Who should we trade with? Should we get Navarro Bowman or Pat Willis...I think in Madden we could trade a 5th round pick and get one of those guys.
We don't need to make a trade...unless it includes Dion Jordan...I think we have 3 young linebackers that can step in. We can start Jenkins at WLB and move Wheeler back to SLB. We can start Tripp at SLB or we can start McCain at SLB. I would prefer the Jenkins move because Tripp isn't healthy and I like the versatility we have with McCain and I would like to be able to move him around in different formations. Plus Jenkins is in his 2nd season and knows the defense better.
Dion Jordan could be part of the answer to the issue move him to OLB instead of De where we are loaded anyway.
Him and wheeler are done after this year, thanks a lot jeff.
On the bright side, hickey came into this offseason needing to overhaul an o-line and seems to have done pretty well. (So far)
Next year we go for linebackers and a true #1 wr.
The problem is all the guys that filled in yesterday at LB are also some of our best special team guys. We need some more bodies if some of them have to be starters. Sheppard hopefully does that well.
So you want Dion Jordan to cut about 20 lbs (which he used steroids to gain), learn to play a position he never played in the preseason and learn all the assignments while not having any contact with the team during his suspension...probably doesn't even have a play book? That sounds like a good move.
Not Ireland's fault they're hurt...it's his fault for signing players that don't necessarily fit the scheme (I see Ellerbe as a 3-4 LB and Wheeler just plain sucks...he can't play in any scheme). Every team has injuries they have to deal with. Most teams lost a player during preseason...ours just lasted a little longer. The important thing for the new linebackers is just playing the run. If we can continue to get pressure on the QB with the front 4 they won't have to cover for long but we need guys that can play sound gap assignment football in the run game, get off blocks and run downhill.
ouch...must have a dislocated hip or something...or a torn labrum
this is a big deal