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eesti Wrote:
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> Ireland is deviating from his size standards.
> Dannell Ellerbe is 6'1 236 lbs. Also played in a
> 3-4 in Baltimore.
Irelan junked those Parcells standards when he hired Philbin and Coyle and went to the West coast offense and the 4-3 defense.
eesti Wrote:
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> Ireland is deviating from his size standards.
> Dannell Ellerbe is 6'1 236 lbs. Also played in a
> 3-4 in Baltimore.
Ireland junked those Parcells standards when he hired Philbin and Coyle and went to the West coast offense and the 4-3 defense.
I've been trying to post for a while, but Chrome is giving me all sorts of fits with this website right now... having said that I'm rather impressed with our first day so far.
The website got locked up right at 4pm and I haven't been able to open the site for the last 3 hrs..
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The LB centric signing is definitely a bit surprising...
It's good to be getting younger and hopefully more dynamic and/or "aggressive" -- but we're certainly anchoring some bucks in places I didn't expect.
As others have noted -- going into free agency there were numerous positions of need that seemingly exceeded LB -- but I guess we feel we're getting "value" or a significant redesign that will generate more turnovers or impact plays.
But... We have significant needs at OT, TE and CB. It would seem Ireland & staff must feel the draft is deep at those positions and probably plan to find our solutions with:
R1 OT
R2 CB
R2 TE
R3 WR (for depth and development)
R3 best available (target additional OL, TE or CB for depth and development)
R4 best available (target additional OL, TE or CB for depth and development)
R5 best available athlete
R7 best available athlete
R7 best available athlete