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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 730504" data-attributes="member: 7261">My concern for the OLB position is based on last year, a year that most everyone was saying "We need to improve at OLB to be better on defense".  So what happens in the offseason to "improve it"?   TT lets Peppers and Jones walk and drafts Biegel.  So either TT once again is extremely confident in improvement from his reserves (Fackrell and Elliott) or he is counting on Perry and Matthews to not only stay healthy, but for both to play at a level equal to what they are being paid, something Matthews hasn't done in a few years and Perry has done it once, his contract year.So yes, the concern is warranted IMO.  Can we pick-up castoffs from other teams?  Of course we can, but what are the odds they are any good and if that need exists now, didn't it exist during the Free Agency period?  I don't consider drafting Biegel a full answer to the need (especially for the 2017 season), even had he not gotten injured.If the OLB's fail this year, many will be quick to blame Capers once again, but IMO, that failure would fall squarely on the shoulders of Mr Ted Thompson for not recognizing a need before it became a thorn.</blockquote>

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