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So I'm a fan of Dave Dameshek over at NFL.com, throws some humor in with football talk and just talk about whatever nonsense comes up. He has a pretty good podcast.
Anyway, he's always talking about how every team has a Jenga piece (QB's aside) that if you take away the team will "crumble" so to speak. The Lions have Calvin Johnson, the Saints have Jimmy Graham, etc. Now, I mentioned QB's aside because pretty much any team will struggle when their starting QB goes down.
So, who is our Jenga piece not named Sam Bradford?
Personally, I think it is hard to name one for our team because of all the young players we have. I really don't see too many "superstars" on our team. But to counter that, we have more depth with good-great players. The wide receiver group is a good example. No superstars just yet in my opinion, but all of them are more than adequate. This is a good thing, we don't need to worry about a situation similar to what the Falcons went through last year.
It is tough for me to decide, but I think it's got to be Laurinaitis. Such a great leader of the defense and we don't necessarily have a deep LB corps, so that's who gets my vote.
Anyway, he's always talking about how every team has a Jenga piece (QB's aside) that if you take away the team will "crumble" so to speak. The Lions have Calvin Johnson, the Saints have Jimmy Graham, etc. Now, I mentioned QB's aside because pretty much any team will struggle when their starting QB goes down.
So, who is our Jenga piece not named Sam Bradford?
Personally, I think it is hard to name one for our team because of all the young players we have. I really don't see too many "superstars" on our team. But to counter that, we have more depth with good-great players. The wide receiver group is a good example. No superstars just yet in my opinion, but all of them are more than adequate. This is a good thing, we don't need to worry about a situation similar to what the Falcons went through last year.
It is tough for me to decide, but I think it's got to be Laurinaitis. Such a great leader of the defense and we don't necessarily have a deep LB corps, so that's who gets my vote.
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