Effective immediately: Start Chris Culliver. Sit Terrell Brown. Please!

I can’t remember a single pass play from yesterday where we weren’t getting held or pushed in the back. I understand “if you ain’t cheatin you ain’t trying”, but we should have gotten at least a holding call or two on the worst ones.

Culliver should have made a play on that TD, but that’s just a rookie mistake, I’m willing to live with it. Next time he’ll make a play on the ball whether it looks out of bounds or not. Brown had decent coverage on his touchdown — he took away the break inside for the easy score and with the help he should have had over the top (Reggie Smith failing again) that play would have went nowhere.

So mistakes happened, Spencer will be gone next year, excellent CB value will be there at the bottom of the first or second, and our guys are getting better every game.

And like you say, Brock is working hard — and he’s the same age as Culliver.

    But on the flipside, we need to get younger at some spot anyway, such as CB,FB( Please Moran Norris retire already!), Justin Smith is the exception in this case. But overall everybody’s young. It will be a sad day when Frank starts to wind down. I suppose drafting a bruiser tnext spring won’t hurt. Kendall Hunter is sick at what he oes bu I still think we need on of those 6’2" 230 Arian Foster types with hands out the backfield. But we’ll cross that bridge later I guess. For now Frank looks great.

Then we should just cut him. If he doesn’t want to be here, then why keep him? If that is true, I can’t believe he would say that he doesn’t want to be here. Now. Why does he want to leave when he’s never been apart of a winning team, never apart of a team like we have now?

   but like I said, I can live with getting beat on a great throw, and catch as long as the effort is there. That Josh Cribbs touchdown was the poster child for what kind of effort I seen with Brown. Almost like what Plaxico used to do to Eli when he threw an INT. Bring the guy down already. Singletary woulda had him do 40 laps for that kinda effort.
    Culliver is far from a lockdown corner, but he’s batting down a lot of passes, and has a nose for the ball. Also his effort is always 110%. That is what we need to get the Trophy

He gave up the first TD(you gotta put your hands up!) and he got beat by Manningham who luckily dropped the slightly overthrown ball which would’ve tied the game.

It seems like they let them run free way too much. There was no time for Goldson to get in on the blitz with him starting so far off the line and no jam on the receiver, so Eli throws to his side for the TD. Just 1 example.

    However, I always look at the vulnerabilities, so I’m sure the Saint, Falcons, Packers, etc…will be as well. I don’t agree with this new ABEND DON’T BREAK concept. No team should break anyway, but what kinda Rocky Balboa mess is this. I believe it is malarky. I seriously doubt this is actual strategy on our coaching staff part. Letting teams drive up the field all day as long as we don’t let them score. NO WAY! My eye is really on the playoffs so pardon me if I’m a bit serious about tightening things up in our secondary.

and when we force fumbles or get INT’s we kill even those long, methodical drives. It’s a patient defense that doesn’t take unnecessary chances. It’s got us to 8-1, it will continue to improve, and I think it can take us deep.

we seem to give up lots of wide open short stuff – not sure who is missing pick ups

Actually put Brown at the nickel, and allows Culliver to start so it would infact be changing our line up. Running a 3-4 most means we would have only 2 CBs on the field obviously, so I’m saying, in those instances we should have the 2 CBs be Roders, and Culliver. Brown should only be in on nickel not Culliver

But I just don’t wanna keep relying on amazing defense to keep us in games when we could use simple methods, such as, assign players to the CB position that can actually cover an NFL wideout.

I don’t think, actually I’m 100% certain, he wouldn’t do that here.

-and base- should read, and rcb?