CantonLegend

im just wondering why the **** the coaches would tell bushrod to screw up so bad

he was better because it wasnt just him blocking the DE.....that doesnt make him better.....thats acknowledging a weakness and prioritizing it

the coaches knew he was a weak link and made adjustments to fix the leak

brown has had a rough stretch but really he has played in at least 15 games each season from 2006 to 2008......the only real injury he has sustained that kept him out of play was the one this season

lots of players go down for the whole season and come back the next season just fine.....on the other hand lots of players go down and are never the same again

but i feel like brown will be fine......he is tough.....he is an elite talent at the LT position and despite what many people consider an injury history, he has been relatively healthy over his 5 year career and there shouldnt be any concern going forward with his health

to answer your question.....NO.....you dont "unload" a pro bowl LT in the prime of his career

"deal with it or you can go play the saints and get trounced by 30 and you won't have to worry about it."-colin cowherd

strato

Teams help out the LT all the time..sometimes it bees that way...but i dont think he will be traded so this for not...but i wonder...hmmm

CantonLegend

of course......its the nature of the position

the issue lies in the times that the LT doesnt get help

he needs to be able to hold his own and he needs to not rely solely on the help he is getting

brown faces the same competition that bushrod faced....yet we do not offer anywhere near as much assistance for him because he doesnt need it

whereas, bushrod does need that help

he is fine when he gets help....but do we really want an offense hindered by one player because he cant do his job all by himself?

all the formations.....all the plays we HAVE to run because we need extra protection on 1 side

shouldnt we be the ones dictating where our protection comes from and which side we want the RB to come out of the backfield and which safety or LB we want our TEs lined up against?

we cant do that if our protection is always strong left

"deal with it or you can go play the saints and get trounced by 30 and you won't have to worry about it."-colin cowherd

strato

Hey you know what our offense is damn near good enough to get by with lasitating from the left only

CantonLegend

lol tis true

we did pretty well last season if i remember correctly

i think there were only a handful of guys on the team that didnt score

strato

Yep my man...thats some funny ****.....anyway..i want to keep Brown to...just want to get some laughs

CheramieIII

In answer to the original question, NO! Brown will lead us in sacks this year with 10 and tackles on the d line with 60. Go AB!

Speedy Ron

My point is simply this...if we had our same offense from last year and upgraded out D line to a top 5 D line our team would be better than keeping the same D line and slightly upgrading at LT. we have more of a need at DT than at LT. I think Hellen Keller could see this

Speedy Ron

Jammaal Brown Stats
http://nationalpost.stats.com/fb/pla...d=7189&team=18

Bushrod
http://nationalpost.stats.com/fb/pla...d=8379&team=18

Stinch
http://nationalpost.stats.com/fb/pla...d=6373&team=18

comparing these stats i dont think brown is that much of a upgrade. sure he gave up a few less sacks but the penalties are ridiculous. my original argument still stands

CantonLegend

yea well here says that brown had 10 penalties in '08 that were credited to him with only 1 sack

crappylink.com/thisdoesntwork

and here says bushrod might as well not have been drafted

hesnotanygoodandshouldnthavebeendrafted.com