I think the thing with defenses now is that you just have to have 11 guys that are atleast NFL solid players.

You can't have black holes and have it be covered up by stars. The best defenses in the league just have dudes everywhere. Dallas has an abundance of asskickers. The Bears, the Eagles are loaded up front.

I actually think our defense could be very Eagles like this year. Just have to maul everyone up front.

Breeland
Attaochu

Well, that's like, your opinion.

I am a sucker for a reclamation project I guess.

There ya go.

Throw those two in there and you can literally field an entire 3rd down/nickel group comprised of new players.

Veach did some friggen work this offseason.

People still play RB even though it's a one way ticket to CTE and the NFL treats them like trash.

The biggest thing being we won't have Ron Parker back there letting guys run right by him. If these safeties can manage to keep the play in front of them the secondary will look a lot better.

It's difficult to overstate how ****ing awful Ron Parker was, man...

If you guys wanna get really weird...

What if Khalen Saunders really takes off and is Gino Atkins lite? That would be awesome.

If he performs well, we would just trade him along with a couple of picks.

So let's just hope he's merely serviceable.

FAX

I would really like it if another good corner would shake loose somewhere though that we could bring in.

I really like this deal because we obviously needed more depth In the CB group but also I like it because this is an experienced guy who had a decent season last year and is still only 29 unlike Scandrick who was 32 and way beyond his peak. Having the likes of Breeland and Mo out there at least gives us two guys who have seen it all already. I have high hopes for Ward but remember when we had him and Smith debuting against the Seahawks? We can't afford to have that happen again. With better safety play (hopefully) and experienced corners we should be in a much better position this season to defend the pass better. The Pats always seem to find a way to take what is deemed "average players" and fit them into their system so why can't we? Let's go Mo!!.

The Pats also developed and played IIRC a rookie UDFA at CB last year, so if Mark Fields could do that, it would be nice.

The best description I’ve read of him (I think it was on here):

Ron Parker was the Venus de Milo of tackling

correct. slow, poor awareness, etc.

I love the idea of developing the young talent. The salary cap dictates that you basically have to.