Eshlemon
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D. Bowens refusing to restructure in the last year of his contract (getting paid 2.2 mill this year with bonus, 2.8 mill cap hit) unlike a couple other DL is a big negative to Saban. IMO, he has to impress Saban with a great camp or injuries on DL in preseason for him not to be traded/cut. What's DB's trade value guys? A conditional 6th rounder?
DL w/o DB:
DE/DT Carter, Holliday
DT/NT Chester, T. Bowens.
DE/LB Taylor, Roth (Don't get mad guys. If Taylor's a LB in some hybrid 3-4 he'll still be going after QB, how often did OLB Lawrence Taylor drop in coverage in the 3-4 defense?)
A good 6 man rotatation plus a couple young DT (Romero & Vickerson) and Zgonina/other if there is a 9th guy.
Carter/Holliday/Roth better than D.Bowens/J.Williams/Robinson last year. But DL key is still the health of Chester & Timbo.
DL w/o DB:
DE/DT Carter, Holliday
DT/NT Chester, T. Bowens.
DE/LB Taylor, Roth (Don't get mad guys. If Taylor's a LB in some hybrid 3-4 he'll still be going after QB, how often did OLB Lawrence Taylor drop in coverage in the 3-4 defense?)
A good 6 man rotatation plus a couple young DT (Romero & Vickerson) and Zgonina/other if there is a 9th guy.
Carter/Holliday/Roth better than D.Bowens/J.Williams/Robinson last year. But DL key is still the health of Chester & Timbo.