(02-12-2021, 10:26 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: This. The honeymoon phase hasn't worn off for some, which is fine, but I'm honestly not even that impressed with his defense, so far.Similar to KP for me. There are trades that I'd do at this point, but I still think his defense is something that NEEDs to be infectious to this team. Can't trade him and get yet another offense first guy. I think that tilts the scale too far the other way and defense goes back to where it was last year.
Look, defense "uglies" up the game, it's not as fun to watch a team score less and get scored on less. It's only an essential element to have in a championship team. If we're talking about the long term, all these guys who came having offense first backgrounds are not going to hold eachother accountable throughout the game, it's the guys with a propensity to talk loudly that have a defense first mentality. Those are the JYD types I've talked about, but you can't just have just 1 JYD and a bunch of offense first guys on the team either.