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Is it safe to say we will never address the ILB position?
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<blockquote data-quote="speakhands" data-source="post: 832242" data-attributes="member: 9759"><p>Following the 2014 season, there was a mini-rift in the Packers fan base over what position group was a bigger eyesore and needed addressing more aggressively: safety or inside linebacker. As the draft board fell that year, CJ Mosley was off the board and Haha Clinton-Dix was available, so that was that. After Brad Jones' total train wreck of a year as a starter in 2014-15, most of us, certainly I, expected the group would be addressed the next year in FA or the draft, or the next year, or the next year, but it never happened. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Every great defense has good or great off-ball linebackers: the Seahawks had Bobby Wagner and KJ Wright, the Patriots had Hightower and Jamie Collins, the Broncos had Trevathan and Marshall, the Eagles had Hicks and Kendricks. Meanwhile, in the past five years, the Packers have spent a total of one third round draft pick (Jake Ryan), one fourth round draft pick (Blake Martinez), and a few one-year free agency contracts on guys like Antonio Morrison. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Is it safe to presume that the front office just doesn't value the position and that we will never see an upgrade to put alongside Martinez?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="speakhands, post: 832242, member: 9759"] Following the 2014 season, there was a mini-rift in the Packers fan base over what position group was a bigger eyesore and needed addressing more aggressively: safety or inside linebacker. As the draft board fell that year, CJ Mosley was off the board and Haha Clinton-Dix was available, so that was that. After Brad Jones' total train wreck of a year as a starter in 2014-15, most of us, certainly I, expected the group would be addressed the next year in FA or the draft, or the next year, or the next year, but it never happened. Every great defense has good or great off-ball linebackers: the Seahawks had Bobby Wagner and KJ Wright, the Patriots had Hightower and Jamie Collins, the Broncos had Trevathan and Marshall, the Eagles had Hicks and Kendricks. Meanwhile, in the past five years, the Packers have spent a total of one third round draft pick (Jake Ryan), one fourth round draft pick (Blake Martinez), and a few one-year free agency contracts on guys like Antonio Morrison. Is it safe to presume that the front office just doesn't value the position and that we will never see an upgrade to put alongside Martinez? [/QUOTE]
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