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Was Losing Godfrey The Biggest Step In Turning The Defense Around?

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I thought Godfrey was okay. Much better than some are giving him credit.

 

With that being said, Mitchell is a baller. He is on another level. Not just of Carolina safeties, but in the league. I think he just needed to get out of Oakland to show his skill, and landing on Carolina with this front seven was a match made in heaven for him. I distinctly recall him having to harass Cam last season. Why is your safety the only guy harassing the QB? The answer is likely no one else could. Maybe I'll rewatch the game to confirm...

 

So yes, losing Godfrey was necessary for Ron to give Mitchell a real chance.

 

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Idk chuck, I kinda blame Fox for that one. He had part in who to draft, but he made the decision to put them there. Same way with AE

I look back at Hurney/Fox, I don't see how ANYBODY, ANYBODY supported them. It was time for kick rocks once we got eliminated by Arizona. They should have gone bye bye right after that game along with Jake

I agree. Foxy is as much to be blame for it. Foxy started taking his own style of guys. Hurney should've been smart enough to build the team his way, not Foxy. The love between the two cost both of them their jobs.

I think the reason why Jake was brought back was bc we had no 1st rd pick in the 09 draft. We were in no position to draft a young gun. I don't know who was available in FA but probably not anyone better than Jake. Tho that contract should have not happened.

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Godfrey didn't play enough to even compare statistics.

Week 1 games are always odd and most "experts" but little meaning into those bc they are so unpredictable. That is all Godfrey has on his resume this year

 

Yet we want to say somehow the defense improved when Godfrey left.

 

I don't know why we have to bend the facts six ways to Sunday to prove a point (or, what it looks like to me, grind an axe), and most don't really have a problem with it.

 

What improved our defense has more to do with the new additions in the middle and getting a large swath of serviceable CB's to rotate through in nickle formations than anything else.

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I though mitchell was going to start anyway he was injured that was the reason we signed mikell right??? So it would be godfrey and mitchell at safety so Mitchell playing good has nothing to do with godfrey getting injured he was going to start anyway if im correct.

Difference is that Mitchell is now playing free safety, the position that Godfrey was playing before the injury. While it could have to do with factors other than just the position (comfort with the scheme, etc.), I daresay Mitchell is playing much better at free safety than he was at strong safety.

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