Michael Griffin reminds me of ...

He is nowhere near as bad at Lamont.

That said, he frequently looks out of place and he tackles like my mom would. He is about the farthest thing from a big hitting safety there is.

 

He has struggled this year, but you also have to remember where he's playing on the field... backing up Harper now and a rotating lineup of CBs before then... and he has had McGrath as the LB on that side recently, too. Even with Hood and McGrath playing well it takes lots of time together to solidify a secondary. With Finnegan and Bulluck on the other side, the free safety is going to have his hands full on this team.

At the end of the day they held Andre Johnson to 4 receptions. I think that shows they are starting to get the communication issues worked out.

 

I watched the Ravens Colts game on Sunday.

The Ravens safeties are more limeenfocers than a safety net. Their playisclinical compared to ours. Griffin and Hope seem to be running around in panic mode. We're reacting to plays rather than anticipating.

We're much improved but most of the time we're still rushing the QB with the front four and not getting pressure. Cecil is doing a good jobof being creative but we still runa lot of plays in our base defence which leaves our secondary floundering.

KVB is a weak link right now. Our best plays come when he's not a primary rusher. He needs to be one of the change of pace guys rather than one of our core every down guys. Ford is way more effective than KVB.

 

i think chris hope is the worse SS in the game. can i has eric berry plz

 

Yea somethings up with Griffin. He better figure out whats bugging him real quick.

 

I won't go so far as to say that he looks like Lamont "You Big Dummy" Thompson just yet. He hasn't been good by any means, but he isn't near as horrible as lt was.

It is clear though that whatever it is that is bothering him, is really bothering him. I'm hopeful that he will get it together.

 

Griffin plays with zero intensity. During last nights game I watched him make multiple "5 year old" tackles. By 5 year old tackle I mean how we tackle when we are kids. we run up to the guy and try to grab his shoulders from behind and pull him down. He also is a waste of space as a kick returner as he doesnt look like a guy who has his mind set on taking one to the house. He looks more like a guy content with getting to the 20 and not taking a big hit.

beleive it or not, weather he is playing like lamont thomson or not, he is effecting the defense in more ways than not making plays. His body language, etc is deflating in the grand scheme as well.

When you look at the Titan defense as a whole, guys are missing ALOT of tackles and not hitting people. Griffin is a "pro bowler" a "leader" if he is unwilling to make a hit and do what needs to be done, nobody is.

 

Since both our safeties have gone from great to suck, I blame Cecil.