If I hear one more person say Foster and MLB in the same breath I’ll pull my hair out! Do a little research, he’s a SAM, he struggles in coverage. Our MLB is our coverage backer.

Mckenzie is the next MLB…..hence him taking a flight last week to learn the calls from Ruud when they met in NB.

It is better to be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt!

Manti Te’o in 2012

The absolute basics of the game can be dumbed down to running with the ball and tackling. He is getting paid to do one of those things and he is terrible at it. He doesn’t get credit for a ton of missed tackles because of the poor angles he takes or the blocks that he does not shed. I don’t care how else he factors in if he is so bad at tackling. If Legarrette Blount hurdled 10 players last year but fumbled 10 times, I’d be bashing him too since his job is to hang on to the ball. Since when do you care what the experts say? Did you follow suit and agree that we’d win 2 or 3 games last year? I ignored them and predicted 8. I was way off! Watching highlights, listening to various “experts,” is nothing compared to going to a game and watching this guy ruin what was not long ago the best defense in the NFL. Not even this blog and the articles it re-posts can substitute for actually being there. If you tell me you actually went to the games last year, or at least 1 game last year, I’d still disagree with you and probably assume you spent more time at the ship downing overpriced piss water beer, but I’d at least respect you for making these observations for yourself. Maybe you have professional scout quality film on Barrett Ruud. That would make it acceptable for you to claim to be so “informed” but I have a feeling if you did, you’d be on my side. As for these “experts,” they’re looking for something to talk about besides the lockout. Derrick Brooks has too much integrity to badmouth a former teammate. Recently Joe posted something about Warren Sapp and someone else who escapes my mind discussing soon to be free agents or some other countdown. Sapp’s co-host was all over Ruud’s jock but Sapp wouldn’t say a word. Silence from someone like Sapp can say a lot.

So, did you go to any games last year? Did you zero in on this guy and sincerely not feel embarrassed?

Sorry about the nausea. I hope you also didn’t miss a period.

and barret ruud hitting people at or behind the line of scrimmage.

Having not seen the other games recently enough to speak on legitimately, i would suggest maybe the post-week2 change that happened was the loss of Tanaard Jackson…. forcing ruud into more coverage ‘support’ situations. its just one theory. just one thought. but i would not think it ridiculous to think that with less than ideal guys at safety (and ever think that Raheem helped out Grim with schemes? which is why he played so good?) one thing that didnt change with carolina drastically from 2009 to 2010 is their running game players… and yet instead of 100 per back we held them to around 120 over 3 backs.

Many say ruud would play better with legitimate line infront of him. i agree (especially if defensive ends arent in coverage.) I will take it a step further. if we can survive with 4 in coverage, he will play MUCH better.

If we were to lose Ruud in free agency, I would be a big advocate of bringing him in.

Joe will be driving that bandwagon!