FriscosFinest":1h985cyd said:
I usually dont really care about this stuff, but its fun to talk about when theres nothing else to talk about.. but I'd put bowman and aldon smith as elite (even though hes a bonehead). Probably Joe Staley/Vernon Davis as well. You guys have outstanding starters on defense..
but I'd definately argue that we have better depth, especially on our front 7.
Oh and wow..our CB Brock is actually considered good
. Does our secondary still suck?
Not sure how you can make that argument without trying to credit guys like Tank and Lemon which have proven zero and Seattle has our own class of hold overs waiting to unleash. To be fair pretty much every team does.
Starting on your D-line no one has been able to beat out Cowboy and he is now 35 years old. Bowman and Aldon are both huge question marks for now. If you remove the unprovens from the argument I would say that Seattle has the better starting rotation and depth for both teams is unknown. The big difference is we don't have a guy like Willis but one guy doesn't make up for the rest and Seattle has pretty consistent depth through the starters and depth at LB and DL.
To me that really is the difference. Your starters get more fan fair but it is not like they are 10 times better than anything Seattle has
I would take Mebane over Dorsey or Williams, Bennett and Avril over Cowboy at this stage of his career and even Aldon Smith with his current troubles and possibly not seeing the field. With Bowman injured KJ Wright is the second best LB comparing the two groups behind Willis and Wagner is in the same conversation as Wright. Brooks and Moody are decent but not special. If they were all healthy and young and not looking at missing time you could make a good argument but of the two groups the Seahawks are the only ones who can say that. As for depth beyond those I have mentioned it is a crap shoot with to little of information to make a fair comparison but just like you I am excited for the guys who are waiting to make an impact.