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dbair1967 said:
I think I can answer that question. Because fans love to get steals. Brooks has (had) all world talent at one time, or at least was being touted as being a monster physically. He has the ability to be a true difference maker at ILB. Fans love the idea of getting a player with that kind of ability in later rounds. Quite simply, its a chance they're willing to take.
If you miss, you've lost a 3rd or 4th round pick... not good, but not that bad either. If you hit, you could potentially have a true impact player at a position that is very important in a 3-4 defense. A hit could help make the defense dominant. A miss would leave us right where we are now, minus a later round pick next year.
Like I said... its a chance that many fans would be willing to take.
As for myself, I'm not sure which way I'd go. For the reasons above, I could see us doing it. But because the chemistry of a team is so important and we've built such a high character group of guys on defense, I'd be a little loath to add in a trouble maker... or at least trouble magnent like Brooks.
The worse case senario would be that he doesn't completely flop and shows a lot of ability. That he comes in and makes an immediate impact and makes the defense much better... and then gets caught with pot and start causing problems in the locker room. Then he'd be hard to simply cut because he makes a difference on the field, but you'd want to get rid of him because he's screwing things up off the field.
In the end, I suppose I'd pass on him, but I wouldn't be too upset if Parcells decided to take a flyer on him with Al Groh's blessing.
