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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 862255" data-attributes="member: 4199">I'm willing to agree with that, at in least in part.  I do find myself wondering where/why we took a step back.I think most (all?) of us agree that ILB was a weakness and we did more or less nothing to improve the position.  That's also not a dig--only so many resources each year and I feel they did very well addressing most of our holes.We cut Jenkins, but our run defense improved last year without him in the line up.  Clark is still great and honestly still ascending.  No problem there.  Lowry is a poor-man's Kampman and while not a playmaker, not the kind of guy who (generally) makes mistakes.  I think where we're hurting here (as I previously said) is Adams being a disappointment and Lancaster not improving.  I do wonder if Lancaster is just a 2-Down, run plugging NT.  If his role is the snap-eater between the 20s, he'd be worth continuing to bring back.  If we want him at 3/5T in base, it might be time to move on from him.  So I guess we're back to wanting that big but long 3/5T.  Damn you Mike Neal and Datone Jones for not being able to fill the role you were perfectly physically suited for.  And of course some better linebackers.  What does the FA class look like--I'm told the draft class is weak.</blockquote>

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