Video: Bradie James & Roy Williams

[TheSport78]

the thought of Patrick Willis is beginning to sound like a good idea...too bad he won't be there at #22 tho

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Bradie James is as mechanical as they come. The natural flow isn't there with him....

 

[Achozen]

Kinda OT but, I want to see more of Burnett. He showed some good things last year.

 

[TheSport78]

Willis would be the perfect pick...he could make an impact immediately as a starter in the nickel replacing Bradie...then eventually Willis will take over Bradie's spot in the 34

 

[superpunk]

How bad are you, when you cant even bump a TE?

 

[theogt]

How bad are you, when you cant even bump a TE?

All the more reason that Carp > James at the inside position. Remember in the 2nd Giants game when Carp "jammed" Shockey causing Shockey to fall backwards 2-3 yards on his rump? I'm surprised noone made a .gif of that one. Good stuff.

 

[Rampage]

All the more reason that Carp > James at the inside position. Remember in the 2nd Giants game when Carp "jammed" Shockey causing Shockey to fall backwards 2-3 yards on his rump? I'm surprised noone made a .gif of that one. Good stuff.

what quarter was that? i was at that game and have it on tape, so i wanna see that. what quarter was that?

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

James simply doesnt have the footspeed to play the deep middle zone the MLB plays in the cover 2. Sure he looked bad there but if you look at the fact that those clips are from several different sources, my attention turns to a certain guy in Atlanta and on the MNF set.

Ask James to play short zones like he did in 2005 and hell all of a sudden become solid again.

 

[theogt]

what quarter was that? i was at that game and have it on tape, so i wanna see that. what quarter was that?

Don't recall. I'll have to look later. I'll PM you if I find it.

 

[Juke99]

I never bought the Bradie James hype.

He was AWFUL in his first couple of seasons. He took bad angles on plays...bit on fakes...in a word, he was lost.


Some how or other, he was elevated to a status of being a good LB in his third season.

Last year, he looked like he did in his first two seasons.

All bets are off now that Phillips is the coach. So, everyone starts with a clean slate.

Thankfully.

 

[theogt]

I never bought the Bradie James hype.

He was AWFUL in his first couple of seasons. He took bad angles on plays...bit on fakes...in a word, he was lost.


Some how or other, he was elevated to a status of being a good LB in his third season.

Last year, he looked like he did in his first two seasons.

All bets are off now that Phillips is the coach. So, everyone starts with a clean slate.

Thankfully.

That's the problem. I'm thinking he's going to give guys a year to evaluate them for himself, rather than just watching the tape and deciding they can't play. Sort of like Parcells did in 2003 with the QB situation.

 

[Juke99]

That's the problem. I'm thinking he's going to give guys a year to evaluate them for himself, rather than just watching the tape and deciding they can't play. Sort of like Parcells did in 2003 with the QB situation.

Well, there's some value in giving guys a clean slate...BUT...ya gotta make decisions quickly.

I'm sure he'll have a good sense of the strengths and weaknesses of every player before the season starts.

 

[Gaede]

yeah, he definitely looks bad in those clips

I like Burnett/Carp to fill in. But are they the right size for the position? I really have no idea, Parcells has warped the way I think about certain positions...but I can definitely see us going MLB now in the first

Also, I remember a report a while ago that our coaches said Lawrence Timmons could play inside or out in the 3-4. Perhaps he is a possibility. We'd have some wicked versatility, between him, Carp, and Burnett

 

[lockster]

I've always thought that Burnette should have been on the field in any passing situation. After Burnette learned the defense, which did take way too long, he may be dumb, but he sure can run. If our defensive line could keep the o-line off of linebackers, you don't have to have someone Jame's size to tackle, ask Coakley, Dat, and D. Smith.

 

[theogt]

I've always thought that Burnette should have been on the field in any passing situation. After Burnette learned the defense, which did take way too long, he may be dumb, but he sure can run. If our defensive line could keep the o-line off of linebackers, you don't have to have someone Jame's size to tackle, ask Coakley, Dat, and D. Smith.

