I THINK, Brock will reneg but if he doesn't we will resign Walker. Freeman is ready to take over and we have Gamble coming back from injury,so maybe we'll be alright there. Also, if Fletcher shows he was worth a first round pick, we will have three top flight corners in the game in passing situations which should cover the slight drop in talent back at the safety position.
As far as the D-line goes, I'll admit that that is the biggest concern on the defense but I think we can replace Brommell w/ D. Bowens or Ogunleye and Mixon with Haley, Grant, or H. Taylor. Even if we have to bring in some stage two free agents we should be able to adequately replace those two guys. DG is the big ?. Will he be able to hold up or not? I tend to think not, I have yet to see a major sports athlete recover from back problems, so the real question is how much will we get out of him? Who knows. That is why I think the number one priority right now needs to be is to get TimBO reneged. He's only 29 years old and has been very durable. Replacing him would be difficult unless we got lucky with a draft pick. Anybody want to chance that?
The only thing I can say about the linebacker position is we have a good top three and then a considerable drop off after that. Hendricks is decent and versatile(if I remember correctly he has played OLB for us a time or two) and then there is the late season addition of Corey Moore who might prove that a change of scenery is what he needed. Either way we are just looking to find some depth and not a starter so we sould be able to take care of that problem at a minimal expense.
I think we will be okay next season and I am even looking forward to seeing some new blood out there. We need some fresh faces on this defense. I think a little change will do some good.