Take a look at their Acquisitions. Last time we heard a list like this it was in the opening scene of Major League. ------------ brought in players deemed expendable by the worst Defenses in the NFL
The front office spins it like a youth movement, but ------------ look more like a revolving door. Getting younger, that's a good thing. But six or seven new guys on your D sound like a major rehaul
------------ went shopping for brand recognition. Well, Enron, BP and Charmin are recognizable, but that doesn't mean you want them running your Football Team.
The ------------ have always talked the talk. They have yet to walk the walk. If they're any good they will be jerks about it, and if things go wrong they will quickly degenerate into a nest of vipers. Either way you'll have to listen to a bunch of sound bites from ------------. Guy probably spends hours thinking that stuff up
------------ must've started taking his Alzheimer's medicine, for ------------ actually seemed to address some of their most glaring needs this off-Season
Granted, some teams would give their left you-know-what to rank 12th, however, given the high turnover and Question Marks on Offense, unless this Defense jells quickly, it's tough to imagine the ------------ D will improve significantly. Bottom Line, we won't be benching Fantasy Starters because we see ------------ on the Schedule.
...it's difficult to imagine they'll shut down much of anybody, and their Corners might be the worst in the League. Until further notice when your Fantasy Starters have to find their "Happy Place," it will be a game versus ------------
The Coaches and Front Office are calling it healthy competition, but add it all up ------------ don't really know who will be starting at one DT, one DE, both OLBs, one Corner, and their Safeties ranked second to worst in the League last year
A couple years back ------------ reassembled the entire Cleveland Defensive Line, like Cosmo Kramer setting up the Merv Griffin set in his living room...
Hiring ------------ to stabilize your team is like bringing in Josef Stalin to improve morale...
...before Owner ------------ summoned his Head Coach to Detroit, fired him. Like it's ever good news getting summoned to Detroit. What does it say about ------------ when the Owner would rather live in "Murder City?"
"Rebuilding" is NFL Code that means "we'll suck for a year or two." Unless somebody comes out of left field, turns into a Beast, it will be a challenge for the ------------ Defense to rank as high as they did last Season. They were 24th versus The Run. You do the math.
The ------------ Defense might be better this year, but that doesn't mean they're gonna be good. Simply not sucking would be a major improvement. ------------ should write that in big letters on the chalkboard in the locker room: "Let's just not suck." Assuming they have a chalkboard, because there's precious little evidence of it thus far.
Team Brass interviewed some people. Apparently The Captain of the Exxon Valdez was not available, so they hired the next best thing: ------------
Add everything up it's difficult to conclude the ----------- D will improve much, unless the NFL starts awarding points for cheap talk, in which case the addition of ------------ and ------------ will rank them Number One
Since 2000 ------------ has selected no less than EIGHT DBs in the first 2 Rounds. Problem is – if teams can Rush the ball nobody HAS TO Pass. A good Secondary is wasted while the opposition runs up and down the field on you
Considering the additions to the Front Line – actually the addition OF a Front Line – it's tough to imagine the ------------ D will be the doormat it's been in recent years
The only thing the ------------ Secondary may have going for it is the element of surprise, catching opponents under-estimating them
...should have an improved Secondary and a better Offense – for all the good that'll do while the opposition Runs up and down the field. Unless ------------ blossom into the players they're supposed to be, ------------ will rank toward the bottom in Rushing D once again. And tell me what they've done to increase pressure on opposing QBs. Anybody?
Somebody should've explained a Safety's Job Description to ------------. (As Lloyd Bridges put it so aptly in Airplane II: "The BOMB! The BOMB is your Number One Priority!")
One of these days ------------ is going to implode from sheer egotism, like spontaneous human combustion. ----------- claims he don't need no stinking Coordinator – he'll do that himself as well. Safe to say he is now (after Al Davis) the 2nd Craziest Mofo in the NFL
