Projected Depth Chart
 

QB: Cassel, Thigpen, Croyle
RB: Johnson, Charles, Williams, Smith
FB: Cox

WR: Bowe, Bradley, Engram, Lawrence, Webb
TE: Cottam, O'Connell

LT: Albert, Taylor
LG: Waters, Smith
C: Niswanger, Smith
RG: Goff, Richardson
RT: McIntosh, Brown

DE: Jackson, McBride
NT: Tyler, Edwards
Undertackle: Dorsey
DE: Magee, Boone

OLB: Hali, Williams
ILB: Thomas, Beisel
ILB: Johnson, Mays
OLB: Vrabel, Robertson

CB: Flowers, Carr, Washington, Daniels, Leggett
S: Page, Pollard, Morgan, McGraw

K: Succop
P: Colquitt
LS: Purdum
KR/PR: Lawrence, Charles

Man, we are going to suck.

LJ should be written very lightly in pencil.

it looks like Succop had a 40% TB rate in 06. Not bad.

here comes a 5-11 season...

That is a brutle roster...

Before all the Dorsey at NT talk starts, Haley said in one of his recent press conferences that Dorsey is going to play outside.

That'd be a 3 game improvement against a much more difficult schedule.

I don"t believe Magee will start. Plans can change, but after what Haley said about Dorsey, it sounds likes they have plans of keeping Dorsey outside at a 3-4 DE.

We'll find out how much difference coaching makes because the roster isn't significantly different overall.

I don't really expect Tamba to start either, he'd probably have to be more of a third down player at OLB. Vrable and Hali both starting at OLB would be brutal for our pass coverage.

We are going to get absolutely annihilated.

Our run D and ST coverage will be good, but every other facet of our team will ****ing suck beyond comprehension.

Cassell was a draft pick, you can bold his name ;)

Yep. We still don't have any way of getting pressure and our LBers are going to get killed in coverage.

Going to?

I can't believe we still have Damion SuckIntosh penciled in as the stater at RT.

****.

so?

there is no way we can repair the damage Herm did to this team in one shortened offseason.....

QFMFT!

I can't believe that, or the fact that we still have NO ONE to rush the passer.

We may break our own record for sacks in 2009.

Vrabel too, for that matter.

No F'ing way.

OK, I'll admit, that comment was a bit hyperbolic.

But be honest:

Who the **** do you expect to rush the passer?

Seriously?

True, but it would be nice to actually start the repair rather than thinking that the best way to fix a broken toilet and leaking shower (our pass rush and o-line) is by putting up wallpaper (signing STers and run stoppers).

Maybe Vrabel can throw is broke dick at them.

With a college ball that travels about 10-15% longer.

Well the defense looks better than last year but I can only imagine what Baltimore is going to do week 1 to our offense.

You can't really compare this draft to last year. Last year was a much stronger draft and we had a lot more picks. We were in a position at #3 where anyone we would feasible take would be a reach. Jackson wasn't ideal at #3, but he has the potential to help us more than any other option there except for Raji.

You are 100% correct, but isn't that consistent with the value in the draft? I must have heard 100 time that this draft is deep offensively and next years is deep defensively? Isn't that what was SUPPOSED to happen?
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Hmm I did not know that, thanks.

The Chiefs gave up the second most yards per carry in the league last season.

Anyone who plays the Chiefs this year should just throw intermediate passing routes every play they'd kill us.

LMAO I figured, but I agree its going to be more epic suck.

its been like that for a long time it seems.

run stopping is mere wallpaper?


seriously?


look, they have clearly prioritized things differently than you....you keep trying to ascribe bad faith to their decisions which is a cheap way to argue....

Tamba Hali FTW!!!!

Eh...Could be worse. Herm could be finishing out his last year of his contract along with Carl. We were on pace to go 0-16 this year with Herm's rebuilding scheme.

Never mind, that earlier comment wasn't at all hyperbole.

EPIC SUCK.

You're gonna bring out that dude who thinks Tamba Hali is gonna be a great stand up rusher.

I don't think that Herm did much damage at all to the team. In fact the team is in a much better position for future success as a result of his little youth movement. The problem with Herm is that he just couldn't effectively coach the team on gameday.

Hey....wait.....forget my last post.

Bryant Johnston FTW!!!!!!!

They'll be more sacks from the scheme alone. And I think the line play will be better, which will make it easier for everyone else to do their jobs, including rushing the passer.

They won't set the world on fire, but I'd be surprised if they aren't way over double last year's number.

Herm also couldn't develop talent for shit. Being a piss-poor headcoach and losing enough games to get high draft picks doesn't mean he did a good job rebuilding.

I don't ascribe bad faith, I ascribe bad judgment. Never once have I said they did anything in bad faith. They aren't picking guys to fail, they are making bad picks.

There's a reason why run pluggers and strong side ends don't go in the top 10, and it has to do with value.

If you can't rush the passer in a passing league, you can't win. We didn't even attempt to address this. I'd be we are a top 10 run D and a bottom 5 pass D next year.

The problem is that so many of those picks simply don't fit in the new 34 scheme.

What are the 3 most valued things in the league..

QB
Guys who rush the QB
Guys who block the QB's blind side

QB driven league...I don't see run stuff coming into this.

Has anyone indicated that Johnson will be an ILB? I would have guessed Johnson as OLB and Vrabel inside.

We will be better than we were last year. However, using our top picks on D-line I'm not counting on them doing anything this year.

Yeah, its a significant problem.

Cleveland had a horrible pass rush last year in the 3-4. San Diego's sucked w/o Merriman. If you don't have edge rushers, you aren't doing shit for pass rushing in the 3-4

Let's put it this way. A team with a line of Williams, Olshansky, and Castillo had 28 sacks.

A team with Shaun Rogers had 17 sacks.

Dallas had 59 sacks with a pretty crappy front.

I'd assume if they're in any sort of 3-4 set, Johnson would be the coverage backer and Thomas the between the tackles backer. Or if playing under, DJ will, Thomas mike, Vrable Sam and Hali (?) in the flex position. But I don't know.

Don't forget to save some of the blame for King Carl because this dogshit taco is on him just as much as on that other douche.

If we start that defensive lineup that Direkshun is suggesting, we should be pretty good, assuming the league allows us to play 4 linemen and 4 LB's at the same time.

LMAO

Man we suck worse when you actually see the roster. YIKES!

Our guys suck so much we'd suck anyway.

have not read the thread, might have been mentioned but..
washington will NOT be the nickel back also maybe O'connell at FB sometimes for the Kris Wilson role