“I don’t have a problem with J. Jones. He’s not a long term answer to the position but he’s not a liability either.”

Are you really serious? Julius Jones sucks. He sucks completely, totally, absolutely and without redemption. The Blogmeister said he thought Jones ran “OK”. Huh? 15 carries with 56 yards means 3.7 ypc and that sucks. The only thing that sucked more than Jones was Edgerrin James with his sub-3 ypc average and the guys who put the offensive in offensive line, i.e. Spencer and the interior. I saw MacIntosh get shoved 5 yards into the backfield at times, and yet we still didn’t put the tight end over there to help him (I call this Cardinals disease, but you could call it Packers disease too since neither of those teams do that either).

Yes, Tim Ruskell IS to blame for this monstrosity. He created it, there are maybe half a dozen guys or less left from Holmgren’s team. He let Hutchinson get away because he doesn’t value offensive linemen and feels guards are a dime a dozen, and gave us crap for guards since. He didn’t address the offensive tackle situation AT ALL during the off season. He gave us the crapola we have for running backs, at inflated prices (other than Forsett who was a 7th round pick). He gave us a lousy secondary, overpriced linebackers who can’t stay healthy and underperforming defensive linemen. He also gave us this coaching staff apparently made up of Special Ed rejects, and kept the “strength and conditioning” coaches who can’t keep anyone healthy. That guy in Canada who worked on Hasselbeck’s back should get their wages because with the pounding he’s taken he’s still walking and playing.

Frankly, Ruskell needs to be thrown out the door when his contract expires at the end of this season, and so should everyone else in that “front office”, from Tod Leiweke on down, and the coaching staff landing on top of them outside the front door. Someone asked who’s better than Numbskull to replace him? I ask who isn’t? Hell, maybe we can get Ron Wolf to come out of retirement, but there are good organizations like New England and Indy among others to look at for “front office” people. Just don’t pick someone who’s going to do what Ruskell did and make this Tampa/Atlanta north with all their cronies.

Now here is where that matters with respect to defensive play calling. If you blitz most of the time you are going to play so form of man without a safety free in the middle and if your LB is late on his reads then you risk huge plays up the middle on simple run plays. The zone Defensive helps protect a young MLB.

Just a thought

How difficult is it for a center to make the correct line calls? Are we talking rocket science? Are the calls as complicated as play calling is for a QB? I really just don’t get it. Is Spencer really that dumb that he can’t pick it up in 3-4 years? Could someone who understands the game at a high level explain some of the intricasies of the position to help us understand what the problem is here?!

How many hours are in an NFL player’s work week? They practice for what a max of 15 hours per week? How about the rest of the time? It seems like they should also be spending at least 40 to 50 hours or more studying film, etc.

Much of the respect the Cards gained from me with their win in New Jersey was lost yesterday with their pathetic home performance against the Panthers.

Its true, and is helping me climb down off the wall today. Our division is still full of teams that can lose to anyone. 9-7 or 8-8 could win the NFC West and earn a home playoff game. We were not so pathetic against the Cowboys that we cannot improve a little each game and become a playoff team by week 16. Bizarre, but true.

But Mora and co. had better start getting in player’s grills and demanding more, now.

Is Chris Spencer the worst center that we’ve had? How about Edge vs Franco Harris versus Alexander at the end? How about other positions? Do we have current Seahawks who are the worst ever at their positions?

It would be interesting to see the all-crap version of an all-star roster. An all-star roster would be fun too. How about if we could time travel into the past and bring in guys like Easely, Largent, Cortez Kennedy, Curt Warner, John L Williams, Brian Bozworth (just kidding, lol).