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Originally Posted by redsk1
A few choices shocked me: Batiste and M. Williams on the oline. I just remember during a preseason game thinking, man this guy Batiste sure got beat good. Good thing he'll never play. I guess they are thinking potential w/ MW. The problem is we don't have time for potential.
I'm not really too confident in our backup LBs. Blades, Wilson (a converted DE), Thomas. Hope no one gets hurt...yea.
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I'm more than concerned with the fragility, as well as the lack of experience at the LB position. Of the starters Fletcher is by far the most experienced but let's face it guys, London slowed slightly towards the end of last season.
Rocky has a history of knee problems so we have to keep em crossed and hope he can maintain health for the duration of the season.
HB Blades is our next most experienced player at the LB position. His versatility alows him to play all three LB positions which could prove invalueable over the course of the season.
The next three, Orakpo, Wilson and Henson have never played a down in the league at the position. We want to believe that Orakpo will succeed because of his credentials, but we can't loose sight of the fact he lacks vital experience, and creative OC's are going to test his skill level repeatedly all season long.
Now let's talk about the DB's. I feel good about the safety position, but the CB position could become problematic depending on both the health of Rogers, and his ability to maintain his place in the lineup. Halfway through the season last year he was sent to the pine in favor of Hall and didn't accept the demotion very well.
Hall, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed and hope his play does not cause a lot of people to say "I told you so".
Smoot. if we don't get anything else we'll always get the "rap"
The second half of the CB situation is erily simular to the second half of the LB corps. Westbrook, Barnes and Tryon none of which have ever played in an NFL game. It's going to prove interesting, and I'm going to hope and pray our frontline players can stay healthy which is a tall order in this league.
My antennas' are up!