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Overachievers, Disappointments, and Roster thoughts


Preseason is finally done, and I have my thoughts on how things should go from here. Some players were much better than expected, some were worse than hoped. My thoughts:

OVERACHIEVERS

Corey Fuller- I saw 2 practices early last season. In the first, Corey Fuller was the worst player I had ever seen on a football field, compared to his peers.He could not do drills, catch the ball, got thrown around by DBs, he even had trouble running the high stepping drill thru the ropes. He was just as bad in the second practice. It looked hopeless. I have never seen anyone improve more than he has. While he is still not totally ready, he deserves the debate about a roster spot. He still has trouble with physical play, gets outmuscled for balls in the air. But he is vastly improved, and he has proved me wrong about his ability to improve this much. I really cant believe it.

Kellon Moore- Moore does not have NFL ability. But with the ability he has, he gets as much out of it as possible. I cant imagine a player who is too small and has a way below average arm playing any better than he has this preseason. Cant fault someone who maximizes his abilities.

Ryan Broyles- Who really thought that coming into the preseason that Broyles would look like our quickest receiver. He seems to have fully recovered, which is amazing and a testament to his hard work. He is easily our #3 receiver, but I'm not sure if the coaches see it yet.

Tahir Whitehead- I'm not sure that Whitehead has overachieved as much as he has been given a chance to play. Schwartz didn't play him, and he was our 3rd best LB last year. Now he has proven it.

George Johnson- Who the heck is this guy? I had never heard of him at the start of camp. How could he have been cut twice? Non stop motor, quick, and makes things happen.

Couplin and Quddas- Our safety position is strong, didn't think that at draft time at all.

Mike Williams- Switched positions, suffered a training camp injury, and still outplayed the other backup linemen.

Disappointments

Rodney Austin- He has not taken the next step and gotten better, He had not had a good preseason at all

Michael LeShoure- I want to like him, but he has no burst. He can play short yardage though, but we haven't let him do it in preseason

George Tapp- I cant remember one play that he made in preseason, and he was awful last season for Washington. I am not impressed

Jonte Green- Never improved, and now he is gone. Did show some early promise.

Kevin Ogletree- Did nothing last season, and has continued that less than stellar trend this year so far. I don't see it here, why are we high on him?

Dan Orlovsky- Throws to the shortest receiver out on nearly every pattern. A couple long YAC runs make his stats slightly better than they really are, no TD passes, the team stalls as soon as he comes in. This is how I remember him, and he still plays like this. Easily the worst player who might make the team. Does not have ant positives at all going for him, except he once played for Caldwell. So what?

Seattle is famous for letting the best players play, it is the Pete Carroll way. And it works. The Jim Schwartz way was to always play the veteran player, safer. MOST NFL teams, if they have 2 guys around equal, the younger guy gets the nod because he is cheaper and theoretically has more upside. We should do the same. I don't think that guys who disappoint should make the team over guys who overachieve. This was my big beef with the Pettigrew resigning. Big money to an underachiever. I would not keep any of the guys I listed as underachievers. Moore who be #2 QB, Fuller would unseat Ogletree, Tapp would not make it, and Austin would be beaten out by Reynolds, or I would keep only 8 off linemen, and Williams would be kept over Lucas. I would keep Greenwood, 11 total DBs, 9 Linemen, 5 LBs, since Van Noy will be on IR. I would keep LeShoure, and only one of Collins or Owens. 6 WRs, losing Ogletree.Offense would be Moore as #2 QB, cut Dano. 9 off linemen, 3 TEs, 6 Wrs and 5 RBs

My 2 cents worth

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