LOL Athan

I would think that Lewis would be the left inside linebacker in a 3-4. The Right outside linebacker moves up to the DE position, the right ILB bascially becomes the ROLB and then Ray Lewis would basically become a MLB.

Maybe Pioli is trying to establish a winning attitude in the mean time while he's carving up the roster and getting "his" players. Win now. Win big later.

I'm fine with bringing in FA's to fill holes, you cant fix everything in 1-2 drafts alone.

It's necessary to do it when your team is in a transition like this, especially on defense where we're evidently changing our philosophy from a 4-3 to 3-4, and LB was our biggest need on defense. We have virtually nobody outside of DJ.

FA is ok when you can draft well also. That was the reason why this team fell off the earth so fast after DV and Carl. We drafted like crap and didn't have anyone to replace the vets that left, or those that did replace, never had a decent amount of PT since DV was all for playing the vets over rookies.

If you can get some good FA and draft well along with playing the rookies in order to get them up to speed, then I see nothing wrong with trying to expensive FA's here and there. But WE HAVE TO DRAFT WELL.

Agree with your whole post.

Plus, look at the FA's we brought in. Vrabel is a LEADER. A leader on a defense that lost its veteran players. Our defense needs a leader and Vrabel will help transition until a younger player starts to take that roll.

Cassel allows us to draft best player available without worrying so much about reaching for a future QB.

Great additions and this draft will be critical to our future success. But i think Poly-O string cheese has a great plan for the draft and has made the moves to set the stage for an impressive draft.

Looks like someone likes to leak premium...

LMFAO!!!!

Why would Ray Lewis want to sign with the Chiefs?? The 2-14 freaking KC Chiefs??

ROFL!!! That was good for a laugh.

Don't kid yourselves, Chief fans, NOBODY in their right mind wants to sign with the Failure that is the Chiefs organization.

Oh, that's real funny coming from a Raiders fan.

And I'm surprised you know how to type.

Didn't know Hillbillies were computer literate these days :D

You guys should know that this information would never have been reported on by Athan...had it not been for a tip from a long-standing, well-respected, reputable Chiefsplanet member.

So laugh now...but Chiefsplanet started this.

Everyone wants to sign with the Raiders, no organization expects less for their money than they do.

My bad.

Lewis has not tried to hide how much he hated playing in the 3-4 while Nolan was in Baltimore.

I believe his quote when Nolan finally left and they went back to a 4-3 was "now I can finally start playing football again instead of dealing with offensive linemen."

However, this is probably his last contract, so I'm sure he's going to pull out all the stops to try and get a bidding war going.

Evrbody wants to sign with the Chiefs.....NOT.

Hicktown, USA = KC

I bet I know who it was.