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Hater here!

It's all Eric Mangini's fault, right? That's today's excuse for not being a playmaker in 2008?

Granted seemed stupid to play him so far back so often, but he didn't do much other than celebrate tackles in which the ballcarrier had already achieved a 1st down. And celebrate like a 7-year old opening Christmas presents.

It's a clean slate in 2009.

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I liked what I heard out of the first one, but I turned it off after I heard the words "budding actor"

The second one is cool too, it shows how a CB and a FS have to play against receivers like TO & Randy Moss. I'd like to see what Mr. Hollywood Rhodes can do during the season. ;)

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Rhodes is going to have a great season. With Ryans scheme I'd expect him to be playing up and around the line a lot more, where he's as good as any safety in the league. He's great a stopping the run and at getting to the QB, Ryan will love him.

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Hater here!

It's all Eric Mangini's fault, right? That's today's excuse for not being a playmaker in 2008?

Granted seemed stupid to play him so far back so often, but he didn't do much other than celebrate tackles in which the ballcarrier had already achieved a 1st down. And celebrate like a 7-year old opening Christmas presents.

It's a clean slate in 2009.

Thats weird. I dont think of him as a ridiculous celebrating type player after a play and cant recall him doing it often. All I remember h im doing last year is getting pissed that guys were getting beat in the passing game. He seemed to be pointing a lot of fingers after big completions.

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Rhodes is going to have a great season. With Ryans scheme I'd expect him to be playing up and around the line a lot more, where he's as good as any safety in the league. He's great a stopping the run and at getting to the QB, Ryan will love him.

Yes, unfortunately he's terrible in center field and I think Ed Reed was used there plenty..

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http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d8046ef38

Ugly video, but a 1:06 you'll see why Rhodes is confident when it comes to covering T.O.

:Ban:

Come on.. Romo threw it right to him. By the time he comes in frame Rhodes isn't even running, just waiting to jump up and get it.

For a better example of Rhodes play in centerfield, watch him go all Wil.E.Coyote on a noodle ball:

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80db8b7a

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Come on.. Romo threw it right to him. By the time he comes in frame Rhodes isn't even running, just waiting to jump up and get it.

For a better example of Rhodes play in centerfield, watch him go all Wil.E.Coyote on a noodle ball:

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80db8b7a

That was a terrible play by Rhodes and Law. I never said he was great in centerfield (Although I wouldn't sey he's terrible either) but he's still a op safety. Mangini had him in deep coverage a lot last season, way too often for my liking.

I'll never forget in that New England game where he was playing like 30 yards deep everytime. The Pats didn't go near him at all in that game. They were playing short passes all the way.

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That was a terrible play by Rhodes and Law. I never said he was great in centerfield (Although I wouldn't sey he's terrible either) but he's still a op safety. Mangini had him in deep coverage a lot last season, way too often for my liking.

I'll never forget in that New England game where he was playing like 30 yards deep everytime. The Pats didn't go near him at all in that game. They were playing short passes all the way.

Well, my use of terrible was in relation to him being a "top safety" as our frame of reference. i.e. Compared to Reed, he's terrible.

Overall, he's probably average..

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Well, my use of terrible was in relation to him being a "top safety" as our frame of reference. i.e. Compared to Reed, he's terrible.

Overall, he's probably average..

I could pick out a lot of examples of Ed Reed getting beaten in centre field too. Players get beaten, it happens.

Rhodes is a very good safety, not as good as Reed but very good nonetheless. I can't wait to see what he'll do next season with Ryan/Pettine running the show.

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I could pick out a lot of examples of Ed Reed getting beaten in centre field too. Players get beaten, it happens.

Rhodes is a very good safety, not as good as Reed but very good nonetheless. I can't wait to see what he'll do next season with Ryan/Pettine running the show.

Nope. Kerry must be perfect. If not, he sucks.

Havent you figured that out yet. If you are member of the NY Jets, you must be perfect or you suck.

On the brightside, if you show the slightest sign of perfection, you are a first ballot HOF'er from the moment of you first big play.

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Nope. Kerry must be perfect. If not, he sucks.

Havent you figured that out yet. If you are member of the NY Jets, you must be perfect or you suck.

On the brightside, if you show the slightest sign of perfection, you are a first ballot HOF'er from the moment of you first big play.

And as Brett Ratliff has shown, the play doesn't even need to matter.:D

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Yes, unfortunately he's terrible in center field and I think Ed Reed was used there plenty..

They both play center like scared little girls. Difference is that Reed has the instincts and closing speed to recover from lining up five yards too deep on every goddamned snap to make the occasional play. Rhodes generally only makes it into the frame once the play is over to do that little throwing his arms up in the air in frustration thing that he'd be best known for if everybody wasn't still clinging to flashes from three years ago. Like that one time when Rhodes did something and it impacted the outcome of one of our games. 'Member that? That was awesome.

