With Hatcher, my only concern is his age. Still, that might also be the concern elsewhere in the league, too, and maybe we're able to get him here on a three year deal that's relatively affordable. I still expect him to be wearing the Fleur-de-Lis in New Orleans this year in camp, though.
For Ware, I think he's going to have to be restructured or get a new contract that extends all of his money over a longer period of time that works better with the salary cap. I am confident he can return to form and even be worth his dollar amount, but the business aspect of it for future player potential is hurting us right now. We'll see how the team handles this situation.
Claiborne is going to be just fine. He had a tough year this year with his dad passing away, and he was a victim of the absurd amount of injuries on this team...if I am the staff I would be looking at why there were so many of the same injury. Someone on the training staff should be held responsible.
Holloman should absolutely start in the spot Bruce Carter played this year. He is better in coverage, whereas Bruce is more of a thumper. Sean Lee is simply one of the best MLBs in football, and has just succumbed to freak injuries the last two years. I think he'll be fine over time too. He just only knows how to play 200mph, and you get hurt doing that sometimes. It's a full contact sport.
Like I said, with Ware, Spencer, and Hatcher all question marks, and with Crawford returning from an achilles, our defensive line is our "achilles heel" (terrible pun). We need to improve there this year in the draft, and we'll probably need to draft defensive line early again in the 2015 draft as well in order to keep the youth infusion going on the front.
