Can Melaluga play strong on early downs with Anthony at MLB if we do part ways with Timmons?
Melaluga looks so out of shape, I would be surprised if after running out on the field, he did not have to catch his breath for a few minutes.
Can Melaluga play strong on early downs with Anthony at MLB if we do part ways with Timmons?
Chris Clemons was not and athlete at all. Stiff as hell and couldn't make plays.Tony Lippett disagrees. so does Chris Clemons
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Looks like we tried with McMillan and Timmons. Raekwon is a **** happens, but he'll be back. Timmons was a **** you, and probably won't be back. Oh, the asses he'd have to kiss......
Whew, what a season. Two starting LBs out before game 1. And all the rest.
Gase has got to be wondering what he did to deserve all this.....
We have a chance to grow into a good team this season, with NE defense looking like crap we could steal the east. I would rather try to win then let another season pass by. If we fail it is just another and we regroup for next yearIt's the new CBA. Guy's making like 4.5M over the next 2 years with nearly no dead money next year. Doesn't hurt the cap. I much rather run a guy out there that can tackle and at least has the physical tools in coverage over a guy like Hull. I'm a lot happier to take a guy from a poorly coached team, especially with Anthony's tools. It's a desperate time at LB, sometimes you gotta roll the dice and it's not hard to recoup a 5th rounder if need be. When there's this many injuries this early in the season you're going to need to make some sacrifices to cap/draft capital.
Maybe the Saints are bad at evaluating LB talent. After all, they traded WR Kenny Stills to us, in exchange for LB Danell Ellerbe.
I've tried and I can't find anyone. You usually will sacrifice athleticism and range for instincts which is the offset in a 2 down mike.
If you can name me a quality 2 down mike I'd bet that their instincts are above average.
The kid brown in buffalo is basically a 2 down mike that they scrape by with in the nickel cause his instincts are above average.
I can't think of anyone.
These switches rarely flip. Highly either or and the ones that do develop usually played a different position in college like transition from undersized de to off the los lb. and even then most of them instinctually are average at best over the long haul.
If Stephone Anthony still has talent and is worth a flier, why are the Saints, a team with a genuinely atrocious defense giving up on him? It's not like they have an abundance of talent at the LB position and he is signed cheap enough he shouldn't have any real affect on their cap situation. Throwing away picks is never a good idea, it's not just the chances of a 5th rounder becoming a star, its assets that you don't have to move up in the draft. Take this year's draft, wouldn't it have been nice to have that 3rd and 4th rounder we gave up for Caroo to try and move up and draft a falling player like Malik Hooker?