also when vince young called this a dream team he was referring that its a dream team for him to relocate to. He can sit behind vick and learn from one of the better qb coaches in the league in andy reid...
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are u kidding me? this still comes up? what relevance does this have on the city of philly when most people in that stadium are dead...Comment -
23-1 for the dream team now. Most would blow their loads if that were the odds to start the season.Comment -
The conventional book on Asomugha is that his coverage skills are so superior that few teams will throw passes at him.
There's an element of truth to that, as Asomugha has finished as the least-targeted cornerback in pro football for each of the past three seasons. But that may be as much due to the Oakland Raiders' defense, Asomugha's previous team, as anything else. Oakland allowed more rushing yards in 2008-10 than any other team in the NFL, so its opponents could pound the ball on the ground to their hearts' content and not have to worry about throwing at Asomugha.
There is also the fact that when Asomugha has been thrown at over the years, his coverage metrics don't exactly spell Darrelle Revis.
His backers will say this is because of the low sample size, but check out Asomugha's composite coverage metrics during the past seven years:
Nnamdi Asomugha against the pass
Asomugha's success defending the pass, based on his numbers from the past seven seasons.
<table><thead><tr><th>Season</th><th>Att.</th><th>Inc./Off Pass Int. Pen.</th><th>Yards</th><th>YPA</th><th>Success Rate</th><th>INTs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="last"><td>2004</td><td>51</td><td>14</td><td>413</td><td>8.1</td><td>27.5%</td><td>0</td></tr><tr class="last"><td>2005</td><td>69</td><td>36</td><td>435</td><td>6.3</td><td>52.2%</td><td>0</td></tr><tr class="last"><td>2006</td><td>61</td><td>33</td><td>421</td><td>6.9</td><td>54.1%</td><td>8</td></tr><tr class="last"><td>2007</td><td>35</td><td>22</td><td>244</td><td>7.0</td><td>62.9%</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="last"><td>2008</td><td>30</td><td>15</td><td>162</td><td>5.4</td><td>50.0%</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="last"><td>2009</td><td>25</td><td>9</td><td>228</td><td>9.1</td><td>36.0%</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="last"><td>2010</td><td>29</td><td>15</td><td>191</td><td>6.6</td><td>51.7%</td><td>0</td></tr><tr class="last"><td>Total</td><td>300</td><td>144</td><td>2094</td><td>7.0</td><td>48.0%</td><td>11</td></tr></tbody></table>
Three-hundred pass attempts ought to be enough to get past the low sample size argument. Since the league average for yards per attempt (YPA) is usually around 7.5, Asomugha's 7.0 YPA in this time frame means he is somewhat above average but not anywhere near Revis' level (career 5.3 YPA).Comment -
So sick and tired of the "dream team" thing, One guy said and hes a head case backup QB so stop that crap. Eagles have a great secondary that plays zone, stupid. Their linebackers are crap, their safeties are crap. They play this wide 9 D or whatever you call it and they leave huge gaps in the D line, which helps the running game of the opposing team. So we are playing a D that creates gaps for RBs and our LBs suck, no wonder why we cant stop frank gore whos line blows. It blows my mind every year with the birds boom or bust Offense who when they let mccoy roll with the rock he comes up huge and then they give him 9 carries the next game. Game plan or whatever they need to give the rock to mccoy more then 9 times. And for those "outsiders" stop the BS about booing santa and throwing batteries blah blah blah, that was in the days of the vet nothing like that. At least we don't put other fans in comas and that BS.Comment
