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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 780463">You can google "Clay Matthews two consecutive games without a tackle".  Anyway:<a href="https://lombardiave.com/2015/12/29/clay-matthews-where-art-thou/" target="_blank">https://lombardiave.com/2015/12/29/clay-matthews-where-art-thou/</a><a href="http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/12438/year/2015" target="_blank">http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/12438/year/2015</a>Jake Ryan is a decent football player.  You just don't want him isolated in a lot, but not all, coverage matchups.  You also don't want Matthews isolated in those same situations.  Ryan is just ot a 3-down, 16 game, 50 snap guy.You said, "just about all of what you wrote there was nonsense" including a comment on Burks, but I had not mentioned Burks.  So I shared a thought on the matter.  Of do I need to define "bad" or "college" or "tape"?  There has been previous discussions of his exhibition of bad run defense against Alabama:[MEDIA=youtube]J_IajeL8bdQ[/MEDIA]I think you can expect to see Ryan in base D and some nickel.  The upside expectation for Burks this season would be some nickel and the dime coverages assuming the Jones experiment at ILB is over which appears to be the case.   In fairness to Burks, Vandy moved him all over the place without letting him settle in any one position.  Not being a freakish first round football talent, that's tough and bears some wait and see.  But I think it's fair to say if he ever gets to more than rotational duty the hill he has to climb will not be ascended this season.I also didn't share my thoughts on Capers in these exchanges.  For your information, "Fire Capers" was on my to-do list since the conclusion of the 2014 season following a too generous probationary period after the Kaepernick romp-a-thon.  Just because Capers became predictable to insighful HCs and OCs doesn't automatically mean Matthews can be better applied at ILB under a new DC.In 2014 - 2015 Capers was 3-deep on the edge with Perry and Peppers.  Putting Matthews in the middle was an attempt to get his best players on the field at the same time.  I don't consider that effort to be a success.   Unfortunately, Wilkerson would not be the same kind of edge player as Peppers, out of position actually, so the options are limited.Will Matthews get some snaps in the middle as a pass rusher?  Probably.  Will it be a staple of the defense?  Surely not.</blockquote>

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