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<blockquote data-quote="OldSchool101" data-source="post: 807797" data-attributes="member: 10086"><p>I’m likely in the minority here. I believe that ILB has been a large part of our demise. We’ve been getting absolutely roasted in the running game lately. This used to be our strong suit.</p><p></p><p>I’m not sure Jake Ryan is our “guy”. I don’t know enough about Oren Burks to know if he’s going to resolve the hole that we have next to Martinez. I do know if we are going to continue running a 3-4 that ILB spot is detrimental to our success. If you put a guy like LVE from Dallas there we’d instantly be leaps and bounds better.</p><p>The dilemma is limited draft resources and multiple needs.</p><p>We could consider leveraging our draft placing day 2 to trade back and then up again (much like we did this year round 1) to allow us an option to either pick a 3rd day 2 player. Just a thought, some crafty trading by Gute could allow us to double down and pick up an extra 2nd or 3rd rounder and go after an ILB there where our chances are better than picking from day 3 leftovers so to speak.</p><p></p><p>We may even want to restructure some contracts and free up some $ in another position group and go after an available FA who can come in as a presumed starter at ILB day 1. Let Jake fight for his spot and create some competition there.</p><p>I don’t think we even realize how much this Defense would improve with a LVEsch type athlete plugged next to Martinez.</p><p></p><p>I’m not saying to give up on Burks, but he’s the type of all around athlete that can fill a ST spot and/or compete at several other positions whereas other guys are more one dimensional. He played OLB, ILB and Safety at Vanderbilt so he’s a Micah Hyde type utility player. We don’t need to necessarily pigeon hole him at ILB. With a near 40” vertical and standing 6’3” he might be a hybrid Safety candidate also. He’s got some raw speed and coincidentally is exactly the same speed as Dix was coming out of the combine... but he’s got better size than Dix had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OldSchool101, post: 807797, member: 10086"] I’m likely in the minority here. I believe that ILB has been a large part of our demise. We’ve been getting absolutely roasted in the running game lately. This used to be our strong suit. I’m not sure Jake Ryan is our “guy”. I don’t know enough about Oren Burks to know if he’s going to resolve the hole that we have next to Martinez. I do know if we are going to continue running a 3-4 that ILB spot is detrimental to our success. If you put a guy like LVE from Dallas there we’d instantly be leaps and bounds better. The dilemma is limited draft resources and multiple needs. We could consider leveraging our draft placing day 2 to trade back and then up again (much like we did this year round 1) to allow us an option to either pick a 3rd day 2 player. Just a thought, some crafty trading by Gute could allow us to double down and pick up an extra 2nd or 3rd rounder and go after an ILB there where our chances are better than picking from day 3 leftovers so to speak. We may even want to restructure some contracts and free up some $ in another position group and go after an available FA who can come in as a presumed starter at ILB day 1. Let Jake fight for his spot and create some competition there. I don’t think we even realize how much this Defense would improve with a LVEsch type athlete plugged next to Martinez. I’m not saying to give up on Burks, but he’s the type of all around athlete that can fill a ST spot and/or compete at several other positions whereas other guys are more one dimensional. He played OLB, ILB and Safety at Vanderbilt so he’s a Micah Hyde type utility player. We don’t need to necessarily pigeon hole him at ILB. With a near 40” vertical and standing 6’3” he might be a hybrid Safety candidate also. He’s got some raw speed and coincidentally is exactly the same speed as Dix was coming out of the combine... but he’s got better size than Dix had. [/QUOTE]
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