Scotman
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Now that I can breath again following the revised status of Spear's injury, I wanted to post a simple observation of my own.
Having been a Boy's fan since 66 (birth), I have seen a trend that differentiates the good years from the bad.
In the good years, rookies like LA chase down LB's from behind. In the good years, young rookie RBs not only see the hole but hit it before it closes. All these things are true. But the biggest trend I see is in camp competition.
In the good years, guys win positions because they come on strong against good competition and win those jobs out right. One man steps forward just a little further that everyone else. There's real competition and someone wins. Good guys get cut. Better guys stay to play.
In the bad years, guys get the jobs by default. Everyone else steps backwards to leave one man standing. There's very little competition and the coaches go with the lesser of the evils they are presented with. Guys get cut who never play again and we try and root for the nice guys left.
Watching camp this year, we've got some real competition. Look at center. There's some real competition. Gurode is a much better center than guard. Don't underestimate him at his natural position. For that matter, look at NT. You don't think Glover is pushing? I don't care if he's undersized or not, if he's behind you, you better be pretty dang good. Singleton is a nice guy. All agreed? But he's going to be pushed hard. He's going to have a tough time holding his starting position.
There seems to be some legitimate depth this year. Some legitimate battles. Some good players are going to get cut and play for other teams.
This is going to be a good year.
Having been a Boy's fan since 66 (birth), I have seen a trend that differentiates the good years from the bad.
In the good years, rookies like LA chase down LB's from behind. In the good years, young rookie RBs not only see the hole but hit it before it closes. All these things are true. But the biggest trend I see is in camp competition.
In the good years, guys win positions because they come on strong against good competition and win those jobs out right. One man steps forward just a little further that everyone else. There's real competition and someone wins. Good guys get cut. Better guys stay to play.
In the bad years, guys get the jobs by default. Everyone else steps backwards to leave one man standing. There's very little competition and the coaches go with the lesser of the evils they are presented with. Guys get cut who never play again and we try and root for the nice guys left.
Watching camp this year, we've got some real competition. Look at center. There's some real competition. Gurode is a much better center than guard. Don't underestimate him at his natural position. For that matter, look at NT. You don't think Glover is pushing? I don't care if he's undersized or not, if he's behind you, you better be pretty dang good. Singleton is a nice guy. All agreed? But he's going to be pushed hard. He's going to have a tough time holding his starting position.
There seems to be some legitimate depth this year. Some legitimate battles. Some good players are going to get cut and play for other teams.
This is going to be a good year.
