Another position of need...linebacker

[Tiger]

Ryan Shazier all the way, south Florida kid with a ton of talent and a good head on his shoulders.

 

[Sons Of Shula]

Wheeler and Ellerbe have been butchered for their lack of coverage skills and now there is clamoring for the loose lipped, snail pace Spikes? :crazy:

* I understand he is a limited 2 down LB and that does us absolutely no good.

 

[mnphinfan]

Agreed. We need a run stuffing mlb. Spikes fills a role that our d lacks.

I'd take Beason for that role.

 

[Sean]

It'll either be C.J. Mosley or sign Jon Beason and draft one in the 2nd/3rd round.

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I think Jenkins is an improving option on passing downs but there are guys out there that are better.

It is just so difficult to comprehend how bad Wheeler was last season. I mean it looked like guys were running glitch madden plays against him. It was caught and ran for yards after catch every time.

Karlos Dansby anyone?

He's in Cleveland.

 

[SCLSU Mud Dogs]

Jordan is best suited for 3/4 OLB, but we drafted him for DE when in fact he's meant to be an OLB. If we're going to stick with a 4/3 the I'd say put him at OLB and adjust, have more blitzing from his 4/3 OLB position. Play him some at DE on passing downs. Get creative, make him more of a Joker OLB. Odrick is a DT now so maybe draft a pure 4/3 DE like James Gayle from Virginia Tech. The coaching staff actually has to do some thinking and scheming with Jordan, maximize that talent. Have him cover, play in space, pass rush from both 4/3 OLB and DE. In other words, the talent is there and it's time for the coaching staff to show that they're actually capable of maximizing a player's talent in an imperfect situation. If they can.

Sorry, but I think the "Jordan is suited for a 3-4" argument is tossed around way too much just as an excuse. Can we just accept the fact that he was raw his rookie year?

 

[ITS!MATEO]

Sign Beason and put him in the middle MLB, move Ellerbe to WLB and let Misi and Wheeler fight it out for OLB. Fixed.

 

[Fins_of_Fury]

I see a lb and cb in our future today, and hopefully a guard

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[dlockz]

Wheeler and Ellerbe have been butchered for their lack of coverage skills and now there is clamoring for the loose lipped, snail pace Spikes? :crazy:

* I understand he is a limited 2 down LB and that does us absolutely no good.

I remember they were praised for their coverage skills and blitzing and sucked at both.
Too much money on below average talent at LB for us