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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yeah, Parker would've bit like crazy on that.
That dude started cheating on everything. He clearly realized he didn't have the long-speed to recover anymore so he was just constantly guessing out there.
Man, having genuinely premier athletes playing safety for us this year will be...different.
I really do think we can say that this defense has top 10 potential. I know everyone wants to harrumph over the CBs and LBs but I think some of those concerns (injuries notwithstanding) are a bit overblown and all of them could be answered in a resoundingly positive fashion. Breeland could easily go be there guy that got a $24 million offer from the Panthers. Fuller could go out there and play like the top slot CB in football he was 2 years ago. Ward could simply be average and we'd be in nice shape. Hitchens could get back to the form he displayed in a 4-3 in Dallas. Lee was among the best coverage LBs in football last year even in a disappointing season.
With just a handful of extremely reasonable 'upsides' being hit, this defense could actually be damn good.
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Yeah, i'm waiting until I can see it in actual situations, but I think theres that potential there.
They think Thornhill is a real player in the middle. Like an Earl Thomas type guy. If that's the case and he gets to that rather quickly, paired with the other 2 at safety that's a hella group.
Then the stuff you've said here. I mean sure, maybe it's a little fanboy ish and some of it may not happen.
But we aren't exactly wishing for guys that haven't done things before to do them or guys who just aren't able to do them.