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 Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:52 am
This is a forum where you admit your favorite teams strengths and weaknesses, DO NOT bullshit around and say: MY TEAM HAS NO WEAKNESSES!!! This is lies as every team has at least 2 weaknesses.
I'll start.
Okay, my favorite team is the Seattle Seahawks. On offense we have a decent QB in Matt Hasselbeck, but he tends to turtle when a defender gets within 6 feet of him. Our running game is weak due to low talent and vision by both Julius Jones and T.J Duckett. The receiving corps is the best part of our team with T.J Houshmanzadeh, Nate Burleson, Deion Branch and John Carlson, a second year tight end who was stellar last year. Our O-Line is getting old and is beat up with surgeries, or they're young and unaccomplished as players all together.
On defense, our D-Line has gotten bigger, but our only force on it is DE Patrick Kerney, who is coming off another shoulder surgery. The Linebacking corps is our best trait on this side of the ball with youth and great skill, though we lost Julian Peterson we gained Aaron Curry, the best overall ranked player in the draft by experts. Lofa Tatupu is once again captain and leader of the Defense, a Pro Bowl Caliber player, fans hope he can return to his play from his first 3 Pro Bowl years. Leroy Hill was resigned and is a force as an outside linebacker he has done nothing but improve since he's been drafted, so he should be a force this year. The cornerbacks got a boost with the addition of Ken Lucas, and with Marcus Trufant should pack a punch for opposing pass attacks. The safeties are average, Deon Grant is aging and is starting to decline, and Brian Russell is simply average at best.
On special teams, our kicker Olindo Mare is a proven veteran, hoping to start over young Brandon Coutu once again, and our punter Jon Ryan has a strong leg, perfect for a punter. Nate Burleson, Josh Wilson and Justin Forsett will be the likely return men this year, and if Burleson stays healthy, there could be some TD returns this year.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:13 am
Philadelphia Eagles.
Overview- Just too many unknowns because of the positions they changed are key positions. Plus with JJ no longer being part of the team from the re-emergance of his cancer.
Offense- Looks on paper to be the possible top three candidate. But the weaknesses are glaring. All go to the ifs. Those are...
if Peterson can be as good at the least he was in Buffalo
if Stacey Andrews can come back healthy and play like he did in Cinci
if Jackson can continue to build off of his freshman season
if Weaver can contribute like he did in Seattle and be the weapon they think he can be.
if Celek can become the dominant TE they think he can be
if RB McCoy can be as effective as he has shown in the offseason
if McNabb can be healthy and continue his success from last season
if Reid can understand that he can trust Morniwheg with the playcalls like he did at the end of last season.
if Westbrook can stay healthy
Defense- Looks to be once again a top 5 candidate. Weakness are not as glaring but once again they all go to the ifs. Those are...
if the Defense can gel and build off of last season
if the LB's can break through the final thresh hold and become the Star Players they showed they could be last season
if Demps or Jones can come in and have the FS spot be as effective as it was last season with no drop off
if CB Brown will focus and play the game instead of drop off because of his contract issues
if new DC McDermott can pick up and be at least as effective as Jim Johson was when he was DC for Philly
These are ALL the issues I could think of in the 5 minutes it took me to write this. Cannot wait to see everyone elses breakdown of their teams.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:43 am
49ers Weaknesses
QB problem(I think this can be assessed in many ways possible both QB's suck)
RB Problem(Gore Fumbles the Ball a lot)
WR Problem(Well the 49ers have no name players playing for the team with two exceptions, Crabtree, and Bruce. But they don't drop the ball that often and make plays so I'm leaving this one at void,unless the 49ers show up more or less.)
TE Problems(Vernon Davis dropped the ball a lot last season, the other two nobody has even heard of so be sure to not check this out)
O Line Problems(Doesn't really do a good job protecting the QB in some games, and the run game needs more work)
Defense Problems(okay then the 49ers have a good D but not perfect. They play a 3-4 Defense,switching to a 4-3 defense, but I find a major problem in the Safety department these couple of years and Cornerback.)
I'll post the strengths later.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:50 am
Baltimore Ravens
Strengths-
We all know the first one, The Organized chaos we call defense. Most forced turnovers on defense last year, People seem to forget this behind the Steelers #1 YPG D, We had the most turnovers.
