As the leader of the Steed fan brigade I can tell you he’s fully recovered. I believe he played thirteen plays and was constantly around the ball or making the tackle. There’s no way he should be a backup much longer with mccloud looking like a special needs kid in the open field. Jennings , steed , brooks and huff need to be on the field more.
Steed looked the best of the bunch and stood out when he was out there.
If 8 and 53 continue to play like this the next few games there’ll definitely be enough proof in the pudding that the d staff plays favorites to the vets.
I’ve said it before... I like what Manny did with the offensive staff changes. I think he’s recruited way above our season performance and I recognize those successes - BUT - he has not done what he needs to on the defensive side and those are the hard decisions for him... and on that end I think he’s failing.
Rumph, Patke and Baker should not be here. This will be his Achilles heel - the D’No to Golden, the Jorn to Mork. If he wants to make it, he can’t just whack the offensive staff that he has no connection to while he leaves his defensive staff be. I’m concerned about that and I’ve said it before.
And if he was trying to can Rumph while leaving Patke alone then that’s a fail too and I blame Manny 110% for that. Yes... if some BOT folks said you can’t can Rumph if Patke stays then Manny chose to retain Rumph. Bullshît, he wasn’t forced to. He chose to because it was either can both or can none and he chose keeping the status quo.
This defensive staff, it’s recruiting, it’s coaching - it’s been here 4-5 years under him. It’s all his. I hope he figures it out. As a detached fan, to me, I see the weak links clearly, but it’s always harder on the inside.
And I’m sorry... Baker sucks. If Manny wants to keep him, Manny better do Baker’s job.
And now I think I better put down the bottle.