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Originally Posted by BB73
2002 - QB, DL, DB, kicker, punter, and TE (Hartsock -position not listed)
2007 - RB (depth, better attitude), WR, OL, LB
either way - FB
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Yeah... jwins was just mentioning on the other thread about dpeth in general... and that's what really strikes me here...
I mean... at Linebacker... you had Hawk, Carp etc waiting in the wings in 2002... but...
DB's really... tought to lump them together... I mean... yeah.... Doss, Will Allen, Nickey... really nice group...
But... if we're talking about "This point" in '07 vs '02.... We had some problems... I mean, we had to
move Chris Gamble to CB.... and... really that hurt our WR experience level quite a bit... so... 2 positions in '02 that were very shaky because of depth issues... Also... keep in mind that Cie Grant wasn't really a known commodity at LB that season.
This year, though... Piles of WR's, Enough DB's... and.... RB depth? The drop off from MoC to Lydell... was... ummm... precipitous... Keep in mind that Clarret was dinged, too... much of the year (knee/stingers)
Also... as far as QB... 6 games into the season... how was CK really viewed at that point... and... how would he have been viewed had Belisari not gotten nabbed for a DUI the year before and CK didn't have the win over Michigan in his pocket?
And... if you want to worry about TB's picks... How about MoC holding on the the rock?
6 Games into '02 we were giving up over 16 points per game.
Kenny Peterson was still a bit of an "underacheiver" and.... this year we just have a lot of guys... if they aren't quite as talented as that group in the 4 starters...
Anyway... I'm sorry about the "point in time" comparison... but... if we look back... we know a lot more about the intangibles of that 2002 club than we do about this one... and... six weeks into '02... we didn't know all that much about them, either...
More worried about the scare vs. UC and struggling against a bad NW club on the road...
The real question is what this '07 teams does when it gets in a real scrap....