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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 559644" data-attributes="member: 4300">While I don't think ILB is as dire as safety last season IMO it's the weakest position group on the D. As to whether or not Lattimore will be a starter, IMO that’s not really the question. Just like the snaps a nickel back gets in Capers D, he may not be a “starter” but he may get more snaps than one of the two “starting” ILBs. Lattimore is going into his fourth year so ordinarily I’d say we’ve pretty much seen what he as to offer. But he was a DE in college and then played OLB in his rookie season. He was switched inside in 2012 and finally got on the field (other than STs) last season, starting 4 games. Like McGinn, I thought he showed more in October and fell off some in December, but he did show some instincts earlier. IMO this is the season we’ll find out about Jamari at ILB and apparently the staff likes him enough to give him a shot as the lone ILB in some alignment.Because the bar is set so low by the starters, because they are saying they will simplify the schemes ("less scheme, more personnel") and finally because trying Lattimore out as the lone ILB may indicate they feel the same way about the ILB position as many of us do, I think there’s a decent chance Lattimore will get more snaps than Brad Jones.</blockquote>

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