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<blockquote data-quote="BoltNut" data-source="post: 400009" data-attributes="member: 5596"><p>Regarding Marty, I also wonder "what if". Not so much regarding Drew. For him, the Saints were the perfect situation where I just don't think he'd have fared as well in San Diego. Remember, if Marty was still here, the pass was an afterthought. Marty loved to run the ball and he didn't care if the opposition knew it or not, he was going to run. I do think that under Norv Turner, Brees may have been able to grow. This is all "shouda, coulda, woulda", however. Our problems at the RB position, including the exit of Michael Turner and Darren Sproles, could be more the result of the ownership wanting to keep LT. Under Marty, LT would either continue to be successful or he would have ended up in the hospital. No running back could hold up to 33 carries per game indefinitely. Sooner or later, something or someone, would have broke.... most likely that would have been LT. We could not keep two RB's on the roster of that caliber and remain under the cap. Far too many contracts were coming due and not everyone could be resigned. Sproles was a casualty of this too. Two seasons under a franchise tag made him too expensive. I think he honestly wanted to stay here, but his best chances to really be successful were in New Orleans. We barely kept under the cap as it was this season. Everyone thought the correct decisions were made but as we can now see, those decisions are being questioned. There are a lot of things that went on over the past few years and every one of them had an affect on the team. Bringing in Norv is seen by many as the main reason for the decline. There has to be some truth to that, but any time you bring in a new coaching system, there is a period of change. The direction of the team went from smash mouthed, in your face running; to a more balanced run/pass combination. In my opinion, where the team became reckless was that the defense was ignored. Merriman was let go and the draft picks ended up busts. Cromartie could not stay here and had to be let go. He is a good corner, but that's it. He repeatedly whiffed on tackles and seemed to be avoiding contact. If it weren't for Revis, the Jets would already be tiring of Cromartie. The Jets secondary is pretty good, but Cromartie is not the reason for their success. My opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoltNut, post: 400009, member: 5596"] Regarding Marty, I also wonder "what if". Not so much regarding Drew. For him, the Saints were the perfect situation where I just don't think he'd have fared as well in San Diego. Remember, if Marty was still here, the pass was an afterthought. Marty loved to run the ball and he didn't care if the opposition knew it or not, he was going to run. I do think that under Norv Turner, Brees may have been able to grow. This is all "shouda, coulda, woulda", however. Our problems at the RB position, including the exit of Michael Turner and Darren Sproles, could be more the result of the ownership wanting to keep LT. Under Marty, LT would either continue to be successful or he would have ended up in the hospital. No running back could hold up to 33 carries per game indefinitely. Sooner or later, something or someone, would have broke.... most likely that would have been LT. We could not keep two RB's on the roster of that caliber and remain under the cap. Far too many contracts were coming due and not everyone could be resigned. Sproles was a casualty of this too. Two seasons under a franchise tag made him too expensive. I think he honestly wanted to stay here, but his best chances to really be successful were in New Orleans. We barely kept under the cap as it was this season. Everyone thought the correct decisions were made but as we can now see, those decisions are being questioned. There are a lot of things that went on over the past few years and every one of them had an affect on the team. Bringing in Norv is seen by many as the main reason for the decline. There has to be some truth to that, but any time you bring in a new coaching system, there is a period of change. The direction of the team went from smash mouthed, in your face running; to a more balanced run/pass combination. In my opinion, where the team became reckless was that the defense was ignored. Merriman was let go and the draft picks ended up busts. Cromartie could not stay here and had to be let go. He is a good corner, but that's it. He repeatedly whiffed on tackles and seemed to be avoiding contact. If it weren't for Revis, the Jets would already be tiring of Cromartie. The Jets secondary is pretty good, but Cromartie is not the reason for their success. My opinion. [/QUOTE]
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