Run Game is #2, 3 capable backs. McClain showed he can be a running back if needed...Losing Lo Neal will hurt though, GREAT lead blocker. Though we will just have to go back to McClain being fullback, Mcgahee had like 1300 or so behind him a few years back so we should be okay there. The second year Ray Rice out of Rutgers showed sparks of life last year and I think this year he will be able to step up and take some of the pressure off Mcgahee. Our now healthy (Hopefully) O-line with the addition of Oher should be a good force to run behind aswell, Oher is gonna be a beast in a few years...I read his book (Great book by the way. Teaches a lot of football history aswell as the story of the kid) Once he learns the offense and his responsibilities he will be great im sure.
Weaknesses-
Pass game AKA reciever Depth- Losing Mason hurts, let alone the reciever we bring in hoping he can help for a year or so and maybe get something in next years draft decides to retire too. Though people gotta remember that we brought in LJ Smith this year. This should open up more receptions for the Ravens all time leading reciever Todd Heap (No lie, Check it.) Hopefully over the offseason Flacco has gotten used to him as a target and is ready to go to him. Its a possibility that Clayton could step up aswell.
Second year QB-
Even I as a Ravens fan am not gonna say Flacco is a miracle yet. I love the kid to death and hope he stays with the Ravens through his whole career, but whos to say he wont have a sophomore slump? Or be out of his comfort zone without Mason? I think he will do fine, I just would rather not place to many games in his hands at this point. In a few years after he develops a bit more and maybe we find a #1 quality reciever I think he will be great.
Even with all this I will be the first to tell you, we are NOT out of Superbowl contention yet. In 2000 we went through quite a few different Qb's. Heck our offense even went 3 weeks without scoring a TD. We relied on our running game with Jamal Lewis. Also, we only had one notable reciever in Shannon Sharpe. I mean, How many of you remember Quadry Ismail? I don't even remember the other guy, I was only 6 or 7 at the time. We still have the same Field General on the Defense that led us to the first one only this time without all the controversy. Thats why I get so mad at so many people saying "Oh they lost Mason, They aren't gonna make the playoffs now" We may or may not, Im no seer. To say we WONT is something you cant do though. We did it before this same way and won the whole thing, whos to say we cant again?
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:50 am
KTS 49ers Weaknesses QB problem(I think this can be assessed in many ways possible both QB's suck) RB Problem(Gore Fumbles the Ball a lot) WR Problem(Well the 49ers have no name players playing for the team with two exceptions, Crabtree, and Bruce. But they don't drop the ball that often and make plays so I'm leaving this one at void,unless the 49ers show up more or less.) TE Problems(Vernon Davis dropped the ball a lot last season, the other two nobody has even heard of so be sure to not check this out) O Line Problems(Doesn't really do a good job protecting the QB in some games, and the run game needs more work) Defense Problems(okay then the 49ers have a good D but not perfect. They play a 3-4 Defense,switching to a 4-3 defense, but I find a major problem in the Safety department these couple of years and Cornerback.) I'll post the strengths later. WIth Gore though, like Adrian Peterson, he carries the ball ALOT. So in turn that means a higher chance for more fumbles. Peterson led the league in Fumbles.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:14 pm
Denver Broncos:
weaknesses-id say there weaknesses are that they slack off sometimes.like when there winning they slack off and the opposing team catches up.
strengths-they start off games good and they played better then they had these past years last years and won alot of games
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:42 pm
batfink71 Denver Broncos: weaknesses-id say there weaknesses are that they slack off sometimes.like when there winning they slack off and the opposing team catches up. strengths-they start off games good and they played better then they had these past years last years and won alot of games you got that straight. and they used to be so good.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:03 pm
ChainedShadow KTS 49ers Weaknesses QB problem(I think this can be assessed in many ways possible both QB's suck) RB Problem(Gore Fumbles the Ball a lot) WR Problem(Well the 49ers have no name players playing for the team with two exceptions, Crabtree, and Bruce. But they don't drop the ball that often and make plays so I'm leaving this one at void,unless the 49ers show up more or less.) TE Problems(Vernon Davis dropped the ball a lot last season, the other two nobody has even heard of so be sure to not check this out) O Line Problems(Doesn't really do a good job protecting the QB in some games, and the run game needs more work) Defense Problems(okay then the 49ers have a good D but not perfect. They play a 3-4 Defense,switching to a 4-3 defense, but I find a major problem in the Safety department these couple of years and Cornerback.) I'll post the strengths later. WIth Gore though, like Adrian Peterson, he carries the ball ALOT. So in turn that means a higher chance for more fumbles. Peterson led the league in Fumbles. Well then both guys have that weakness mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:52 pm
New England Patriots
(This is all IMHO)
Strengths- Great coach, Good Receivers, Great QB, Losing our Older Guys, Talented Rookies.
