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I wonder if we see the 2nd end opposite of WJ be filled by committee. From what I've seen Dixon and Jenkins have the inside track but aren't exactly lighting the world on fire. Nuer and KMB are going to be in need of reps, imo Bailey might actually be the next best guy right now. Dixon and Jenkins both also have the size and some ability to play a bit of 3 tech in a cheetah pack and 4i in the 30 front. If we end up with a DL of Wj, Lawson, Ceresna, Dixon or Jenkins, then Bailey, Nuer, Schmekel. We could end up not using a DI on the DL. It would be even better if some one like Hooper stepped up and was able to round out the back end of the roster.

Idk how we can afford even 1, especially if its just a teams guy. We are now loaded with teams guys.

I really like Allen. His ceiling is immense, and he was instantly a very useful player. That said, we are also instantly better if Griffin is at sam, and kramdi at S. Kramdis game fits better at S, and griffin is extremely good covering from the lber spot. Such a hard position to be in for JY. If the game slows down a little for Allen this year, he likely has the kind of year and launches his into the NFL and onto an AR as a back up. We did, but that was with like 6 DL and 3 imps, with no back up imp WR and with 1 less imp lber. Lber has become a trap spot on the roster for us. With last years NI lbers returning (Novak, Shay, Smith), plus Boulaine and clark drafted this year, we shouldn't be dressing a 3rd imp lber. But Ayers is a baller too. Id rather cut Ayers though, then lose Allen, Woodbey, or Griffin. Looks like he lost weight overall and added some lean mass. Daniels might not run well enough right now, or maybe they just want to limit his intake for now and let him adjust to a role he can fill right away then broaden him out later.

Yep. Id hope that means Allen sides back to corner, Or that Griffin does. DB is going to see some really tough cuts. WIth a DI used at Lber for teams, K, and KR, the last spot really should be on the DL if not a WR. But we also have Allen, Woodbey, and Griffin with out a roster spot in that case. I love Ayers, but Woodbey can do soo much more on D. And Griffin is an excellent db. I wouldn't want to lose either for Ayers. Maybe not even Allen given the volume of league starters and NI talent we have at Lber. I dont think we can translate camp to final roster intentions with the mafia, and it's still early. I think health and who is willing to sit on the PR will dictate a lot of what we do breaking camp.

We saw a lot of tweaks and gelling around the rest of that team. The OL gelled and over came a bunch of injuries/guys being pressed into duty. The DL did too as we worked in stove with drake more and did some 2 imp dt looks with him and of course the secondary was heavily overhauled.

Mos talked about it in yesterday's presser a bit. Yep, organic PKDs are great. When it comes entirely at the expense of everything else, it costs you a lot. But where a PKD on first down, when the other team converts is wasted, a qb hit/hurry/sack has a cumulative toll and you can easily get to the point where the qb is broken mentally if not physically. We saw us do that to the whole league for 2 years, and have seen zach and others here get to that point. I don't see a lot of WJs drops being called. When it's a called drop from the edge, you see a couple of hard steps to the back field, then a back peddle and you gain depth. The goal is to get the dropper to just under the shallow routes, which creates massive issues for the QBs. This is how we saw WJ get picks and deflections into pick 6s in the past. I haven't seen WJ climb that far back in a long time, though. With the player having the option to rover you see a lot less depth in the drop, and more screening action like on an inbounds pass in basketball. Which is what we do see WJ do a lot. We have had such a strange defensive roster since JY took over, Im not sure how much is his design and how much is just him making the best out of what he gets. We got away from the Fangio 6 style drop cover almost entirely last year. JY does want to play some match zone stuff with a bubble where DBs mirror routes, stay in back pedal as long as possible, make reads and then come up to play on the ball. But I don't think we've seen him married to a front or pressure package. We've seen 30, 40, 4+1, heavy blitz packages, but not as much mixes. We see prolonged runs on schemes then overhauls. He very well may view the front and pressure portion as utilitarian to what the secondary does and needs. Upside as well. if two guys are pretty close in calibre of play, but one is a rook and one is a 4 year guy its reasonable to expect that the rookie hasn't peaked and the vet has.

mos certainly loves willy playing the lanes. I’ve never heard jy talk on it but he can’t be against it. but he didn’t get to play that under hall. I mean, i love good pkds at the line too. when it comes with in the flow of pass rush it’s great. Even if the whole rush is stalemated dropping back is brilliant. At the expense of disruption it’s not worth it. no one does that in any league or level for a reason. consistent disruption not just sacks but pressures, hits, hurries and pocket collapses are too valuable. having that half the snaps of the game vs 1 pass knock down a game or less is a horrible trade off.

I understand what willy is saying and that he isn’t going to say yeah i’m over the hill. no way he feels that way. He has been significantly diminished the double teams and lack of a push from other spots on the line. He hasn’t been double teamed like that, because he doesn’t consistently push into the back field. He steps out if he can’t get an angle with a lead he coasts back and plays for the knock down. When he does get pressure his ability to finish sacks is one of the worst of any league starter. Not to mention getting his lunch eaten in option runs plays. We will see what he has left with some guys around him who can open game up for him. I’m sure it’ll be the best we’ve seen from him since jj left. But i expect his mixed useage, freelancing, and run vulnerabilities to continue.

I can’t imagine that the plan would be for him to start, short of some massive leap forward as a db. I’d be thrilled if he can improve and be the dime sub pack db along with kr

No concerns about this kids head space for me

Cats cut Keaton bruggeling. He hasn't shown many flashes from that size and athleticism, but our NI wr depth is pretty bad. I'd bring him in for a camp body.

