Hope that little girl is doing alright these days.

Not all of them is on Dorsey though, as coaches in general (and players) are responsible for the development of their skills.

2014 - Ford is the only one left on this team. Unlikely he will be here next year. Gaines, well, we know how that went - not on the team.

2015 - Peters (traded), Nelson (still on the team), & Wilson (gone)

2016 - Jones (still on the team), Russell (gone), and Murray (will be gone soon most likely)

2017 - Kpassagnon (still on the team, but looking like a bad pick, but will know better by year 3 as it's commonly accepted that it takes 2-3 years for a player to develop).

2018 - Too soon to tell.

So apparently either management can't identify defensive talent from the college level, coaches can't develop them or a combination of both.

Truthfully, he isn't really the talent development guy either. That's what the position coaches are for.

I'm staring at the list of:

Britt Reid
Mark Deleone
Al Harris
Emmitt Thomas
Mike Smith

Someone on that list needs to actually start earning a paycheck.

If there is a decent risk of reinjury I'd wait until we lost a game to bring him back.

I bow to your common sense and cogency, Mr. kccrow.

Then I courtsey to your truthiness.

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Thanks for proving my point that Dorsey could not draft defense beyond Peters/Jones and that is why we are in this mess.

A good tree produces good fruit. A bad tree produces bad fruit. Therefore, ye shall know them by the fruits.

Dorsey's fruits suck ass. Dorsey is a squirrel house suck tree.

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IF ONLY THEY HAD TAKEN THE CHAINS OFF ALEX LIKE THEY HAVE WITH MAHOMES

Are you saying Mahomes is running a different offense?

I'm glad we've handled this cautiously. Most of Berrys injuries have occurred in the first game of the season. For whatever reason he never seems to get his Acl into football shape fast enough. I wouldn't be opposed to even limiting his snaps until we're totally positive he can play a full game.

Just use Berry in late game situations if we need a stop, he can be like a relief pitcher in there until he's healthy enough to play a full game.

It wont happen, but I am all for this. I think Watts is their plan for the future (he's actually done pretty decent from what I recall), I think you can give him the snaps out of base and nickel with Parker to keep his progression coming along and have Berry come in on 3rd downs or crucial drives.

There is zero reason to rush him back into this, he's needed for leadership and clutch playmaking. This is forming into a likely playoff team at this point, you do what you can to ensure Eric Berry is a part of the postseason roster.

I definitely think the playbook has more of a vertical philosophy in the passing game. Routes that they wouldn't even think about doing w/ Smith. Mahomes throwing ability opens up the playbook.

This is a great post! All true.

Didn't he get to like 3 or 4 NFC Championship games and also 1 Superbowl appearance? Yeah, his coaching may have gotten stale in Philly, but he was no Marty S (another coach I loved, btw).