Weaknesses- Defense is getting pretty old, still have some old guys. Brady Coming off Injury, Passing Defense won't be all that great this year.
Not sure About- If your run game will be all that great. Sure we have Taylor, but will he really do all that well? Maroney still hasn't proven himself. Kevin Faulk is alright. I just wish we had more "Umph" in our Rushing attack to go with our passing.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:06 pm
CodeRedFed Baltimore Ravens Strengths- We all know the first one, The Organized chaos we call defense. Most forced turnovers on defense last year, People seem to forget this behind the Steelers #1 YPG D, We had the most turnovers. And that is without Kelly Greg. I can't tell you the number of times I went damn...Kelly Greg would have stopped that run, been right in the qb's face, would have caught that. One of my best recent memories of being at the game is watching Kelly Greg run basically the whole field then almost pasing out on the sideline. I didn't even know that Buddy Lee could move like that. Run Game is #2, 3 capable backs. McClain showed he can be a running back if needed...Losing Lo Neal will hurt though, GREAT lead blocker. Though we will just have to go back to McClain being fullback, Mcgahee had like 1300 or so behind him a few years back so we should be okay there. The second year Ray Rice out of Rutgers showed sparks of life last year and I think this year he will be able to step up and take some of the pressure off Mcgahee. Our now healthy (Hopefully) O-line with the addition of Oher should be a good force to run behind aswell, Oher is gonna be a beast in a few years...I read his book (Great book by the way. Teaches a lot of football history aswell as the story of the kid) Once he learns the offense and his responsibilities he will be great im sure. I think that Oher is going to make a dent this year, he is pissed, and when I say pissed I mean he just wants to hit someone hard and make them pay for not picking him. And guess what all the people that pick before us I think we play this season so lots of pay back oppertunities.Weaknesses- Pass game AKA reciever Depth- Losing Mason hurts, let alone the reciever we bring in hoping he can help for a year or so and maybe get something in next years draft decides to retire too. Though people gotta remember that we brought in LJ Smith this year. This should open up more receptions for the Ravens all time leading reciever Todd Heap (No lie, Check it.) Hopefully over the offseason Flacco has gotten used to him as a target and is ready to go to him. Coach told Heap if you don't block you don't get the ball that is why he wasn't a target much last year.Its a possibility that Clayton could step up aswell. Second year QB- Even I as a Ravens fan am not gonna say Flacco is a miracle yet. I love the kid to death and hope he stays with the Ravens through his whole career, but whos to say he wont have a sophomore slump? Or be out of his comfort zone without Mason? I think he will do fine, I just would rather not place to many games in his hands at this point. In a few years after he develops a bit more and maybe we find a #1 quality reciever I think he will be great. Even with all this I will be the first to tell you, we are NOT out of Superbowl contention yet. In 2000 we went through quite a few different Qb's. Heck our offense even went 3 weeks without scoring a TD. We relied on our running game with Jamal Lewis. Also, we only had one notable reciever in Shannon Sharpe. I mean, How many of you remember Quadry Ismail? I do...Was he the QB we made cry? I think he was.I don't even remember the other guy, I was only 6 or 7 at the time. We still have the same Field General on the Defense that led us to the first one only this time without all the controversy. Thats why I get so mad at so many people saying "Oh they lost Mason, They aren't gonna make the playoffs now" We may or may not, Im no seer. To say we WONT is something you cant do though. We did it before this same way and won the whole thing, whos to say we cant again? I would add injury as a possible weakness. If we can stay healthy then we should be fine but we can't have as many injuries as last year for sure. Another possible weakness is the number of injuried players that are nursing wounds of course. I am not sure of our depth at QB. I am not sure we have someone that can step in and be that decent QB if Joe gets hurt, but its less likely now that our Offencive line is starting to mature. Strength- Very little drama so far. Most of the team is team oriented and they work together to play well. We have a team that celebrates the best of us and works together to better the worst parts.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:20 pm
Let's look at the Niners position wise....
