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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
broken thumbs, ankle sprains, elbow i believe, but the one with cause for concern and made him miss the most time last year was hamstrings which can certainly be problematic. i tend do agree its worth the gamble (because he didnt have a flair up this year and played through other injuries) but it is a legitimate debate.
Sidenote: i just read an article about the steelers cap issues and i must say, as much concern as we have around here, im glad we dont have their philosophy. 100 million invested in their top 10 cap hits vs us at roughly 69 (even if you assume Flacco were still much better off). Definitely not the way to go about it when talking restructures.-JAB
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02-15-2013, 12:08 PM #2739Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Ellerbe also had a back injury. He said he was in really bad pain during the AFC Championship. I remember seeing him icing his back on the sideline.
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02-15-2013, 12:21 PM #2741Hall Of Fame Poster
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02-15-2013, 12:32 PM #2742Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
My current draft "theme" is getting big, versatile, athletic players that can block and catch from multiple positions. I've been advocating for a while now taking an athletic mismatch TE who can play the in-line position and allow Pitta to roam around in the slot, out wide, and in the backfield so that we can play mostly 2TE looks. But I really would not be surprised at all to see us also add a FB/HB/TE in addition to that even if we get a TE early. James Casey is kind of the prototype for that position.
Kyle Juszczyk out of Harvard is my favorite player in that mold. VERY athletic and physical, he mostly played HB/TE in Harvard's offense, but he should be able to play FB as well with his physicality and blocking. He is such a mismatch as a pass catcher though, he has super soft hands and is very elusive for being 6'1 260 or so. Leach is a great player, but it's time to get younger, cheaper, and more athletic at the position. We are not going to be an I-formation power running team next year IMO.
I am really excited about what our offense could look like with the prospects available in this draft and a creative OC calling the shots next year. The Patriots over the past few years have shown that you can build an offense around somewhat unconventional pieces as long as you have dynamic players who have good chemistry w/the QB. They have very little in the way of dominant outside WRs but are extremely dangerous with TEs and slot receivers over the middle. Even if we have to lose Anquan and/or Jacoby if we can acquire a dominant TE like Tyler Eifert or Gavin Escobar we can just go 2TE in the passing game and still be dominant.
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Speaking of miss matches at TE, I really want Travis Kelce, somehow!
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Random side note, does anyone think the Jets will trade with San Fran: Revis for Alex Smith?
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02-15-2013, 01:48 PM #2745
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02-15-2013, 01:52 PM #2746
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Packers are about to release Charles Woodson. I would think that would dampen the market for Ed Reed.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...lease-woodson/
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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