Brock proved he had it when he took over and got all those picks and pass break ups man.
Been injured but has played OK when he was in there some good some bad
Culliver was on that same track before he got injured.. remember he was a rookie basically during that playoff run and he was one of the main reasons we shut people down in the 2nd half of that run.
Started slow battling injuries, was in fucking shutdown corner form and is getting a pick a week. BALLHAWK
Brown and rogers never ever went after the ball they played the man to a fault. brock and culliver play the man and when the ball comes reacts to make the play.. they don't stand there and let it happen.
The shit is happening right before out eyes. Check out where brown and rogers are right now and say you'd want them still starting for this team? If they showed up to camp they would get CUT.
now keep in mind that eric reid is also a ball hawk but a disciplined one.. how many int's could he have had last season.. and how many fumble recoveries he had just having the ability to be around the ball?
No pass rush but did his job this entire season. a couple plays were on him but that's just part of being in the NFL nobody is going to be perfect. Got an int with more coming cause of pressure so far our secondary has had to cover.. no gambles just cover and play good defense.
now add in ward who is a go getter.. and im not predicting a million interceptions, what i am saying is there will be a whole lot more passes batted down which is just as good imo. you bat those passes down 2nd and long's become 3rd and long and 3rd and long's become 4th down's... see what i mean?
Ward had the hardest job he started off slow, got better as the season went on and then got injured he showed flashes and had brain farts as well as reid letting him down a couple times jury is still WAY out on him
HOWEVER we do lead the league in passes defended which was my entire point about this post many moons ago.
and don't sleep on dontae johnson, that kid has got IT
He does. he clearly does.
now the chris cook's of the world, remember people weren't excited when we got rogers or whitner either remember? we revamped their entire career's....
Cook got hurt but he was light's out for us when he was on the field. it was night and day from his time in minnesota.
We're about to see a level of defense played that we haven't seen on a 49ers team since 94'
if the offense gets it together it can get ugly for every team we face quick.
1 week of pressure produced 5 interceptions. And you can't use the Eli excuse because he had cut down his turnovers and was playing excellent football when we came to town with all his options healthy including their top rb who they had been missing for a month.
stay focused and remain hungry and humble on both sides of the ball
watch out.
Curt was 100% right about Lemonier Vs Lynch.
we both felt Lynch was the shit but only i felt Lemonier still had a shot, I was wrong on him completely.