To be fair, we will see a ton of young guys running with the starters in TC. We don't have much of an opening, and the guys we have know JYs system very well. For once, you don't expect any learning curve to start the season. Because of that, we have the fantastic luxury to slide guys around and really give young guns a shot with the 1s, while also using vets with the lower groups to help coach them, and see how they work together. I think this year is going to be the best year for our D under JY. 100%, and that confidence, especially as a rookie, is key. Part of the year 2 slowing down experience plays is just having the confidence to jump on the opportunities they see as soon as it comes up.

Iirc he was a real **** too. Got involved later in some pump n dump stuff.

15 lean pounds on the defensive end is a lot. Its not soft body mass differences like with DTs or guards. 15 pounds of muscle from basically the small side of normal, when you're facing import tackles in the 6'4 300 range all day. Bailey and WJ are slight, but Bailey is an outlier in terms of strength and WJ plays his own game. I think Nuer will be good up here, but he does have to be protected in terms of rep exposure early on. His testing for his size wasn't ideal either. Thats why he isn't in the NFL. If he had the same athleticism with 15lbs more lean mass or a higher tier of athleticism at his size he wouldn't be up here now. Its hard to say. His frame looks long and lanky. He could bulk with out question, would it slow him is the question. If he can't bulk with out slowing down he's best off staying down in weight imo. He did drop back from the edge range from his spot a decent bit in college. I think to start with, he will do a lot better rushing from a stand up position rather than having a hand in the dirt on most of his snaps.

I see rotational piece quality in both, this year, for sure. Idk about that. IF we are going for a run, stopping base, we would want Lawson and Ceresna on the field. Not really Nuer. He's undersized and has struggled to disengage blocks to get into the run game. If anything, that is a time I'd flip Ceresna to the edge, beside a tweener big like Fletcher/Young in camp right now. Even though he's undersized a bit, KMB is much better vs the run than you'd expect. I'd also look to the 30 front in that case, with 3 big bulls you completely shut the interior gaps and force the run off tackle to one of our many Wil type bodies. In 1 year, Smith caught Ayers in terms of playmaking. Which is no small feat. Smith's intangibles are off the chart, which, combined with top-tier athleticism and the right passport, should be a first-class ticket to major reps.

100% He floated some deep balls that went for long completions when they should've been TDs, but he played his best in the play offs and put us in a position to win each time. He was really the anti zach. If zach played in the post season like nichols, we'd have won 4 in a row with ease. I mean, they said the same thing in edmonton. Lapo and Nichols was the most extreme dink and dunk combo ever. If you had 1 with some one to help offset their weaknesses you'd be ok. But together, it was a recipe for a massive work load on Medlock. Idk, wasn't his last game played here when he got booed off the field at home and whined about it in the interview after? I think that stuff impacted Nichols more than most qbs, but his wife did do a great job of helping him try to spin it. Ring of honour for high-quality people in blue n gold. The village of Walbys Warriors.

his get off move and speed was exceptional. We could sure use a bit of that now

if we kick/punt that many times sure. I’d love for them to get 10+ D snaps a game. Hell split 10-15 that’d be some thing. Smith is far more ready as a player, he’s fully ready to atleast platoon at lber imo. If not start. Shay is at a position where he is more likely to get reps though. normally i’d agree for smith. The problem is he’s buried on the depth chart at lber. I don’t think mos will be quick to flip ratio at lber. We’ve only done that during his time here due to injury. I would in a heart beat. I’d much rather use the starting imp at wr or ol. 100%. He’s got the best inside track of any rookie on this team by a mile. If hooper over achieves enough to back up/rotate, Or if smith/shay step up into meaningful reps, nuer could play a lot of reps at de. I think nuers biggest concern will be rookie wall especially with his size. He probably needs his reps kept down to keep him from going full devin adams.

I’m not exactly a nichols booster, but I think that’s reasonable. Def not roh guy, but bb hof qb? why not i can’t think of any one not in whose better (and retired)

Yeah I can’t see us going 7ol, mci, peterson, clercius and daniels. Just too many big blocking bodies. Plus Schmekel. Those other guys bring contribution to other areas, a 7th ol is just too much roster waste. If we start vanterpool or randolph at guard, and have wallace as the 6th, we have guys who can slide in at C or bump over to T and cover all spots in case of injury.

Not that i’ve seen. I could see us starting 2 and having clercius/daniels rotate as package guys. Whites played 5 years in the league and could be used rostered as the naturalized player. So we use that and have half his snaps counted as a canadian with two other americans, then have clercius/daniels play snaps to keep the ratio.

I wonder if he either wasn’t 100% or didn’t look good post injury. If he’s not physically toast i’d bring him into camp for a look. he’d be our 3rd best dt by a mile

oh man some deep cuts there. our antonio brown not that antonio brown was a gooder. kamau caught every thing under the sun, what a pair of hands….

Bailey is a beast, and he has some freakish strength that really surprises people with his size. Reminds me a lot of Gavin Walls, not as strong, lengthy, and of course, without the polish.

Strength of the team is a tough one. Did Flutie ever start on a bad or average team? Do we downgrade Zach's renaissance because he was on a generational team? Does that, by extension, nearly wipe out Kharis' career? What about AC's loyalty to the Als or his willingness to remake himself late in his career? Something similar can be said of all the top QBs. Some of those factors are bigger than others. Imo, the big ones are Danny Mac just slinging it on so many bad or mediocre teams (while piling up the picks), Allen padding numbers like emmit smith while only having a small number of good passing years, Harris/KG padding on good teams and not elevating teams, and just the vastly different era for guys before Brock/Moon/Clements. Even that era, up through Khari to the modern era, is a massive change. Nothing is gained by reducing the greatness of any of those guys, though.