We have a Quarterback problem. Hill or Smith? Either way, the both aren't anything spectacular. Smith showed some promise under Norton and Hill just manages the game.
At runningback, I think we'll be fine. Gore is still good. Needs to learn to go through holes though. Coffee should help keep him fresh.
At wide receiver, we drafted Crabtree. But he'll probably be playing slot. Still, he's a touchdown scorer. After that... We have Bruce... and whoever else...
At tight end, we have Davis. He's a really good blocker, but he drops balls... Terrible. We drafted him as an offensive weapon, not a blocker...
On the offensive line, it's alright. Not good but not bad... Could use more protection for the quarterback.
We have a problem at safety. Roman and Lewis are not good safeties...
Cornerback, I think we have a good duo. Clements is a shut down corner. Only got beat by TO last season. Then he plays in a division with some good wide receivers in Holt, Fitzgerald, and Bolden. We also signed Bly and Harris has been alright, aging though.
Our linebackers are really good. Anchored by Willis and Spikes, we have Lawson, hope he can still develop into a good pass rusher. Harylson is alright on the other side.
We have a problem at defensive line. Justin Smith is a good player, but we need more production from the others.
Special teams... We have a good unit. Really good. Nedney is a good kicker and Lee is a great punter. Coverage and everything is solid.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:56 pm
My favorite team is the Philadelphia Eagles
starting with the defense, we took a hit and lost one of the best free safeties in the league, Brian Dawkins. Not only did we lose a valuable player, we lost a team leader and veteran. So our secondary isn't doing so well. Plus we lost a couple corners
the linebackers are decent, young and they'll learn and grow
our d-line is pretty awesome and we have a lot of guys we can rotate around
offense wise, our receiving corps aren't bad, but they ain't the best thats for sure
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:19 am
Strengths for the 49ers
QB:Okay then Smith is a bust pick so now you can go on with your lives and move to your other QB who manages the clock better even when he is losing the game-the Rams
RB:Gore is a can't really run through holes that well, I've not seen Coffee play yet so IDK)
WR surprised kay then the no name WR can make plays(Zeigler, and Hill, and Battle) Battle was injured the entire year. So the 49ers have a chance again if Allen Rossum doesn't get hurt this season.
TE:Okay then the 49ers need something from Davis this year last year was just a mess for him since he was the star of the team then the antigonist, to Mr. Drops the ball a lot I think Singletary needs to teach him how to catch the ball better.
Defense:has an okay core when it comes to the Linebackers position(Lawson, Willis, and Spikes are a good combination) the CBs are very good.
Special Teams: good Kicker(Nedney), and good Punter(Lee),add a Good Returner(Rossum) make sure Rossum doesn't get injured and Battle.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:46 am
Indianapolis Colts
Weaknesses:
1. Defending the pass.
2. Defensive tackle.
3. Running the football: However with Donald Brown coming in to team up with Joseph addai maybe the line will step up and block for the pair.
4. Coaching: HOLD ON: before you freak out and flame me, I'm saying we have a lot of under-experienced coaches coming in such as the offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen, defensive coordinator Larry Coyer, and of-course losing a head coach like Tony Dungy is going to hurt you no-matter.
5. O-line, although we can pass block we just cannot get a run block going.
Strengths:
1. Our pass attack with Peyton Manning at the Helm, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark catching the ball, plus Anthony Gonzalez.
2. Defensive ends.
3. Safety.
4. Coaching
5. The line backing corp.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:29 am
Panthers,
Our strengths are our offense. Mainly our Running. We usually run the ball most of the game, and then, towards the last minutes of the 4th, come out and start passing the ball and start screwing up the opposing teams defense. Steve Smith, Muhsin Muhammad(still gots it), DeAngelo, Jordan Gross.
Our weaknesses is when our Coachs do the stupidest things ever and make every drive into a pass play. Case and point, Playoff game against the Cardinals.
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