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Message: <blockquote data-quote="packfan1" data-source="post: 541208" data-attributes="member: 9681"><p>These players mentioned are not bad players.  Neal had 5 sacks first year at OLB.  Hope he is resigned.  Perry showed he is better at ROLB and made a few impact plays.  Raji has talent no question...for whatever reason he didn't have the stats.  He had flashes here and there and I would agree that he didn't show up a lot of times last season.  Burnett needs a counterpart at the other S position...he is a good player and good tackler.  He had 96 last year 2nd on the team.  Defense has to have 2 VERSATILE safteys though so that the opposing offense doesn't know what each safety is going to do pre-snap.  Burnett I'm thinking had to play closer to the LOS due to the undersized Jennings given our run defense struggled some as the DL got nicked up (Jolly-IR and Picketts knee)  There's no guarantee with Barr either.  Good players-pro bowl players have been found much later in the draft and the more picks you have the better your chances.  Drafting that high also means you pay more $ which means less $ for other players we need to sign moving forward.  I like your urgency for the team to get better, but IMO we need every pick we get.  I would rather take Shazier at 21 in the first.  He can run, tackle and cover well and wouldn't cost more than 1 pick.  Take Buchannon or the best available at S in the 2nd.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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