Galian Beast
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It keeps going back to health with me. If we can field a healthy defense, I have no doubt that it will be a top 5 defense in the league.
Who was everyone raving about before he had to get surgery? Anthony Spencer. Who are we raving about now? Ware and Hatcher. Can you imagine what that would look like if Ratliff can get in there and play? That sounds like a really good defensive line to me. I'm sure we will have to address the position at length in the next draft and free agency period, but for now I think this can be a strength for us. I would probably give up the entire draft to get Clowney to combine him with Ware. That being said, let's not forget Kyle Wilber who seems to be coming on.
I think we're all more than impressed by our linebackers. When your weak links are Durant or Sims who both seem to be having pretty strong camps... I think that says a lot about your linebacker corp. The real weakness that we were all afraid of was in the secondary, where we are appearing to look stacked with potential.
Carr and Claiborne should pay dividends this year, but Scandrick seems like he is have a pretty decent camp. And the competition seems to be bringing the best out of people. Not just against the wide receivers, but among the corners. That is what competition does for a team. We're stacked at wide receiver, so every receiver is pushing their hardest to just make the team. Williams, Harris, Beasley, Rogers, Armstrong. Some of these guys are fighting for the 3 spot, some are fighting to make the roster. Because they have to fight so hard, they are a handful for the corners, who are also in the same position. The position groups make other position groups work harder and the cycle continues.
We're stacked at tight end, which should make these safeties have to work much harder. And we have some interesting things happening at safety. I think before camp most of us wanted Will Allen to be cut, but it looks like he might be great for this defense with a lot of young safeties, especially for Church. That being said JJ Wilcox seems to be a game changer back there. Matt Johnson just needs to stay healthy and continue to progress. Haven't heard too much about Hamilton, but I'm sure we will see him more in preseason.
As these cuts come closer, this team is only going to get better. I feel sorry for Miami right now.
The best thing about our defense is that it is a pretty young defense, except for the defensive line. Our linebackers are young enough, our secondary is extremely young. Future drafts can focus almost entirely on the defensive line (and offensive line as I will touch upon in another thread)
Who was everyone raving about before he had to get surgery? Anthony Spencer. Who are we raving about now? Ware and Hatcher. Can you imagine what that would look like if Ratliff can get in there and play? That sounds like a really good defensive line to me. I'm sure we will have to address the position at length in the next draft and free agency period, but for now I think this can be a strength for us. I would probably give up the entire draft to get Clowney to combine him with Ware. That being said, let's not forget Kyle Wilber who seems to be coming on.
I think we're all more than impressed by our linebackers. When your weak links are Durant or Sims who both seem to be having pretty strong camps... I think that says a lot about your linebacker corp. The real weakness that we were all afraid of was in the secondary, where we are appearing to look stacked with potential.
Carr and Claiborne should pay dividends this year, but Scandrick seems like he is have a pretty decent camp. And the competition seems to be bringing the best out of people. Not just against the wide receivers, but among the corners. That is what competition does for a team. We're stacked at wide receiver, so every receiver is pushing their hardest to just make the team. Williams, Harris, Beasley, Rogers, Armstrong. Some of these guys are fighting for the 3 spot, some are fighting to make the roster. Because they have to fight so hard, they are a handful for the corners, who are also in the same position. The position groups make other position groups work harder and the cycle continues.
We're stacked at tight end, which should make these safeties have to work much harder. And we have some interesting things happening at safety. I think before camp most of us wanted Will Allen to be cut, but it looks like he might be great for this defense with a lot of young safeties, especially for Church. That being said JJ Wilcox seems to be a game changer back there. Matt Johnson just needs to stay healthy and continue to progress. Haven't heard too much about Hamilton, but I'm sure we will see him more in preseason.
As these cuts come closer, this team is only going to get better. I feel sorry for Miami right now.
The best thing about our defense is that it is a pretty young defense, except for the defensive line. Our linebackers are young enough, our secondary is extremely young. Future drafts can focus almost entirely on the defensive line (and offensive line as I will touch upon in another thread)
