So I guess you just keep responding because you enjoy my company? LOL The fact is I've made some very good points that you can't refute. :toast:
There is a reason he's pushing 33 and he's a number of nagging injuries through the years and it's all resulted in a decline in his play. This happens to older players.
It's never been easy playing CB in the NFL but it's gotten alot more difficult in recent years with the rule changes.
Years ago corners could bump receivers all the way down the field now they can't touch them after 5 yards. The rules favor the offense to promote scoring.
With the bigger faster receivers we see in todays game a corner has to be at the top of their game and have youth on their side or they'll be abused.
What's more likely is he's suffered alot of little nagging injuries through the years and with his advancing age it's taken it's toll.
He's clearly not as fast as he once was and this was evident as far back as 07.
He picked off a pass against Bufflao and had 70 yards of daylight between him and the endzone with no one within 10 yards of him and was run down immediately by 2 players one was an RB. There was alot of talk about it at the time.
In 08 against the Steelers Newman made one slight mistake biting on a move by Santonio Holmes and Holmes flew right past him beating him for a 47 yard gain that helped turn that game around for the Steelers.
Earlier in Newman's career he had good recovery speed in the event a receiver got by him which enabled him to catch up and make a play on the ball at the very end.
This is no longer the case he makes one slight mistake now and he's toast!
I have a perfect understanding of what's going on Newman is an aging player who's in decline and you and several others are doing nothing but claiming his subpar play is a result of injury.
According to you apologists he's too hurt to play making it sound like if he was 100% healthy he could blanket any receiver in the league and would be playing at a pro bowl level.
Do you honestly believe he has the same speed now that he had when he came into the league? Like I keep saying I haven't heard anyone close to the Cowboys say Newman is injured right now.
I've given you one fact for his degradation he's getting older unless you have a study that shows football players get faster and their skills improve after the age of 32. LOL
With Newman saying an injury has resulted in his subpar play is an excuse. He suffered his first injury in late Oct but prior to that injury he still had receivers running past him. Explain that?
You could clearly see in replays that receivers were able to separate from him and make plays on him prior to the 2 injuries he suffered.
This shoots down the injury excuse you apologists have been chanting. He suffered his ankle injury Nov 14th and it wasn't the dreaded high ankle sprain.
It's been almsot 8 weeks since he hurt his ribs and and almost 6 weeks since he hurt his ankle you apologists keep using those injuries as an excuse for his subpar play.
You don't seem to understand that if he was being hampered by these injuries it would come up during the weekly press conferences and Newman would be asked about it.
His injuries are only being used as an excuse here by a bunch of armchair fans who are looking for excuses and can't come to grips that he's in decline.
Dez was injured alot worse than Newman he had a high ankle sprain which is one of the most feared injuries because it can hamper a player for an entire season. Alot of focus was put on his injuries and not so with Newman.
That high ankle sprain cost Dez almost all of training camp and all of preseason. He ended up tweaking that same ankle during the season that caused him to limp off the field late in a game. He even suffered an injury to the other ankle that left him questionable a few days prior to a game.
He ended up returning a punt 91 yards on two bad ankles. The big difference between Dez and Newman is in age there's 11 years that separate them.
If injuries that happened WEEKS ago are affecting Newman's play so much that it's caused this decline in his ability then finding his replacement needs to be one of the Cowboys top priorities.
If every little tweak is going to cause his play to drop way off we need to start looking for his replacement because his he'll be hobbling again at some point next season.
My main argument is that Newman hasn't played well this season and is part of the problem in our secondary. You seem to agree except you're blaming his subpar play totally on injuries.
Dude he was healthy early this season I mentioned this earlier and receivers were still able to separate from him and make plays.
Regardless if it's injuries, age or whatever Newman's play has declined!
Do me a favor and go find someone other than a Newman apologist from this board that says an ankle injury he suffered almost 6 weeks ago has seriously degraded his performance.
Could it have been an injury from 2 years ago that's still nagging him that degraded his performance the first 8 games this season?
LOL
He had receivers getting by him all game long vs Green Bay a week prior to injuring his ankle.
So let me guess it was the ribs he hurt in Oct that caused his issues in that game?
I've said repeatedly that players play injured all the time but if a player is too injured to play like some are saying about Newman they wouldn't be playing.
Teams aren't going to play a player who's totally ineffective due to injury. If you're going to keep responding to me at least read my posts!
I understand that if a players performance is being hampered by an injury it's going to be brought up by the media and the coach and the player will also address it.
Of course not because it would be just someone's else's opinion but at least it would give you Newman apologists someone more credible than another armchair fan from this board who's crying that he's injured.
I'm not about to drop anything off of one person's opinion when it comes to football. Now if Newman was made inactive the final 2 games and Garrett explains he's just too injured to play THEN I'll drop it.
That would be solid proof that he hasn't been healthy. I don't back down from any position I have off of someone else's opinion. You keep saying my argument is flimsy then what's my argument?
Tell me exactly what my argument is and let's see you shoot it down. Don't cop out with more excuses it makes you look wishy washy.
We've been arguing for 2 days because there's nothing to debate here?
:laugh2: Newman being repeatedly beaten this season is a FACT! The only specualtion is coming from you and a few other Newman apologists who are blaming his subpar play on injury.
Anyone who posts stats comparing Newman with Darrell Green, Champ Bailey and Ronnie Lott are going to be discounted. :toast:
You fail to realize you keep making excuses because you can't refute anything I've said. Dude you've agreed with alot of things I've said except you're using injuries as an excuse.
Look, if you want to believe Newman is hurt then go ahead. Do whatever makes you feel better.
No one can prove me wrong that Newman hasn't been part of the problem in our secondary. Everything else regarding injuries is pure speculation.
I've given you pages of solid points and you can't debunk any of them that's why you keep making excuses and won't challenge me. :toast:
You opinion is pure speculation. Like I said earlier regardless of injury, age or whatever Newman is not the solid dependable player he was a few years ago.
You're agreeing with me more and more as we go. Looks like I'm slowly convincing you hopefully it won't be another few days before you come to complete grips with his decline.
He didn't suddenly slow down go read what I said earlier.
Stats comparing Newman to Darrell Green, Champ Bailey and Ronnie Lott are going to fly. LOL
Sure you are because I've finally convinced you he's in decline. :toast: At least this hasn't been a complete waste of time. LOL
My original quotes have you agreeing with me for the most part. We were miles apart until I got you to finally start seeing the light.
