04-13-2025, 02:31 PM
(04-13-2025, 11:53 AM)ERIC1 Wrote: 1000% and that is one of the reasons they made the change o at defensive coordinator..a new voice was necessary.. Pratt when focused is a good..not great LB.. Pratt is not the only player we have on defense that would benefit from a new voice and that is why the team made the change
Amen.
I am skeptical about a new coach or coordinator being able to turn sh!te into shinola, water into wine, or molehills into mountains. Look at NE's OL last year with Peters, they stunk.
But I am a believer in a coach being able to get more out of a player, and the collective, than a previous coach. Be it through better communication, less ego, less rigidity, etc.
Especially so when the player in question has a history of good performance (Pratt, Stone) and/or has good physical tools and a good work ethic (Murphy, Ossai, Jenkins, Jackson, Heyward, D. Hill, Turner, Mims, Iosivas, C. Brown, All).
I am less optimistic on the guys with lesser physical tools (Volson, Battle), lower work ethics (Battle), or who seem kinda knuckleheaded sometimes (Pratt, CTB).
Burton is in a whole nother category.
Pratt has marks on both sides.
