Marvin49":3pm5xzcg said:
Yeah...I don't buy that logic on Talib and Suh. There is no question they are good players and I'm not suggesting otherwise....but the Broncos let Talib go for a reason. The Dolphins let Suh go for a reason. Its not because they are bad teams.
This isn't just on the Rams either because the Seahawks let Sherman go for a reason. I'm not pinning this just on the Rams...just sayin I don't know what to make of it all.
Cooks? Yeah...that one is just suspect to me. Its not that I don't think he's good. Its that TWO teams have now traded him away. That's odd.
Don't even get me started on Peters, but the TALENT is undeniable.
I'm not saying it won't work out. Maybe McVay and Phillips are exactly what those guys need...but I just dunno. On paper it looks like the should be the SB favorite, but it don't always work out that way.
Football is the ultimate TEAM sport.
That means every player has to buy in and work with each other, and have each other's back. It also, more than any other sport, requires a level of communication and comradeship among players. Guys like Suh and Peters don't play well with others. Suh is especially notorious for stunting on plays and leaving his linebackers and fellow linemen totally exposed--- allowing running backs to hit the second level unchecked. He's INFAMOUS for blatantly ignoring his defensive coordinator's calls... and doing his own thing to pad his own statistics and make himself look good. In the first 5 games of his Miami career the offensive teams he played against averaged 15 yards per rushing attempt every time Suh was off script, which was about a dozen or more plays per game, and Miami ended up dead last in run defense as a result. Suh essentially has Albert Haynesworth disease... he's not a bad presence in the locker room, but on the field he honestly doesn't give a crap about his teammates.
Suh will not do the right thing to allow another defensive player to make the play, which is something the Rams have been good about doing for Aaron Donald. They've had nothing but selfless players on that line... guys like Long (formerly) and Brockers will dig in and play in a way that helps Donald make the most of his talent. Suh will not do that. He'll say to himself "screw Donald, I'm the MAN here..."
Players are who they are. There's a reason that Detroit and then Miami let him walk.
Talent is no good when you think you know better than your coaches and you don't set your teammates up to succeed.