Leonardfan
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Kiko Alonso traded from the Saints to the 49ers.
That is more brutal news..
I am getting very concerned about the white neglect when it comes to young white linebackers and the back seven in general. I don't want to go over all the players I have in mind and I don't know if there is a league wide push to eliminate white defenders but it feels that way. The Saints just signed a 49ers LB. I don't know but I wonder is it to replace Anzalone in the starting line up? See above the Steelers obvious move. I just read a blurb that said they can't expect to win it all with Spillane starting.
White linebackers get singled out for royal abuse from local media pods. Sometimes it's even worse. I could swear that they had a real bounty on Troy Apke's head. Call me crazy but it sounded like they really did want to kill him like an end his life kind of thing. Strangle him until he isn't breathing anymore. Over the top reaction by me I suppose but the ugliness is tactile. It is vicious and unrelenting. I think it has become a sort of badge of honor to bash them. And they like the idea they start an avalanche of fans lapping it up.
Too often white defenders ( Nate Gerry etc.) get singled out for brutal abuse even if they are playing decent to good. The get them out of the lineup chants are unending. Yet when black defenders play like crap the morning after media approach is much different. They describe the badness in overall terms and usually point to the DC as having the wrong schemes. At worst they will say "some" lack of discipline was present but quickly counter that by saying the talent is there. Meaning they just need to brush up on a few things and everything will be swell.
You will hear clarion calls for black replacements but you will never hear someone say we need to get Ty Summers or Cole Holcomb out there.
The only reason I am bringing this subject up is there are at least a half a dozen really athletic and promising white linebackers ( I am including Winovich who has all but been benched ) who are being shut out despite playing well when given a chance. I don't recall the situation ever being this ugly before. Maybe in recent times there weren't as many promising white LBs for the media to kick around. They have cleaned up the broadcasting booths pretty well but this scenario has become a nightmare.
Tanner Muse is officially out for the season he is scheduled to get surgery on his toe
That blows. He broke his hand in college and missed a couple of games but otherwise was healthy as an ox. Joins an NFL team and a toe does him in. Half the season is over anyway so hopefully Muse regroups with a whole off season to learn the linebacker ropes and comes back for 2021 in good shape.
The whole trade deadline hoopla ended up like a lead balloon. Nothing major happened. Barely anything minor took place. In fact one rumor had Adam Thielen going to the Cardinals but the Vikings nixed it. I am calling the FBI to file a missing persons report on Ryan Kerrigan. Even John Ross couldn't escape the Bengals. I'm not the calling the FBI on behalf of him though because I don't give a shite.
Interesting comments by Rodgers, turns out he's not the evil villain Star QB lol.
Read this little snippet about the Saint's acquisition of Kwon
"Pro Football Focus has dinged Alexander with more missed tackles than any other player since he entered the league (89), which looks even worse considering he’s missed 35 games during that timespan. Like most players, he’s flawed. It’s why he was available in a trade in the first place."
Why would you even try to get a player like that?
Dat upside Kwon was a LSU Tiger, hell reach his full potential now with New Orleans