BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Age of a "Darius"
Not just a "white guy" but a nice guy by all accounts, it would seem the mercurial S.S., Stuart Schwiegert is finally as out of favor with the front office as he has been with some Raider fans.
But the truth of the matter may be an entirely different story.
Rob Ryan's rock-n-roll Raiders have succeeded where Art Shell's regime (funny how Raiders refer to it in the dictatorial negative) had failed, by instilling a sense of unity amongst the "Infernal Machine".
And a machine they are.
Despite score saving tackles Schwiegert finishing the year with 107 tackles, 3rd behind Morrison and Howard, Stu remains a polarizing factor for many in the Raider Nation and with the signing of Donovin Darius it would seem to be a vindication toward one view over the other, but alas, the truth may be something infinitely better.
As a "Machine" the Raiders Defense may look to rely on the inter changeability of its spare parts.
And as any military logistic Officer will tell you, this can be crucial to the long term and overall field effectiveness of a given weapon system.
Simply put, adding Donovin Darius to a roster that already features Bowie, Bing, Stu, Huff, Ward Cooper and Frampton seems redundant.
And in fact, thats exactly what it is.
Look for Oakland to fight back against League corruption and the forces of zombie majority oppression by further blurring the line between Line Backer and Safety.
Oakland has been looking for a great Safety for many years now, through the draft and in Free Agency, but now seems to have settled on a strategy of more is more.
In its studies over the seasons trying to find "The" Safety, Oakland may have come to an epiphany.
Through reading the availability of good, if inexperienced ( hence inexpensive) raw talent, they seem to have determined a Defensive Secondary system that can provide coverage more effectively than Linebackers, while fielding 2 "Strong" Safeties willing an able to read and stuff the run, at the same time maximizing youthful athleticism and diminishing inexperience.
Employing such a system would no doubt be beneficial, but it turn, its inherent down side would be the undue wear and tear on Safeties who dare to step into Linebacker shoes.
But with the relative simplicity of said system, training and fielding replacements from an ample stock pile of "good" players could keep the Machine's productivity high through out the long season.
The obvious benefit, instead of relying on 1 or 2 exceptional athletes to play a majority of downs and hoping they don't get injured or show diminished skills as the year drags on, is also complimented by the amount of "good" rotational talent available for basically the price of 2 "great"players.
Desperate or genius, the reasons for this apparent shift are logical and show a fairly unconventional new twist on Defensive theory.
Something that apparently runs in the Ryan family.
Not just a "white guy" but a nice guy by all accounts, it would seem the mercurial S.S., Stuart Schwiegert is finally as out of favor with the front office as he has been with some Raider fans.
But the truth of the matter may be an entirely different story.
Rob Ryan's rock-n-roll Raiders have succeeded where Art Shell's regime (funny how Raiders refer to it in the dictatorial negative) had failed, by instilling a sense of unity amongst the "Infernal Machine".
And a machine they are.
Despite score saving tackles Schwiegert finishing the year with 107 tackles, 3rd behind Morrison and Howard, Stu remains a polarizing factor for many in the Raider Nation and with the signing of Donovin Darius it would seem to be a vindication toward one view over the other, but alas, the truth may be something infinitely better.
As a "Machine" the Raiders Defense may look to rely on the inter changeability of its spare parts.
And as any military logistic Officer will tell you, this can be crucial to the long term and overall field effectiveness of a given weapon system.
Simply put, adding Donovin Darius to a roster that already features Bowie, Bing, Stu, Huff, Ward Cooper and Frampton seems redundant.
And in fact, thats exactly what it is.
Look for Oakland to fight back against League corruption and the forces of zombie majority oppression by further blurring the line between Line Backer and Safety.
Oakland has been looking for a great Safety for many years now, through the draft and in Free Agency, but now seems to have settled on a strategy of more is more.
In its studies over the seasons trying to find "The" Safety, Oakland may have come to an epiphany.
Through reading the availability of good, if inexperienced ( hence inexpensive) raw talent, they seem to have determined a Defensive Secondary system that can provide coverage more effectively than Linebackers, while fielding 2 "Strong" Safeties willing an able to read and stuff the run, at the same time maximizing youthful athleticism and diminishing inexperience.
Employing such a system would no doubt be beneficial, but it turn, its inherent down side would be the undue wear and tear on Safeties who dare to step into Linebacker shoes.
But with the relative simplicity of said system, training and fielding replacements from an ample stock pile of "good" players could keep the Machine's productivity high through out the long season.
The obvious benefit, instead of relying on 1 or 2 exceptional athletes to play a majority of downs and hoping they don't get injured or show diminished skills as the year drags on, is also complimented by the amount of "good" rotational talent available for basically the price of 2 "great"players.
Desperate or genius, the reasons for this apparent shift are logical and show a fairly unconventional new twist on Defensive theory.
Something that apparently runs in the Ryan family.
