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12-08-2010 03:01 PM |
I tend to think that a lot of why Shanle looks so "bad" to some people, is actually the same reason that Porter & Greer have occasionally looked less than spectacular, this year compared to last -- it's really lack of pass rush. If you give the opposing QB ten, fifteen seconds to stand there in the pocket like it's a sandlot game and watch his receivers run around, somebody somewhere is eventually going to get open. Even with supposedly "lockdown" corners and safeties.
The Saints defense requires every man to do exactly his job -- if that happens, if everybody executes their assignments, it actually works really well, without requiring mega-stud athletes at every position. You simply can't have elite one-of-a-kind, superstar Hall Of Fame players at every single position on the team, that's not realistic. And when the rest of the defensive scheme works, Shanle looks fine. Is he the best Saint out there? No. Is he the weakest player on the whole team, and yet they voted him MVP last year? Kinda ridiculous to think he is really that bad, when the players and coaches obviously think otherwise.
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