Blow This Team Up

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by whoman69

Pretty good take but I can't agree on Lilja. He's not going to accept being a backup, and is not good enough to be a starter.

This is pure speculation on your part.

You say that the D-Line needs help but yet you want to retrain everyone except Gregg. Dorsey and Jackson have been a little better against the run, but we get no pressure on a pass rush.

That is because Gordon is solid depth that can play both NT/DE.
You will also note I call for exploration of a Dorsey trade. I also state that Gilberry needs to be evaluated on an ongoing basis. Bailey, Bair and Powe are project players. It does us no good to cut them.

I would call Belcher serviceable, but not an every down LB like he is now. We need someone better in coverage to free up DJ to blitz occassionally.

You're right. We need our safety back and some safety depth. Your banger won't be in on passing situations and Belcher typically isn't, if you watch closely. He's subbed out for a nickel package.

We come up with about the same # of players to be replaced. We can only fix some of this in the draft. This team is going to need to get off its pocketbook and spend within 7 figures of the cap, not 8. I see the defense as hit and miss. I know Berry fixes a lot of evils, but Crennel needs to go. You need to scheme for the personnel that you have. Your front four has one person that can bring pressure.

I think Crennel's scheme is outdated. However, the loss of Berry has a HUGE impact on the flexibility within his scheme and it's hard to use this year as a judge of how effective his scheme can be given that fact. More than anything, this defense needs more lineman who can collapse the pocket, and who can do it consistently. More importantly and an oft-overlooked aspect of free agent spending: THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY IMPACT FA'S FOR US TO BUY. Just saying.