That's just a result of the 3-4 defense -- it always leaves at least one guard uncovered. ILBs in a 3-4 will always have to deal with 300 lb. guards. Wade was able to get away with undersized ILBs in San Diego, so I'm interested to see how he feels about this.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I never bought the Bradie James hype.

He was AWFUL in his first couple of seasons. He took bad angles on plays...bit on fakes...in a word, he was lost.


Some how or other, he was elevated to a status of being a good LB in his third season.

Last year, he looked like he did in his first two seasons.

All bets are off now that Phillips is the coach. So, everyone starts with a clean slate.

Thankfully.

In all reality the only issues that I saw James make last year were in handling the deep middle zone and being absolutely creamed by Shaun Andrews.

The bad angles that you were talking about up fron havent been around since his second season and i never saw them crop back up last year. He also didnt look like he was out of position much. Really the major issue that he had last year was running with receivers downfield. He would try to keep up and didnt but simply was unable to.

Andrews is one of the best guards in football so i cannot gripe too much about that. James is not a probowler and if he could shed Andrews he would be in the probowl. OTOH, all I see needing to be done to 'fix' James would be to stop asking him to cover the deep zone. In 2005 his primary responsibility was the run and then the shallow zone. Ayodele did that last year and James took over for what had been Shanle and Dats responsibility. For the life of me I cannot see why they kept it like that. Ayodele is a quicker athlete than James is. James strength is his physicality at the point of attack.

 

[theogt]

In all reality the only issues that I saw James make last year were in handling the deep middle zone and being absolutely creamed by Shaun Andrews.

The bad angles that you were talking about up fron havent been around since his second season and i never saw them crop back up last year. He also didnt look like he was out of position much. Really the major issue that he had last year was running with receivers downfield. He would try to keep up and didnt but simply was unable to.

Andrews is one of the best guards in football so i cannot gripe too much about that. James is not a probowler and if he could shed Andrews he would be in the probowl. OTOH, all I see needing to be done to 'fix' James would be to stop asking him to cover the deep zone. In 2005 his primary responsibility was the run and then the shallow zone. Ayodele did that last year and James took over for what had been Shanle and Dats responsibility. For the life of me I cannot see why they kept it like that. Ayodele is a quicker athlete than James is. James strength is his physicality at the point of attack.

James's responsibility covering shallow zones and backs in the flats didn't disappear in '06. The main thrust of Kitna's ridicule was James's inability to cover the shallow zones and backs coming out of the backfield. At first it appeared to simply be a mental error on James' part (i.e., he simply misunderstood his coverage responsibility), but it kept happening repeatedly and began to look as though he simply didn't have the speed to effectively cover those types of responsibilities.

 

[EastDallasCowboy]

That's just so blatantly obvious.

While Roy's tackles leave a bit to be desired, James was just terrible in every one of those. He's not bumping, he can't seem to cover, and he just looks slow and awkward.

Thanks for the video.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

That's just a result of the 3-4 defense -- it always leaves at least one guard uncovered. ILBs in a 3-4 will always have to deal with 300 lb. guards. Wade was able to get away with undersized ILBs in San Diego, so I'm interested to see how he feels about this.

Phillips doesnt two gap his DL. Our linemen arent going to be doing the same thing on each and every play anymore. The Eagles for example are no longer going to be able scheme so that Andrews gets a free shot at James every play and our linemen are going to get more tackles.

 

[theogt]

Phillips doesnt two gap his DL. Our linemen arent going to be doing the same thing on each and every play anymore. The Eagles for example are no longer going to be able scheme so that Andrews gets a free shot at James every play and our linemen are going to get more tackles.

Of course he doesn't, but that does change the fact that at least one guard will be uncovered. That is the result of the NT being in a 0-technique and the ends being in 5-techniques. Between the offensive tackles, there are simply not enough D-line in a 3-4 to cover up 5 O-linemen. In a 4-3, however, there are obviously more lineman (the farthest point a 4-3 end moves out is typically a 6-technique).