Official Fire Dom Capers Thread

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There are three problems

1. People know what is coming. That is on Capers.

2. No pass rush. That is on Ted. Blitz schemes with 5-6 rushers hurt eventually and they aren't even getting home.

3. Talent development. Either there isn't talent or its not being forged to be better. Hard to say with this year's rookies, but the only upperclassmen to make jumps on this defense are Clark and Martinez plus Daniels some time ago. I think this is on the coaches but also falls to the personnel department and I don't know in what percentage. Why Fackrell is on the team and not Peppers doesn't make sense nine games in.

I think coaches and GMs should improve with time, not get stale. They also shouldn't be fired after 3 or 4 years for flaws that should be fixable. The offense has been up and down but mostly dominates game in the last five years. The best of the defenses have been just better than adequate.

If you can make a definitive case for what Fackrell and not Peppers, then I can tell you the scope of the problem. However, Peppers wasn't the difference maker last year.

For the first time in a long time, I think its time for Dom to go.

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If you can make a definitive case for what Fackrell and not Peppers, then I can tell you the scope of the problem. However, Peppers wasn't the difference maker last year.

I think you partially answered your own question right there: last year Peppers looked like a player well into his decline whereas Fackrell, at least to somebody's eyes, still had an upside. Maybe he does and it just hasn't been tapped yet. Or maybe TT has gotten careless in his evaluation of talent, like the old Don driving with Fredo and getting out of the car to visit the fruit stand. At the time the decision to let Peppers go--assuming that it was really a Packer decision--didn't look so bad, and it certainly fit with TT's development MO. But maybe it wasn't really the Packers' decision, maybe Peppers decided he wanted to play out his final season back home and he is now going out in style.

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I think you partially answered your own question right there: last year Peppers looked like a player well into his decline whereas Fackrell, at least to somebody's eyes, still had an upside. Maybe he does and it just hasn't been tapped yet. Or maybe TT has gotten careless in his evaluation of talent, like the old Don driving with Fredo and getting out of the car to visit the fruit stand. At the time the decision to let Peppers go--assuming that it was really a Packer decision--didn't look so bad, and it certainly fit with TT's development MO. But maybe it wasn't really the Packers' decision, maybe Peppers decided he wanted to play out his final season back home and he is now going out in style.

If that is the case, then its a thin hope. You have Fackrell and Biegel. One gets hurt then Brooks is signed. Just seems undermanned unless you are sure about Fackrell.

Pass rush is about the QB as much as beating your man. If the QB has to move, then EVERYONE's pass rush gets better and easier.