Stryka

We need a veteran CB who can start. Oliver and Sheffield will take some lumps. I believe in both but Oliver gives me pause. It’s year 3 for him. Boom or bust year for him.

Definitely a candidate to free us up some money and so is carpenter. Cutting either one gets us a few million back where we can go and try and get griffin Matthews.

Who gets traded?? Brian Hill? Ito? Brian is tenderer. Why do many backs? What’s the plan? Hope we have offers for Hill or someone else....

I think he is built if the right stuff. I’m obviously biased but I think he makes us forget about the injury this year. Lot of time off. He’s got Rico to lean on who had a similar injury before. I think he is fully ready to go this year. 3 times in a row just would be outlandish.

I’d agree. Neal’s presence was a big factor in our overall defense. He’s a stud vs the run and always solid vs the pass. The enforcer tag brings some extra “clout” his way. Lol. Hoping that injuries are a thing of his past.

I’m sure he is getting plenty full range work. He’s a RB so weight room training is catered to strength, flexibility and endurance for the knees. This was impressive because of all the narrative regarding the knee. A guy with concerns isnt going to go and show off. He looked plenty powerful to me even if he looked like he lost half a step. I really didn’t see much decline though.

Might? Lol, Treadwell might be able to beat out Blake and Zaccheaus for the 4th spot. Gage is locked into the 3rd spot. He’s a great athlete, Can get busy after the catch and has sticky hands. Treadwell has size and that’s it in regards to his plus over Gage. im excited about him growing in the offense.

It’s critical. That right side of the OL has to get better. **** Matthews needs to be better too. Oliver and Oluokun are critical as is the 2 1st round OL. Those guys will be counted on to be at least average starters. They aren’t quite there yet but maybe they get there. Better technique and they could be. Cominsky isn’t going to be some stud imo but we need him to be a great edge defender and a serviceable was *** rusher from there and inside.

I agree with Top Billin. Competition matters. The 3 picks were very lucky and against poor teams. AJ was in the ACC which isn’t a ton better but he played better offenses. Who knows. We shall see. I know that AJ def faster and more physical.

And these teams were fighting for playoff position. Doin it in their home showed a lot of inspiration. 2015 we had the great start then the meltdown. Last year the opposite. 2017 was even full of ups and downs as a playoff team. This team needs to get consistent from start to finish. Period.

I think DQ falls in love a guys attitude and potential sometimes more than he does the finished product or projection to the NFL. I wanted Watt the whole time and then Takk won me over from his speech, intensity and 8 sacks his rookie ya including 1 in each playoff game. His 2018 was solid with 7 reg season sacks but he hasn’t improved since then and the injuries are troublesome.

That’s what I was saying. A veteran starter at CB. Make the young guys beat him out. Then Clay to play SLB and situational pass rush would be fantastic.

I think Oluokun improves enough to where we don’t have to worry so much. Walker fills in at SLB for now and maybe develops into a better running mate than Foye for Debo. Keanu in with some big nickel looks helps versatility. I still think we need a crafty solid veteran in at all 3 levels of defense. Especially at CB.

That’s assuming somebody is going to give us a starting CB? You see how many good CBs are in the league compared to good WRs? It’s still kinda unheard of unless we talking madden. Which corner? I’m curious as to what you would have liked to do if it were feasible.

We need a veteran starter to compete with Oliver and AJ. Counting on a completely young secondary isn’t wise.