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11-30-2018, 08:48 AM | #2 | |
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If there is a great, athletic ILB on the board, I think you think really hard about taking him. Hitchens is cuttable after the 2019 season. It's still painful (8.4m dead cap), but he's cuttable. Which means you can take a gamble on a pure athlete at ILB and give them a year to groom behind O'Daniel. I think the O'Daniel pick is looking better and better at this point, though he does have room to grow. The age of the thumper is just about over. |
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11-30-2018, 09:01 AM | #3 | |
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Maybe reactionary, but I don’t think you can have a good defense now without having 2 guys in the middle that can play all 3 downs really well. |
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11-30-2018, 11:14 AM | #4 |
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I think Hitchens and O'Daniel can be a top 10 ILB group in the NFL. O'Daniel just needs more experience....which he's getting.
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11-30-2018, 11:25 AM | #5 |
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11-30-2018, 11:26 AM | #6 |
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I think is kind of a chicken or egg thing too we’re running in to. Jones is super disruptive playing the way he does up front, but that leaves the linebackers susceptible sometimes
I don’t know what the best thing to do is |
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11-30-2018, 11:27 AM | #7 | |
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This is why we need to move to a 4-3 base defense like everyone has been screaming for a while now. |
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11-30-2018, 11:44 AM | #8 | |
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11-30-2018, 06:48 PM | #9 |
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Direckshuns I think your spot on, at least I hope you are.those that are hammering on hitchens are going to be proven wrong.i don't watch a lot of cowboys games , but the ones I did he was impresssive. It was reported that he didn't miss a tackle last year, I know the nasayers will be 7-10 yards down yada yada , but I don't think that's been the story on him before he got here. He looked to me like a stud every time I got to watch him play.Was really pumped when I heard we got him. Like you I really think next year is going to be a treat.Also I think DOD is going to come on next year after spending a offseason in the program.
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12-04-2018, 03:53 PM | #10 |
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The Chiefs have to get better play on the DL is how you'd start. Bailey and Williams are ****ing jags.
Just think how insane Dee Ford would be if they had any more capability to flush a QB out of the pocket. Dee Ford has to play out of his ****ing mind for every single sack. |
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12-05-2018, 07:03 AM | #11 |
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I think you have to have a dude that’s big on your roster. If not, smart teams like the Cheatriots will just up and run power on you all game. They did that to some fools a few years ago. Got some slapstick at RB 5 TDs and cut him a couple weeks later.
Ultimately, you’d like to have a couple prime DJs back there. But that talent doesn’t come around every draft. |
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12-18-2018, 01:33 AM | #12 |
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I want LBs that run forward, fill gaps, and hit people. I'm sorry, but this group needs a major overhaul.
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12-18-2018, 11:42 AM | #13 |
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They spent a but ton of money for Hitchens to be a JAG, good luck.
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12-18-2018, 11:44 AM | #14 |
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Spending the money wasn't necessarily the problem. Putting him in a different system and expecting him to just take off was.
Seriously, why would you sign a free agent to a big deal then have him do things he's not really done? |
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12-18-2018, 11:50 AM | #15 |
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I dunno, the way Sutton asks his LB's to play seems completely different than any other team I watch so, explain that?
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