From: un032221@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Booing Rodney Peete was Stupidity!!!
Date: 16 Oct 92 12:33:23 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

>>       At Sunday's Lions's v. Saints there were boos for Rodney Peete
>> and calls for Kramer.  Such behavior shows such immaturity in knowledge
>> of football.  Not that I'm an expert, far from it, but the *performance*
>> of Peete was not Peete's fault.  When you have the best running back in
>> the game looking less than mediocore, you have to know that something is
>> drastically wrong.  No one, much less Kramer, could have avoided the NO
>> pass rush.  The offensive line has been devastated.  There is no blocking.
>> Looking at Philadelphia, I see that Rodney has skills similar, though not
>> as sharp, to those of Randall Cunningham.  He needs time, like Barry needs
>> seams.
>>       The calls for Kramer were ludicrous.  Kramer, though a very good QB,
>> does not have the mobility of Peete.  There is something -- at the least
>> the offensive line -- wrong the Detroit offense.  It could be the offensive
>> schemes.  I don't know about Henning, except that he has been fired as a
>> head coach at least once.  The fact that Barry, the best back in football,
>> is averaging about 3 yards is indicative of something.
>>       The boos of Rodney, the calls for Kramer showed a lack of understanding
>> of what is happening.  Also, a lack of class on the part of Lions fans.
>> Robert Newby                        Internet: 3zasib3@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu 
> Good points. 

Yes, they were.  I am wondeering about Barry.  For his entire career, or most
of it at least, he has been operating in the run and shoot.  When people talk
about Barry, they say that he is the best open field runner in the game, if not
the best runner period.  I am wondering if his marvelous performance could be
drawn more to the fact that the R+S creates alot of natural open space for him
to pick holes with.
	As far as Henning, getting a TE in the formation, IMHO, was the right
thing to do, but Henning is lining the poor bastard up as a slot reciever! 
What kind of idea is this?  The whole point of a TE in pass-catching is that
they end up drawing LBs to guard them because they can either stay in and
block, or slip out for short routes, and over the middle stuff.  Why put a big
guy against all those quick little DBs?  It seems awfully counterproductive.
	I think Henning had the right idea, but executed poorly.  The OL is
indeed in dire straits.  With Andolsek, and Utley (neither one was having job
trouble) gone, the Detroit team is having problems.  I don't care how good you
are, if half the time you carry the ball, you are hit twice before reaching the
line of scrimmage, you won't average 4 yards a carry.  This of course,
referring to Sanders.  I think they might want to try keeping the TE for pass
blocking help every time, and try to slip Sanders out more, and use more play
action because they are OBVIOUSLY keying on Sanders.  These of course are
stop-gap things, nothing can make the OL problems disappear until the
off-season (trade deadlines are passed).
> 
> I saw the whole NO-Det game [had a wager on the Saints]. And what
> happened was not all Peete's fault. Kramer in his place would have
> been sacked more times, taken more shots, and maybe got injured. 
> Peete's mobility helped him immensely, and still the Saints harassed
> him all day long. They have some big O Line problems and unless they
> address that first, they are not going anywhere. 
> 
> I saw Peete play several times at USC, and he has always impressed
> me. I remember that day of the draft when he was almost shattered
> at not being picked on the first day. Ever since, he seemed to want
> to show the NFL bosses how good he can be. 
> 
This is another question I have about the Lions.  Is Andre Ware still with the
team?  If so, WHY?  This guy could surely have been traded off for at least a
second rounder.  The obviously have no intention of ever letting him take over
unless Peete dies (shouldn't say this when talking about a team with two deaths
and a paralysis over the last year), and Kramer fumbles.  Kramer seems to be
the backup, and Peete the starter, so why keep a QB at 3rd when he could get
you a starting OLman.  If you are solid everywhere, I could see, but the Lions
aren't.  IMO, Rodney Peete needs alot of work to become the kind of QB that
Detroit wants, and needs. 
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> | Prashanth                    |                      |
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