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Yes, unfortunately he's terrible in center field and I think Ed Reed was used there plenty..

I have a feeling he will be lining up all over the place and keep opponents guessing. he is a different kind of athlete than Reed, I don't think Ryan will play him the same. We will see.

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Rhodes generally only makes it into the frame once the play is over to do that little throwing his arms up in the air in frustration thing that he'd be best known for

LOL. I love that! I wait for that on every pass play in Rhodes' vicinity. It's hilarious.

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Hater here!

It's all Eric Mangini's fault, right? That's today's excuse for not being a playmaker in 2008?

Actually, it was Mangini's fault.

I don't only take Rhodes' word for it. I take Calvin Pace's words as well.

People here criticize Rhodes, but they don't criticize Pace. Pace, however, corroborates Rhodes' claim about Mangini.

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Nope. Kerry must be perfect. If not, he sucks.

Havent you figured that out yet. If you are member of the NY Jets, you must be perfect or you suck.

On the brightside, if you show the slightest sign of perfection, you are a first ballot HOF'er from the moment of you first big play.

ha!

The first one is a response to the second though..

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They both play center like scared little girls. Difference is that Reed has the instincts and closing speed to recover from lining up five yards too deep on every goddamned snap to make the occasional play. Rhodes generally only makes it into the frame once the play is over to do that little throwing his arms up in the air in frustration thing that he'd be best known for if everybody wasn't still clinging to flashes from three years ago. Like that one time when Rhodes did something and it impacted the outcome of one of our games. 'Member that? That was awesome.

this.

truth

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I have a feeling he will be lining up all over the place and keep opponents guessing. he is a different kind of athlete than Reed, I don't think Ryan will play him the same. We will see.

Oh, I don't think so either. Atleast he shouldn't.. My point was simply that a FS sometimes has to play some centerfield and I don't find Rhodes particularly adept at it..

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Hater here!

It's all Eric Mangini's fault, right? That's today's excuse for not being a playmaker in 2008?

Granted seemed stupid to play him so far back so often, but he didn't do much other than celebrate tackles in which the ballcarrier had already achieved a 1st down. And celebrate like a 7-year old opening Christmas presents.

It's a clean slate in 2009.

In most cases, it was the players fault. In Kerry Rhodes' case, it was Mangini and the system, same can be said for Calvin Pace down the stretch.

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I have a feeling he will be lining up all over the place and keep opponents guessing. he is a different kind of athlete than Reed, I don't think Ryan will play him the same. We will see.

Ed Reed plays FS in Baltimore, and Jim Leonhard played SS. Here with the Jets I think Ryan envisions Leonhard at FS and Rhodes at SS. Both Leonhard, and Rhodes can play either saftey position, but I expect to see Rhodes up in the box a lot. I also dont agree with another poster that said Rhodes wasnt a good centerfielder. When teams throw his way and he has a realistic shot to make a play on the ball, he usually makes one

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Hater here!

It's all Eric Mangini's fault, right? That's today's excuse for not being a playmaker in 2008?

Granted seemed stupid to play him so far back so often, but he didn't do much other than celebrate tackles in which the ballcarrier had already achieved a 1st down. And celebrate like a 7-year old opening Christmas presents.

It's a clean slate in 2009.

+1

The reason Mangini played him so far off the line is because Rhodes is such a ***** at the LOS. He's Percy Ellsworth with a cleaner jersey.

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Ed Reed plays FS in Baltimore, and Jim Leonhard played SS. Here with the Jets I think Ryan envisions Leonhard at FS and Rhodes at SS. Both Leonhard, and Rhodes can play either saftey position, but I expect to see Rhodes up in the box a lot. I also dont agree with another poster that said Rhodes wasnt a good centerfielder. When teams throw his way and he has a realistic shot to make a play on the ball, he usually makes one

But there was that one time where he didn't, hence he sucks.

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Laughable.

The middle of the Jets defense was a desert where opposing receivers ran free to catch any ball they wanted for huge gains. Rhodes is a big part of that. He's soft. He's a nice, ball-hawking type player, but he intimidates no one.

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The middle of the Jets defense was a desert where opposing receivers ran free to catch any ball they wanted for huge gains. Rhodes is a big part of that. He's soft. He's a nice, ball-hawking type player, but he intimidates no one.

Rhodes wasn't playing in the middle of the Jets defense for most of last season. On the majority of plays he was deep downfield in coverage. Teams did not go deep often on the Jets last season, Rhodes was a large part of that. Teams were targeting our LB's who were awful in coverage and CB's not named Revis.

Do you ever watch Rhodes when he plays around the LOS? He's been one of the best run stopping safeties for years. He's not a huge hitter but a VERY solid tackler. He also has more sacks than any other safety over the last 3 seasons, but yeah, he does that by being a *****. Right.

:yawn:

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