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Well I don't think the available ILBs were very good this year. None deserving of a 1st round pick, and most not even a 2nd. So faced with the choice of overreaching, or addressing another level of need with better football players, TT decided to address the secondary and STs. In terms of available talent, Carl Bradford is as good as any of the ILBs available in the draft, we know CMIII can produce from that position, and Barrington has improved his skills and has an attitude. I see Ryan was picked, and he had a good year in 2014 when he moved inside. Not to say I'm not wringing my hands over our ILB situation - I just didn't see how TT could address it any better than he did given the available talent, and that we had an even bigger hole in the secondary and on STs. So not all of the problems on D are fixed, but the secondary should be able to hold serve, STs will be better, and we are still in better shape at ILB with Hawk and Jones gone. I expect Ryan and Bradford will see a lot od snaps, and hopefully be more productive than their predecessors.
Jake Ryan is best suited to play SLB and is probably not athletic enough to cover RBs and TEs playing on the weak side. Taking a look at all of the other inside linebackers on the roster Ryan is by far the most athletic one of the group though (aside of Nate Palmer who´s coming back from a season ending injury). After taking a look at all the combine and Pro Day numbers from the other inside backers on the roster I´m even more worried about the position than before.