cloppbeast
Footballguy
I wouldn't question your assessment of Talaiferro, although I think you're a little optimistic, but I'm seriously skeptical of your stance regarding Pierce. We heard the entire pre-season from coaches and pundits about Pierce's familiarity with zone blocking in college, how well he will fit into Kubiak's system, and yada yada yada. Now you're trying to say he doesn't have the vision, based on two games?The eyeball test metric. You can point to the box score from week 2 and say Pierce has improved from last year but if you had watched the game you'd see him constantly misreading gaps and running with much less power than expected. I agree that the sample size with Taliaferro is likely too small to pass an legitimate judgement yet but I like his odds better than Pierce's at this point. Pierce flashed during his rookie year and we haven't seen any of that since. Taliaferro already has a longer rush in his one measly start than Pierce had all last year.
I don't know, man, but it seems fishy.