Fred Thomas article......
 

At least he's got the right attitude.

I agree that it was Toast's lack of safety help that led to alot of those big plays. With Roman back in black, and Kaesviharn (led league in safety interceptions last year) they'll be noticeably fewer big plays.

This article humanizes the guy and puts him in a good light, but doesn't improve his playing ability.

There are a lot of nice guys out there who don't play football.

Well I would have to disagree... I do recall some plays the Saftey blew but FT was no wheres near where he should have been and so clueless out there he might as well have been rainman out there. The classic example was that GB fame (it still sticks with me) Farve didn't hide it and went at FT every pass play. Saftey where he should be and going in FT position right at the line and let the WR work one on one against FT. CB's are on an island... unless you are going to double team a WR Fred is going to have to step up or cut. He has stuck up the joint for 2 years at least.

yeah of course, by no means am I saying that everytime there was trouble, it was the safety's fault - I meant a chunk of those weren't all Toast's fault. That's why my point is that I'm glad to have our real safeties back. There should be a reduction of those big plays. If Thomas thinks he's actually going to start though, he just soon lower his expectations before he gets hit with a let-down.

Yes Fred Thomas got burnt last season, but that's just because I think he was in the wrong position. He wasn't, at that stage of his career, good enough to be playing on of the corners, but we didn't have anybody else. I'm glad he took the pay cut to come back because I think he's going to be a solid contributor to the secondary as a nickel or dime back. He doesn't have world-class speed anymore (he actually never did, but he has lost a step), but he has good technique, and I expect him to be one of the veteran leaders of this defense.

Nothing personal but Fred "DOUBLE MOVE" Thomas is nothing more than a dime back with the new secondary additions that we have. And for those who don't remember, he bit on those double moves like they were steaks and he was starving. And that's if he makes the team, because we have a lot of young athletic talent at the Corner position, I'm telling you guys keep an eye on Joe Porter from Rutgers, this kid can really fly and he has nice size(6'0",200), he's been making outstanding plays from day one.

"Double Move"...that's freakin' hilarious.

I really like what I'm hearing about this Porter kid. I hope he's got a head for football.

I like that better than toast

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Yeah "DOUBLE MOVE" fits him better, besides "TOAST" will forever be taken by the infamous Toi "TOAST" Cook.

i agree totally. i wouldnt blame any safety we have on the team. we play a cover 1, and once again you people know what that is. one safety up top, most of the time, stout or bellamy. bullocks stayed in the box for run-support, while thomas got beat on his own. he isnt the quick recover guy he once was anymore. he needs to learn new stratagies for his lack of quickness. he got beat on double moves all last year, and no safeties had to do with anything. people may say, "well we brung in tons of safeties this offseason". well this is because we aren't young at the position and the injury of harper couldve been worse than we all thought. the bullocks and harper tandem will stay alive with a mixture of sneaky kk

I can't help but try to take up for Freddie T. He gave up some big plays last year, and maybe it's time for him to hang it up, but in seasons past he was always a contributer. What he lacked in atheletism he always made up for with heart. And didn't he lead the team in interceptions one year?
He has always had a great attitude. I just hate to see him go out like this.

I seriously see the writing on the wall... I think he's done. We have some interesting talent and I think its time we cut our losts. He had 2 maybe 3 good seasons with us and been in the NFL a lot of years, he's losing a step a second now.

He was doing well last year, better than the rest of the CBs, besides Mike. He get hurt and was still the second best CB on the team. I don't care if he is the starter or not, he will play better, since he is not hurt.

bro, watch the film, most of bullock's plays he's up in run support.

Man, did you watch any of the games last season? Freddie "DOUBLE MOVE" Thomas got beat on some of the most simple stop and go plays I've ever seen. Look, screw sentimental feelings, we're trying to win a CHAMPIONSHIP here and with Freddie T. starting back there it won't happen. I like Freddie, it's not personal, but after last year he's nothing more than a nickle or dime back period, and I'm leaning to more of a dime back, and backup to the nickle. Freddie was a good player in his day, but at some point it comes to an end, and I think his is rapidly approaching. With that being said my best memory of Fred goes back a few years, we were playing the Minnesota Vikings and they put Freddie T. on the big bad Randy Moss, and the result: Moss one (1) catch for six (6) yards. That was just incredible, amazing, but that was then and this is now, nothing personal, if Freddie was to return to those days, I'll be right there cheering him on, but I doubt it very much.

stop covering for fred thomas so much. im not gonna explain it to ya all over again, blacksaint's post sums it all up. he's not as good as he was anymore dude. people like fred thom,as so they blaim it all on bullocks, cause they witnessed him dropping a few int's. most of bullocks plays was where he was up in the box man. we play a cover 1 man-to-man, with one safety up top, which was stout or bellamy. with their lack of atheleticsm, they got beat as well as thomas play after play.

bullocks may have dropped some picks, but when he was up top in coverage, he got beat very little on big plays. face it, thomas was the one getting beat yo. if bullocks misses so many tackles he wouldn't be so high up in the tackles categoryy now would he? he made stops, you're just saying that because of the bears game, and that pretty t.o. block in the dallas game. other than those obvious plays bullocks stood his ground pretty well for a 2nd year man