SB Nation User Blog: marcas13

Draft Wishlist for 09

marcas13 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:51:43 -0000

It's never to early to put together a list of things we need for next year. Since we are basically running with the same group of players as last season It's kind of easy to see what we need.

DE: (1st or 2nd round) our D-Line is getting old. We need a DE or a DT (depending how hampton does this year) that can put pressure on the QB on 3rd downs when we drop our LBS back. We need a guy who is such a force that he'll draw double teams each time which will allow our LBs to make plays.

CB: (1st or 2nd round) Shoutdown Corner. We need to find the next Rob Woodson. The Corners we've drafted over the past couple of years have all been late round project players, and the guys we have drafted in the 2nd or 3rd rounds have been less than what they were supposed to be.

FS: (depending on how Smith and Clark do) Pretty much the same as cornerbacks. We need a force at FS. Someone who will destroy anything that dares catch a pass in their area of responsibility.

OL: A solid offensive lineman. Basically to fill any hole we might have at the end of the season, depending how well each of our OL play. I could see us maybe picking up a Center or a Left Tackle if Smith doesn't resign.

PART 2:Tyrone Carter you have to go!

marcas13 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:28:00 -0000

Yesterday I gave some pretty solid reasons as to why Tyrone Carter needs to be cut, traded, thrown into a pit of death, etc. I watched some more games from last season in which he was replacing Troy P at SS.

I am a big advocite of Anthony Smith. He impressed me with his end of season play during his rookie year when he was able to roam the defensive backfield while Troy bounced around the field doing his thing.

I'm just going to put this out there right away, tyrone carter makes the rest of the secondary look bad. There have been a handful of times last season and this preseason where carter would come up toward the line of scrimage and make it look like he was going to blitz, well actually by the way he was standing it was obvious he was not going to blitz. He would come up to far leaving the FS (Smith or Clark) back there to cover two deep zone while carter was attempting to drop back.

Just to show that I'm not saying Smith is a saint I watched the trick play lateral touchdown throw to Gaffeny. Carter played up, showed a blitz, but then was late dropping back. The Pats were playing a twin WR set on Carter's side. The steelers were playing a Cover 2 with Man underneath. Gaffeny was actually Foote's man, but lets face it a WR will out run a LB anytime. Carter was late getting back and was not able to pass Gaffeny off to Smith who was watching a TE cross infront of him. Having played Safety myself it is very difficult to see a man do a post from the side of the field you are not covering.

Tyrone Carter you have to go!

marcas13 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:57:39 -0000

I don't know about you but when I watch Tyrone Carter play, i get cramps in my neck from shacking my head. At times I wonder how this guy managed to stay on the roster for all these years.

I've had a debate with a co-worker/Steeler fan. he insists that Anthony Smith sucks. He points to the New England game. As I looked into it I wondered why Smith has looked less than par, less than his outstanding output he had at the end of his rookie year... the answer? Tyrone Carter. I rewatched, with much heart ache, the New England game from last year. Yes, Smith was victimized, and with just cause i suppose but early in the game i noticed that Smith had to make adjustments. He probably saw the same thing I saw, Tyrone Carter run blitzing and over running the RB. Also several other times were Carter and Smith were in zone and smith already had a guy in his zone, carter passed his man off before he evengot out of his zone.

The biggest indictator to me that Carter doesn't belong on our beloved Blitzburgh defense was last years playoff game against the Jags. When the Jags qb Scrambled and he just waited for the guy to get there, and then run around him. Even though many if us have quitly looked down upon Anthony Smith and his hammering of our own WR, he is the kind of intensity we need. Hopefully he will turn into a feared monster patrolling the airways, ready to destroy anything that comes his way.