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Brinkley, 31, is a former fifth-round pick of the Vikings. He spent the first five years of his career in Minnesota before he signing on with the Cardinals as a free agent back in March of 2013. Brinkley later caught on with the Cowboys when signed a two-year deal in March of last year, but he lasted just a few months in Dallas before he was cut coming out of the preseason. He wasn’t out of work long, as the Giants signed him to a deal just a few days later and he would go on to finish out the year in New York before re-signing on a one-year deal back in March. The Giants elected to cut him loose at the start of the regular season. Last year, Brinkley appeared in 15 games for the Giants and recorded 66 tackles, one sack, four forced fumbles and a recovery. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 36 linebacker out of 97 qualifying players. |
While Robinson isn't the best LB, he is vastly superior in coverage and our upgrades at DT help stop the run
While Robinson isn't the best LB, he is vastly superior in coverage and our upgrades at DT help stop the run
Apples to oranges. The player on the current roster that should be compared to Brinkley is Sheppard. He was kept as the 2-down MLB in the base D.
Not sure Goodson has even played a defensive snap. He's (at best) the 2nd MLB on the depth chart and Sheppard has been healthy and only playing limited snaps (lots of nickel D). Sheppard hasn't been bad. Not good, but far from someone that needs to be replaced immediately.
Exactly. Brinkley is better than Sheppard, and Sheppard is the guy who took his spot.
But Robinson, Kennard, and Casillas have all played well, especially the first 2 guys. I'm not saying they're pro-bowlers, but they've certainly been a few steps above 'mediocre'.
Sheppard hasn't done much (good or bad), but he's also not playing a ton of snaps. And MLB isn't really a position where you might give someone 5-10 snaps a game to see what you have with them (unlike Adams at TE or Perkins at RB for example). Typically the MLB is the "QB of the D".
The next impactful play Sheppard makes as a NYG will be his first.
The next impactful play Sheppard makes as a NYG will be his first.
Likely a fluke. He had 5 fumbles in the first 79 games of his career and then 4 last season.
He's not exactly Osi who averaged 4 fumbles per season (excluding his rookie season and final year with ATL). Even excluding his monster 2010 season with 10 FFs, Osi averaged 3 per season.
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is great, but he did have a knack for forcing fumbles, something this defense front 7 could sorely use.
The next impactful play Sheppard makes as a NYG will be his first.
Likely a fluke. He had 5 fumbles in the first 79 games of his career and then 4 last season.
He's not exactly Osi who averaged 4 fumbles per season (excluding his rookie season and final year with ATL). Even excluding his monster 2010 season with 10 FFs, Osi averaged 3 per season.
Probably, like Stevie Brown's picks, but I'll take him and hope for more flukiness than watching Sheppard do his best Herzlich impression.
He played well last season. Much better than Sheppard has so far this year.
Him being cut probably had more to do with the teams insistence on "special teams ace-not-really" and "feel good story" Mark Herzlich having a roster spot than anything else though.
If anyone other than Herzlich had to be cut, it was going to be Brinkley over the younger Sheppard.
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by the BBI faithful than Brinkley. You'd think we let Antonio Pierce in his prime walk out the door.
He was our 2nd best defender last year when JPP returned, and was head and shoulders the best 2 gap run defender we had. Sheppard plays 20-25 a game and does NOTHING, Brinkley may be a journeyman but he is still light years ahead of Sheppard in terms of impact.
Agreed. Sheppard could be replaced with a traffic cone if the cone could call the defenses. That's the only reason he's playing at all.
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by the BBI faithful than Brinkley. You'd think we let Antonio Pierce in his prime walk out the door.
He was our 2nd best defender last year when JPP returned, and was head and shoulders the best 2 gap run defender we had. Sheppard plays 20-25 a game and does NOTHING, Brinkley may be a journeyman but he is still light years ahead of Sheppard in terms of impact.
Agreed. Sheppard could be replaced with a traffic cone if the cone could call the defenses. That's the only reason he's playing at all.
No stance here, but as a coach yourself for many years, why would a billion dollar franchise that pays pretty much top dollar for their teachers and evaluators, know less than BBI? Not being facetious here..I loved the brinkley pickup last year..What do we "know" that the Giants don't?
That's because he came back and proved it.
Current group is better than last year so I can't complain.
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by the BBI faithful than Brinkley. You'd think we let Antonio Pierce in his prime walk out the door.
He was our 2nd best defender last year when JPP returned, and was head and shoulders the best 2 gap run defender we had. Sheppard plays 20-25 a game and does NOTHING, Brinkley may be a journeyman but he is still light years ahead of Sheppard in terms of impact.
Agreed. Sheppard could be replaced with a traffic cone if the cone could call the defenses. That's the only reason he's playing at all.
No stance here, but as a coach yourself for many years, why would a billion dollar franchise that pays pretty much top dollar for their teachers and evaluators, know less than BBI? Not being facetious here..I loved the brinkley pickup last year..What do we "know" that the Giants don't?
That's an easy question to answer. They made a judgment and were wrong about a player's capabilities. It happens every day in football. I've missed on dozens if not hundreds of judgments, but I have an ego that's manageable enough to realize it and change my mind. The book's out on whether these guys can admit mistakes and rectify them.