I agree. If you look back at Zimmers defenses we always had smaller linebackers and did just fine stopping the run. The film shows Jaylon guessing and honestly getting outsmarted by opposing offenses. Same thing over and over. Jaylon is just not the guy without that speed he once had.
Yes Sir....keep the oline off the backers seems exactly the intent for our new DC. Lavonte David came in to this league weighing 220 (now only 233) and he's been a flat out baller.
Quinn knows what he is doing and knows the player. I think he will do great
I don't have an issue with bringing in Neal. I have an issue in giving him $5M to play a position he doesn't play and that he is likely too small for. Until I hear the team say otherwise, I expect the plan is that he is going to start or at least be in the mix to start/rotate in at SS. That is what he is good at. Then (I know I said this a bunch of times already) in the nickel/dime he will play that hybrid LB, middle of the field spot that our 3 LBs were putrid at last year. A lot of teams do this so it is nothing unusual and we should have been doing for two years now. I don't expect he plays WLB in the base defense.
Have they decide what his role will be? All I’ve heard is they signed a safety
I doubt they will. I guess we will find out during minicamp
Atlanta only had 29 sacks in 16 games. That doesn't give the secondary much of a chance IMO. Kazee had 7 picks a couple of years back, which is more than our entire secondary had last season. I think it's a nice signing
Yes. Something to be happy with IMO because he is a centerfielder type and we need that badly, but a one year deal for probably not a lot of money seems about his skill set coming off an Achilles. I think he makes the team better even if incrementally because even if we go from a bottom 3 safety tandem to a bottom 12-15 safety tandem it's a huge improvement. But, bringing in marginal guys from a shitty D is what it is and seems to be our MO.
The lack of a pass rush was a major part of the problem for the Falcons. Wasnt because Neal and Kazee were bad players. Both were solid pickups. I will be honest and say the addition of these two does not transform the defense. You add Surtain and even Horn then the secondary will be better. I have been torn between Surtain and Horn. I do think Surtain maybe fits Quinns scheme better than Horn. Surtain seems to understand what offenses are trying to do. He obviously is in to watching film. You can tell by the way he mirrors receivers. He is NFL ready!! At this moment I am leaning towards Surtain. Tough call.
