that he’d have the balls to say that about the tag after (a) he whined like a little ho about how unfair it was for him to be tagged this year and (b) he knows as well as we do that he didn’t deserve half of what he was paid. Can you be more transparent in your attempt to get $10M when you’re worth about $3M on the open market, Dunta?

It was his first season as a DC and had the best defense in franchise history – it does say something. I read earlier in another thread where you disregarded that fact and I understood your reasoning, I just don’t agree with it. To want the guy out afer his first season as DC and helped us to the best defense in franchise history I just don’t get it. Most people were willing to give Kubes another year even at 8-8 but we’re ready to boot the DC after his first and the best in our history. A majority of our losses came from missed kicks or the inability to run at the 1 yard line, or fumbling on the 1 yard line or throwing a HB pass at the 5 yard line. I was pretty impressed with what Bush was able to do with this D this year and lets not forget (I know we haven’t b/c we are already talking about the draft) we don’t have a big run stuffing NT, any shutdown corners and really no one at the FS position. I’m not ready to bail on the guy and I think he earned another year with his performance this year. Just my thoughts.

I agree that this is probably what happened. The coaches probably “taught” things like when to switch the ball.

I disagree that you can have too much coaching-up a RB…..if the coaching is correct. Obviously, we do not employ someone who truly knows how to teach the true basics.

The FO should see who does this for KC. Because Jamaal Charles had a natural talent for fumbling in college, and this year he has only put the ball on the turf 2x in 190 carries. I am making the assumption that this improved because someone coached him on the basics of ball protection.

Because I would like to see this theory discussed as a FanPost over there. I honestly don’t mean it in a “revenge” sort of way. I’d really like to know what they all think.

On the one hand, he’s a freakish athlete (360, great strength, quickness off the ball of a guy 80 lbs lighter, and he’s run a (hand-timed) 4.85. Which is why some mocks show him going in the Top 15 (I’ve seen him as high as 5).

On the other, the knock on him is that he doesn’t have the energy to be an every down DT, that his effort waxes and wanes throughout games, and has zero lateral range (which I don’t really consider a knock on a 1-tech DT, but whatev). Which is why some mocks have him going in the 25-32 range.

In the end, though, the fact that we’ve NEVER bothered to put any beef at NT, despite it being a glaring hole since the franchise’s inception (seriously, we never even had a good one in the 3-4, where it’s mandatory), I’m willing to “reach” (in the Kiper sense of the word) for this guy. I think you pencil Mario in for 20 sacks and Amobi for another 10, you help to minimize the weaknesses of the secondary b/c they aren’t covering as long, and you transform your run D overnight.

No CBA means that instead of 4 years, it requires 6 before a player is a UFA. Thus “screwing” all the players who signed 4-5 year contracts based on the 4 year rule in the current CBA verbiage.

It’s just the NFC West, but it’ll give you an idea how many are out there— TONS!

What if said player has less than 6 seasons, but is already through a 2nd contract? Are they covered as well, or only 1st-time-contract-virgins?

I mean, he can’t possibly be worse than the Siamese twin combination of Russell/Busing.

They came in handy this year