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Plaxico Burress????

DaveThePanther2008

By DaveThePanther2008,
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The spirit of the Huddle sucks sometimes.

Dave, it's an idea, but even I don't necessarily think we should go in that direction. The man really does have a history of issues, and we don't really need him, unless we foresee another horrific year for the QB and O-line. Plax is another option that JR will likely not even give the time of day. But, I am an optimist and I believe in redemption and grace. As long as the crime hasn't irreparably affected someone's life (like Rae and Donte), I wouldn't summarily dismiss them out of hand. With our offense being one-dimensional, and even more our passing game (with seemingly no real threat opposite of Smitty) for the last few years, I wouldn't take anything off the table.

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The spirit of the Huddle sucks sometimes.

Dave, it's an idea, but even I don't necessarily think we should go in that direction. The man really does have a history of issues, and we don't really need him, unless we foresee another horrific year for the QB and O-line. Plax is another option that JR will likely not even give the time of day. But, I am an optimist and I believe in redemption and grace. As long as the crime hasn't irreparably affected someone's life (like Rae and Donte), I wouldn't summarily dismiss them out of hand. With our offense being one-dimensional, and even more our passing game (with seemingly no real threat opposite of Smitty) for the last few years, I wouldn't take anything off the table.

So we only need him if we think we will have a horrible QB and O-line? Dude that makes no sense.

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Basically...if we suck as much as many think we do, then we'll need all the help offensively that we can get.

If we think we are going to suck, it would make more sense to get a QB and o-line men since they would hep fix the problem. Another WR doesn't help when the QB can't get him the ball.

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If we think we are going to suck, it would make more sense to get a QB and o-line men since they would hep fix the problem. Another WR doesn't help when the QB can't get him the ball.

Many people, including the ones that make the decisions, think that our present O-line is fine, and that injuries were the main reason they had so many failures last year. Moreover, many people think---rightly or wrongly---that Clausen's inexperience, inability, and/or holding on to the ball too long was the biggest problem at QB. Some people believe that the O-line and Clausen sucked because of one another, or in spite of each other, or that their varying degrees of failure sometimes had to do with each other, or may have had nothing to do with each other at all.

At this point we pretty much know that the coaching staff is still relatively high on the O-line, skeptical of Clausen's ability to be the man in year two (if ever), and guardedly optimistic about Gettis and Lafell, but not to the point where they have crowned either of them enough of a threat to realistically pull pressure off Steve Smith (which is, and has been, a big problem). The coaching staff and FO are trying to figure it all out, but in many ways are probably as confused as we are with what it all means at the moment. That being the case, I don't think that they'd take anything or anyone off the table. It's just too early to make those types of determinations IMO.

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Many people, including the ones that make the decisions, think that our present O-line is fine, and that injuries were the main reason they had so many failures last year. Moreover, many people think---rightly or wrongly---that Clausen's inexperience, inability, and/or holding on to the ball too long was the biggest problem at QB. Some people believe that the O-line and Clausen sucked because of one another, or in spite of each other, or that their varying degrees of failure sometimes had to do with each other, or may have had nothing to do with each other at all.

At this point we pretty much know that the coaching staff is still relatively high on the O-line, skeptical of Clausen's ability to be the man in year two (if ever), and guardedly optimistic about Gettis and Lafell, but not to the point where they have crowned either of them enough of a threat to realistically pull pressure off Steve Smith (which is, and has been, a big problem). The coaching staff and FO are trying to figure it all out, but in many ways are probably as confused as we are with what it all means at the moment. That being the case, I don't think that they'd take anything or anyone off the table. It's just too early to make those types of determinations IMO.

A guy who hasn't played football in years and is just getting released out of prison can't be counted on to pull pressure off Smith either. I agree we shouldn't take anyone off the table, but you have yet to provide an actual reason to take Burress. If we want to get another WR to help the offense, it would make more sense to try and get someone who has been productive the last couple years not in jail.

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