Pees regrets moving Brooks around

[TBird]

I disagree with the line at the bottom that says it's time for Ozzie to abandon the BAA and draft for need. Oz will never

do that. He goes to super bowls and fielded a dominant team over the past decade drafting the BAA.

 

 

 

 

Pees Regrets Moving Brooks Around

Brian Bower

Posted 15 hours ago in STREET TALK

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If rookie safety Terrance Brooks could go back in time, there is little doubt he would choose to hit the “re-do” button on his 2014 season.

From struggling through picking up the playbook during training camp to finding himself in John Harbaugh’s proverbial doghouse after giving up a long touchdown pass in the New Orleans game, if time travel were possible, he’d be the first in line.

Yet for all the missteps along the way, many rookies suffer during their first year in the NFL, and it wasn’t all Brooks’ fault. Injuries continue to happen at an alarming rate this season in the Ravens secondary, which forced defensive coordinator Dean Pees to figure out which pieces to fit into the puzzle on game days.

Brooks failed to see the field on defense until Week 4, and played in just 245 defensive snaps before suffering his season-ending PCL injury against Jacksonville last week. He finished the season with 19 total tackles (16) solo, allowed eight completions in coverage (12 targets), had one pass defended and allowed one touchdown, per Pro Football Focus.

With hindsight always being 20/20 and Brooks out for the remainder of the season, defensive coordinator Dean Pees offered his early assessment on Brooks and took full responsibility for the rookie’s rough start.

“I think there’s some times with Terrence … As a rookie, we moved him around a little bit,” said Pees. “Probably in retrospect, I probably would have gone back and maybe just put him in one place and just left him there and let him soak. But we tried to teach him a bunch of different things. I’m not sure that was the best for him. I’ll take the blame for that.

“I think he’s going to be a really good football player, a really good football player.,” the Ravens defensive play caller responded about Brook’s future. “He’s smart, but the game was a little different for him. And then when you’re trying to learn a couple different spots, it kind of even became harder. When we had injuries, we moved guys here, moved them there, [and] that’s tough on a rookie. I think a year from now, I think you’ll see a really consistent player.”

It’s not all on Pees by any means – players still have to play but it is on the coordinator to put them in the best position to succeed. No one can predict injuries but the front office knew of the suspect secondary unit and failed to do anything about it until it was too late.

That won’t be the case in 2015.

Brooks will return healthy and will be given his shot again, but don’t expect the brass to sit around waiting in the meantime.

In fact it could be the first year in memory that the Ravens decide to throw the “best player available” mantra aside – at least in the first few rounds – and draft for need, with an already tight salary cap laying in wait for next season.

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[cravnravn]

If we throw BPA theory aside we will turn into the browns or bungles. There are only a handful of teams that have had the success that we have had over the past 18 years. Its the reason we have the best dam front office in the league.

[cravnravn]

And Pees should have no regrets moving Brooks around, we don't need a D/C second guessing his decisions because of injury. Injury's are part of the game. Pees better develops the next man up attitude, its what made our d throughout the years dominant.

[tsylvester]

Pees' job is to develop players, him & his staff. How many secondary players have they develped since he got here? 0 You can blame injuries all you want, blame youth too. However, most of the other teams have had little trouble developing players, yet the Ravens can't...haven't...Anyone can be good cover corner or solid safety doing his job correctly when the front four/five get quick pressure. The true test is if they can take away the first two reads giving the front four time to get home.

 

Brooks maybe be "smart" off the field, in a class room, but on the field, he is dumb as a box of rocks... moving from position to position is a cop out. He couldn't cover, had numerous blown assignments in college but the talent he worked against was subpar so he inafficiency was covered up. Same for the other supposed safety, Elam, who never could cover nor tackle. I believe he leads the league in missed tackles....

[thundercleetz]

Pees' job is to develop players, him & his staff. How many secondary players have they develped since he got here? 0 You can blame injuries all you want, blame youth too. However, most of the other teams have had little trouble developing players, yet the Ravens can't...haven't...Anyone can be good cover corner or solid safety doing his job correctly when the front four/five get quick pressure. The true test is if they can take away the first two reads giving the front four time to get home.

 

Brooks maybe be "smart" off the field, in a class room, but on the field, he is dumb as a box of rocks... moving from position to position is a cop out. He couldn't cover, had numerous blown assignments in college but the talent he worked against was subpar so he inafficiency was covered up. Same for the other supposed safety, Elam, who never could cover nor tackle. I believe he leads the league in missed tackles....

I think the root of this problem is how good Teryl Austin was here. I know the players loved him and he did a lot for us in interviewing and working out draft prospects. Austin has done a great job as the Lions DC and will be up for NFL head coaching jobs, maybe even the Pittsburgh college job.

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/154788/lions-dc-teryl-austin-could-be-up-for-head-coaching-jobs

[RavensFanMania]

I disagree with the line at the bottom that says it's time for Ozzie to abandon the BAA and draft for need. Oz will never

do that. He goes to super bowls and fielded a dominant team over the past decade drafting the BAA.

 

The good organizations, like the Ravens, draft BPA and Ozzie and Eric Decosta and company will continue to do this.

 

Go Ravens!

[TBird]

Pees' job is to develop players, him & his staff. How many secondary players have they develped since he got here? 0 You can blame injuries all you want, blame youth too. However, most of the other teams have had little trouble developing players, yet the Ravens can't...haven't...Anyone can be good cover corner or solid safety doing his job correctly when the front four/five get quick pressure. The true test is if they can take away the first two reads giving the front four time to get home.

 

Brooks maybe be "smart" off the field, in a class room, but on the field, he is dumb as a box of rocks... moving from position to position is a cop out. He couldn't cover, had numerous blown assignments in college but the talent he worked against was subpar so he inafficiency was covered up. Same for the other supposed safety, Elam, who never could cover nor tackle. I believe he leads the league in missed tackles....

It looks that way now but I still have hopes for both. I think it was McShay or someone who said Brooks was his fav in the draft and someone else said he

was the steal in 3rd round.

 

As for Elam, we drafted at the very bottom and he was projected as a first round pick by every team and even higher before the draft. He fell and now we know why but the other guy was the one many of us wanted - Cyprien - and he isn't doing much better, His fans are calling him a bust.

 

Then the Saints benched their Saftey, Ricky Vicarro for screwing up. Eric Reid seems to be the only one in that class from the first round that has turned out.

 

It's too early to write off Elam and Brooks. Hell, look how long it took Kruger the Beast to develop.