Einstein McFly
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This can/will change.
Mostly, it could change at safety.
But as of right now:
Base/First down
LDE Datone
NT Raji
RDE Peppers
LOLB Perry
LILB B Jones
RILB Hawk
ROLB Matthews
LCB Tramon
RCB Shields
S1 Burnett
S2 Hyde or Richardson (I predict Hyde)
Passing downs/Second & Long
Datone
Daniels
Peppers
Neal
Matthews
Perry
Shields
Tramon
Hayward
Burnett
Hyde
Here's the thing about that: 6 guys as pass-rushers.... they can rotate to keep fresh. Perry or Neal or Matthews, they only need 2 of them, but can use 3 if Dom gets cute.
Matthews, even Peppers, are both capable and athletic as hell to drop off to take away the swing pass or short one, trick up the QB and bring the heat from elsewhere.
Hayward will come in. So can House if they need an additional cover guy.
Hopefully no Jarrett Bush. And there will probably be a talented rookie like hopefully Calvin Pryor or Hasean Clinton-Dix.
Short Yardage
Raji
Pickett? (yes I see him back cheap, hometime discount....he does the dirty work in the trenches.)
Boyd
Jolly? (I worry about his neck as we have had worse neck luck than any other team.
If we lose Pickett and/or Jolly, we only have 2 Bigs left in Raji and Boyd (who is only 310.)
We will have to bring in another Big or two (guys 325+).
Raji and Pickett are each about 338 (listed). Jolly is 325.
We need some more beef so teams can't just run it down our throat.
Just coming out of the league Peppers might have been a Watt-like 3-4 end, but now I can't see him putting a ton of effort in to taking up blockers to keep linebackers clean. It's be great if Jones could be a three down player here too, but last year he was pretty lousy against the run and ended up losing snaps to Boyd. So I see it as Raji at the nose and then Worthy/Guion/Jolly and or some draft pick at the base ends until Jones shows he can make it work. I think Peppers/Jones/Daniels are going to be rotating in passing downs to keep them all fresh and maybe Worthy/Boyd depending on what they show in camp/practice. I doubt we'll ever see Peppers in as a 3-4 DE.