Curtis Lofton appreciation thread

[jeanpierre]

Originally Posted by ScottF

Logic question: if Lofton is bad in coverage, but is used in every passing situation, does that mean Ryan is an idiot, or that every LB we have sucks in coverage also?

Appreciate your point that he's an experienced player with better anticipation of plays that is out there exposed in passing situations, but...

to your question, Yes, the truth is we've not been successful in securing linebacker personnel for our defense to play today's contemporary style game and they all have coverage deficiencies...

Whether a failure of out Linebackers Coach (Vitt) to develop, maximize talent in our linebackers stable, or...

A gross failure by our personnel decision makers to select and prioritize getting quality linebackers, or...

Continued ineptitude on the part of defensive coordinators to put our linebackers in the best possible position to make plays and not be exposed in mismatches...

Or a combination of the aforementioned factors, but...

Sadly, Lofton is the best we've got in the middle and he is what he is, a two-down thumper and it was a terrible decision to commit the limited available cap space we had to a guy that can only play the run with moderate success...

Irregardless of the folks at PFF and those that want to cite same as an absolute authority, Lofton is now getting caught up in blocking washes, sometimes without a direct blocker on him allowing these run gashes we've seen this season...

Look I want to see the guy succeed, but he's an older, slowing linebacker and the terrible contract our front office created for he and Hawthorne made it prohibitive to their release and so they are not highly motivated as a young player trying to make the Big Mo would be...