Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by Waterbear:
Originally posted by Hysterikal:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
If Young was as bad as some posters are saying he wouldn't be on the field.
This. People saying he's gets blocked by a WR on a crack back but don't give him credit when he put Decker in the backfield forcing a cut back.
He wasn't as bad as I thought after rewatching the game.
I really think we should give more playing time to Beal though to spell Chase some. He looks really quick and plays with good technique.
I'm curious your thoughts on Ferrell, you didn't like him all year, and now we do seem to be feeling his absence. Whitner saying we miss him in a big way.
I think Ferrell makes fewer mental mistakes than Young in run defense. But I don't necessarily think he's a better run defender than Young. If he is, it's only minimal. Remember, our run defense started getting worse with Ferrell not without him.
Whenever you have less rotation, I think you'll see the performance drop. That's what I think we're seeing right now with Young.
I don't like Ferrell as compared to the high standard of DE's we're used to... but that doesn't mean he sucks. We need more help and he helped this defense.