Will Brees or Bulger Bounce Back?

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So will these guys bounce back to make an impact. Let's hear your opinion.

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[GobbleDog 822]

Good poll. I voted both will because they have a plethora of offensive weapons on both teams. For Bulger, it's only a matter of getting healthy.

[Guest _my_2_cents_]

For Bulger, it's only a matter of getting healthy.

 

I disagree. For Bulger it's a matter if 4 starters on the O-Line including Pace being out, possibly for the season. They just lost another in week 4, and Ingocnito is playing at about 70% from what I've read.

 

the whole reason Bulger isn't healthy is because of the O-Line, and how much abuse he took through 4 hard to stomach weeks of being hurried, hit, knocked down and sacked. The result is 2 broken ribs and a bad knee bruise.

 

Getting healthy is a very small part of fixing the Rams woes - the O-Line needs to protect whomever is behind center and also open holes for the RB. They have shown the ability to do neither to date and I am not expecting that to change in a few weeks regardless of whether Bulger's ribs heal up. He'll just be so much fodder for the LB/DL when he returns if they can't protect him.

 

And unfortunately at that level and in this point in the season it's almost impossible to fix an O-Line with that many holes.

 

I think Brees has a chance to snap out of his funk - they have a ton of weapons and a decent O-Line - so far it's been underachieving and poor playcalling to blame from what I can see.

 

i give Brees a 75% chance of snapping out of his funk at some point and Bulger a 10% chance of playing well again in 2007.

[GobbleDog 822]

I disagree. For Bulger it's a matter if 4 starters on the O-Line including Pace being out, possibly for the season. They just lost another in week 4, and Ingocnito is playing at about 70% from what I've read.

 

the whole reason Bulger isn't healthy is because of the O-Line, and how much abuse he took through 4 hard to stomach weeks of being hurried, hit, knocked down and sacked. The result is 2 broken ribs and a bad knee bruise.

 

STL had o-line issues in week 2 when Bulger threw for 368 yards. Heck, Bulger finished 2nd in sacks among QBs last year and still had a stat filled season. Obviously the loss of some o-linemen this year isn't going to help, but I think Bulger is somewhat used to it and as the season goes on, the new starters should get better.

 

I still believe. Although I'm shocked STL let Bulger play last week with two broken ribs.

[Guest _my_2_cents_]

STL had o-line issues in week 2 when Bulger threw for 368 yards. Heck, Bulger finished 2nd in sacks among QBs last year and still had a stat filled season. Obviously the loss of some o-linemen this year isn't going to help, but I think Bulger is somewhat used to it and as the season goes on, the new starters should get better.

 

I still believe. Although I'm shocked STL let Bulger play last week with two broken ribs.

 

Last year is a terrible comparison - he lost Pace, who was replaced effectively. This year he's lost 4 starters and a 5th in Incognito who's hampered.

 

The O-Line has gotten worse since week 2, and with his 368 yds Bulger had 1 TD. He had 5 trips to the red zone and it resulted in 1 TD. SF also sacked him 6 times (six!) and broke 2 ribs. Sometimes perspective helps. I'd say he sure as sh!t needs an O-Line to perform.

 

Then in week 3 he had 116 yds, 0 TDs and 3 Ints - how'd that whole, "he can do it without an O-Line" help him then?

 

Week 4s 114, 0 TD and 1 Int didn't look so hot either.

 

The only thing I agree with in your post is the question of why STL ran him out there. They paid him an awful lot of $ - that seems really foolish.