Golden Spur
Bayesian
Man, has this been a rough year for ex-gamecocks in the NFL. Melvin Ingram, Culliver, and now Rice. Hope they can all get back. Sucks to see.
Maybe your thinking of Early Doucet? I don't think we had Breastan
Is it just because of his big contract that people love to hate Rice? He caught everything thrown his way. I know that people are quick to say he couldn't get separation, but who can in the 1 second that the O line gives plays to develop? I'm all for the next man up motto, but I don't get why people talk about him like he was some bum that did nothing to better the team.
He's also a loss because even if he didn't put up huge numbers lately, he still demanded game planning by D coordinators and coverage by Ds.
He's also a loss because even if he didn't put up huge numbers lately, he still demanded game planning by D coordinators and coverage by Ds.
I don't think people realize how often Rice faced double teams. There are reasons that Tate was able to get a lot of one on one coverage without safety help over the top, and that's because teams rotated the defense to Sydney Rice. Rice was our true deep threat, he was the guy who would make the catches no one else even imagined they could make. It will hurt the team, maybe not his individual numbers, but his effect on the team may be bigger than the 15 catches and 3 TDs he's provided this year.
Baldwin has made his fair share of clutch catches.
Eh Rice was an average #1 AT BEST. I'd probably argue below average. He's not a guy you gameplan for as a defense. The only wide receiver on our team that is gameplan worthy is Harvin.
I'm fine with Tate/Baldwin/Kearse as our starting set and then work in Harvin somehow. This was sadly Rice's last game as a Hawk and he'll leave Seattle on a quiet note which is always too bad. He is a big hit on the cap next year to my knowledge and it's simply note worth it. No cost to Seattle though, at least we didn't give up a pick to get him.
I see Seattle drafting WR and O-Line heavy next season. Possibly a LBer in the 2nd/4th because Carroll likes Lbers, we are fairly thin at the position, and we draft them so well.... but time to spend a little offseason focus on the O. Then we hit free agent hell with the D.
I like Baldwin, but theres some games where he just disappears. I'm talking like you wonder if he even played. Thats going to have to change now.
Now even his biggest fans have to admit he was a total bust from day 1.
Oh, and how is the OTHER injury-plagued former Viking WR that we gave up a 1st round pick for the right to give him tons of money?
That's right, he hasn't even played yet.
I wonder if you guys are still going to give me crap for saying Carrol/Schneider are bottom-5 in the nfl when it comes to big FAs.
Face it, whenever the Hawks give out a big contract we get much less than we pay for (including Miller).
The hawks can salvage (I use the word lightly, we are 7-1 after all) the season but what is happening right now is EXACTLY what I told you guys would happen.
Our high priced players arent doing a damn thing and they prevented us from having enough $ to address our needs. O-line needed to get an upgrade at one position (lg, rg, or rt) while pushing one of those former starters into a backup role for improved depth.
You people need to learn that EVERY dollar you waste on LOSERS like Rice and Harvin is one less dollar available to spend on necessary players.
LOL, how are current contracts getting in the way of them addressing the line right now? Did Joe Thomas get released?
You may not like the way they are winning but this is the way great teams go on runs. Every year the team that wins the SB is one that faced a lot of adversity and fought their fare share of dogfights and even lost games they should win. While the top seeds that blow everyone out dont win because eventually someone comes along and punches in the nose and they dont know how to respond.
Just crawl under your rock until there is something else to bitch about.