw time on ST and was arguably the best player out there.
The year before that, he beat out Singleton after Ellis went down and really started to come on during the Atlanta game where he stoned Vick acting as the spy. He played well consistently leading up to the Seattle game and he was our best player on defense that game.
In fact the only time we've actually seen him not play well since that Atlanta game has been in that preseason game where he had a hurt quad. Before and after that game he has played well.
Really the only thing people can point to as him failing is him not being in the regular rotation this past year. They cannot point to any particular role that he was actually given as being a failure and they certainly cannot point to 2006 but everyone gleefully writes him off.
I really do not get it.
To me its simple. Is he the player that we saw at the end of 2006 or is he the player we saw at the beginning of 2007?