Signing a true linebacker is a good thing. Yes, Kendricks is older and is worn down some from what he used to be, but he's an upgrade to what we've got, especially with LVE's career coming to an end. We wanted a better run defense. Hiring Zimmer will help with that simply because he doesn't use as much shifting as Quinn, but we needed some help in the middle as well and Kendricks will provide that. Of course, the DT question marks could mean that he's constantly got a lineman on him, allowing offenses to continue to exploit the middle of the D.