Looks Like Trading Benny Sapp Was A Good Move

used a time machine and copied my idea.

I’m onto you…

So do I. What do you think the chances are of our SB Overlords giving us one?

Please SB Nation, give us a raise! We’ll be good little bloggers. I might even give up using the word douchebag. Please, please, please give us a raise!

Sapp did get to many penalties initially. At least a couple of them were stupid personal foul penalties. However, that wasn’t the case in 2009. He was very solid in 2009 and penalties appeared to be a thing of the past.

Last year I would have given my AP jersey, plastic helmet with horns, Percy Harvin figurine and thrown in the long yellow bugle horn as well just to reverse the trade of Sapp for Camerillo. In light of what happened last year at CB, Sapp would have been a good option for us.

I’d grab Sapp and release Allen in a heartbeat.

umm..why?

getting rid of a younger player for a vet, especially a vet who’s best bet is to be a serviceable backup, isn’t the best of strategies in a reloading phase. That said, I think this instance is different simply because we know the younger player is not worth our time.

Let’s face it, OL playbooks are very simple. Learning it shouldn’t be a problem for a veteran. I don’t know much about the guy, but it’s almost impossible he’s worse than Sullivan.

…except for the fact that Burton is awful. I’d rather them get Jaymar Johnson or Iglesias back. I’m less upset about Camarillo. He’s not the sort of guy who’s supposed to get deep. He can catch though.

My guess is that Berger probably is a better option at center than Sullivan.

I wonder if Reisner is going to take over playing duties from Rudolph. Rudolph appears unable to block worth beans. Yeah, he can catch, but if he can’t block that makes him a mostly useless TE in my book. (Sort of the equivalent of a WR who can get open but not catch – ala Troy Williamson).

I am not a Berrian sympathizer, I wanted him gone at the beginning of the year as well but he had his guy BURNED and someone got there hand on McNabb’s throwing arm when he tried to throw and it still almost got there.

I was at that game and it was one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen in football.

He was definitely aggressive and stupid in Kansas City and his early days in Minnesota. He cleaned that up in 2009 and had a very good year.

I had TOTALLY forgotten about that. However, I do agree with the assesments floating around here that that’s a thing of the past. For example, I didn’t see him commit a single penalty in the game against the Pats- and that was a game with a fair share of ’phins penalties.

I have Welker, woo hoo!

…is based on his performance during games. He was not good last year. He was frequently beaten and not good at tackling. He cost us games.

Sherels was phenominal in the pre-season. He’s fast and quick. He covers his guys incredibly well. I’d put Sherels over Allen in a heartbeat.

Burton looked good to me during pre-season too. A couple of mistakes but some very good play as well. Given his youth, I’d keep hiim for depth but not expect him to see the field much. In a limited-playing-time, depth-of-bench role I’d take Burton over Allen as well.

And lastly, Sapp is better than Allen. He definitely was in 2009 when the two played on the same team. Allen didn’t improve in 2010 over 2009. I was sorry to Sapp go and thought it was an unequal trade (Sapp for Camerillo). I’d be happy to see him back but that would leave Allen out in the cold. I’m okay with that.

because he’s a below-average CB, IMO, and far worse- I see him quit from time to time. I always rail against that for ANY player. If Asher Allen was some super talented freak who quit from time to time, but truly shone when he didn’t (ala Moss, who never got a pass from me anyways for his tendency to quit), then he might earn the pass from a lot of people. But he doesn’t have that.

Burton is a project, nothing more. Sherels simply has shown potential, and I think there’s the reason he’s so hyped- the sense of ‘hope’. It’s similiar to why people got so hyped on Joe Webb last season- he gave us hope, whereas TJack had simply proven time and time again that he would never be worth the #1 spot. While most weren’t sold on Webb being our QBOTF or a HoF’er or anything, there was the sense that ‘maybe this guy could be better’- which was better than the other option, which was ‘we know this guy will never cut it’. It’s the same with Sherels and Allen- Sherels has the sense of ‘maybe’, whereas Allen has the sense of ‘nope, not happening’. In that case, ‘maybe’ wins.

I’ll write a FanPost entitled ‘MarkSP18 was right and I was wrong’ if Asher Allen has a great season. I’ve been wrong PLENTY of times before- if anyone kept track, my record might be similiar to the Vikes’ ‘10 record. But I’ve got a very strong feeling- based off what we have already seen- that Asher Allen will never amount to anything more than an unreliable backup; maybe an unreliable dimeback at BEST.

“a play in game 1 that wasn’t entirely his fault”

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/13/99-yard-play-gets-benny-sapp-cut/

Let’s go out and get him. Honestly, if he was like 2009 Benny Sapp, I’d start feeling okay about our CB situation. In fact, can he play safety? Serious question.