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leomaz
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Jordan Palmer and Nate Collins signed to 1 yr contracts......Bye Josh?
Looks more like a 4-3 base defense
Looks more like a 4-3 base defense
Jordan Palmer and Nate Collins signed to 1 yr contracts......Bye Josh?
Looks more like a 4-3 base defense
Looks more like a 4-3 base defense
I like the Collins signing.
Yeah, me too. Low risk potentially medium reward.
What are your thoughts on the DT position this off-season?
Melton seems well on his way out. We have Ratliff, Paea, and Collins. Do you think bringing back Izzy Idonije is a realistic option? Draft? I don't know if I feel great about going into our season with those being our top 3 DT's in the rotation.
If we're heading in the direction of cutting Pep and signing Bennett. Which we seem to be. Do you think it's realistic that we'd ALSO sign Micheal Johnson (he can fit either a 3-4 or a 4-3 mold)? Then, address the safety position in the draft, along with picking up a DT in maybe the second or third round?
If we bring back DJ Williams, it would seem the LB spots are pretty much filled up, at least in the short term picture. Williams, Bostic, Shea, Greene, and maybe a 5th rookie. Where they slot them, and who starts where. I'm not sure, outside of Williams at MLB. Which is a head scratcher, because Shea sure as shit isn't cut out to play strong side LB. So... I just... I don't know. I guess you can't fix an entire defense in one off-season, so we'll have to sit through some shoddy LB play in 2014. At least, it would seem. Hopefully, front four and secondary improvements make enough of a difference to make us contenders.
Curious, but Trestman came out and stated 4-3 with a hybrid option. Why do you guys keep talking about a 3-4?
What he has actually said is far more ambiguous. He's basically saying they will do what the players they eventually wind up on the roster will support. Since he doesn't know his final roster, there's not much else for him to say otherwise. Since it's just as easy at this point to go one way or the other, either is still quite possible.
Ok, so what do we have currently? Ratliff can play NT. Peppers can play DE. Paea is a ??? in a 3-4? Same ?? with Collins. Briggs is a ILB in a 3-4?? Bostic ILB or OLB? Green same Q ILB or OLB? Shea as a OLB along with Bass on 1 side? Who's making the D calls on D on the field? Which LB has that ability as Briggs hasn't ever played it? Anderson still with the team? Williams?
What do we then draft? Nix a NT? No cause we have Ratliff instead we go with a DE? Any of the current DE in the draft 3-4 type? Tuitt or Ealy or Hageman?