What to do with Damone Clark?

[Forneymike]

He's another player that overcame the odds medically and was able to play. He could have been higher in the draft years ago, had he not had the medical issue he had. With that said, on the field, he's been nothing exciting. I'd say he's solid at best, which is just my opinion not yours. With all the help that we need at LB, if we fill the depth like we all hope they will, where does this place him. Is he still a starter, or is he going behind a player we drafted high, or a FA picked up. I'd say for now based on what we do, he's good depth. Please give your thoughts and what you're thinking!

Would you rather have my thoughts or what I am thinking? I wasn’t sure from your statement

 

[quickccc]

"Outside Linebackers" in a 3-4 arent actually linebackers. They are basically defensive ends

Depending upon the 3-4 scheme, they can be used as edge rushers and ' occasionally " drop in coverage lanes
in an effort to confuse QBs
According to QBs such as Peyton Manning, that's what made the better 3-4 defenses tougher to deal with.

One of the advantages of a 3-4 scheme believed is OLBs do not have lock onto to 340 lbs OTs on an every down basis
run and pass - per the way they are aligned. TEs vs run, OTs vs pass.

I'd like to think Zimm will develop a way where Parsons is not locked up on OTs on a every down basis in his
4-3 .

 

[RonWashington]

Backup linebacker. I think Clark and Overshown would be good depth pieces and special teams players.

That’s not good enough

 

[quickccc]

Need someone who can take on a double team and hold their ground. Supposedly that was Mazi, until we asked him to lose 30 lbs.

Mazi's problem now was same knock he had coming out of Michigan and into the NFL draft, ..he is notoriously slow
off the ball, ..always the last one on the DL off the ball, ..and his per NFL rookie year, nuthin' has changed.

Our coaches thought they could technically coach him up- vastly improve his get off . But that failed.
Now they've panicked so much that they tried to lose the bulk and weight that led him to be regarded
as the top run stuff DT in the NFL draft - to a guy that is the size of a 3 tech, which he is just not.

Quinn & co apparently dunno how to help Mazi, now it's become Zimm & co. turn.

 

[RonWashington]

He’s going into yr 3 correct . As bad as Dallas looked against GB Buff SF Clark has to up his game.

 

[charron]

Clark started coming around a little bit but he's behind where you would normally want him at this stage. He's a backup and rotational player. Not terrible but he needs to continue to show that improvement.

 

[Kingofholland]

He's another player that overcame the odds medically and was able to play. He could have been higher in the draft years ago, had he not had the medical issue he had. With that said, on the field, he's been nothing exciting. I'd say he's solid at best, which is just my opinion not yours. With all the help that we need at LB, if we fill the depth like we all hope they will, where does this place him. Is he still a starter, or is he going behind a player we drafted high, or a FA picked up. I'd say for now based on what we do, he's good depth. Please give your thoughts and what you're thinking!

I think he was better than some fans think, but if you were expecting a big year 2 jump you were probably dissapointed as he was solid but didn't have a lot of visible difference making plays. However, he was forced into the MLB role and SLB or WLB may actually be better fits where he has some pressure taken off him as mic.

Moving forward, I think he played well enough to contribute in 2024, but would much prefer if he were the 3rd LB starter.

 

[calicowboy54]

Sweat signed a 4 year extension

i’m talking about drafting tvondre sweat in round 1 or 2

 

[Coogiguy03]

I think he was better than some fans think, but if you were expecting a big year 2 jump you were probably dissapointed as he was solid but didn't have a lot of visible difference making plays. However, he was forced into the MLB role and SLB or WLB may actually be better fits where he has some pressure taken off him as mic.

Moving forward, I think he played well enough to contribute in 2024, but would much prefer if he were the 3rd LB starter.

as long as he's moved back to where he should and he works on play recognition etc, i'm good

 

[Coogiguy03]

i’m talking about drafting tvondre sweat in round 1 or 2

what a bigggggggggggggggggggggg man, we need him!

 

[Chasing6]

Mazi's problem now was same knock he had coming out of Michigan and into the NFL draft, ..he is notoriously slow
off the ball, ..always the last one on the DL off the ball, ..and his per NFL rookie year, nuthin' has changed.

Our coaches thought they could technically coach him up- vastly improve his get off . But that failed.
Now they've panicked so much that they tried to lose the bulk and weight that led him to be regarded
as the top run stuff DT in the NFL draft - to a guy that is the size of a 3 tech, which he is just not.

Quinn & co apparently dunno how to help Mazi, now it's become Zimm & co. turn.

Dumb to think they could make him into someone else. He can be effective just eating space and holding his ground. Not worthy of a first round picks for a space eater. Then to ask him to lose 30 lbs. was idiotic. Why even draft him if that was your plan to begin with.

 

[gimmesix]

He's another player that overcame the odds medically and was able to play. He could have been higher in the draft years ago, had he not had the medical issue he had. With that said, on the field, he's been nothing exciting. I'd say he's solid at best, which is just my opinion not yours. With all the help that we need at LB, if we fill the depth like we all hope they will, where does this place him. Is he still a starter, or is he going behind a player we drafted high, or a FA picked up. I'd say for now based on what we do, he's good depth. Please give your thoughts and what you're thinking!

I think he might be a solid starter in Zimmer's 4-3 playing SLB, but I don't think we should just count on that, which is what we too often do. In fact, I think Overshown will be the WLB and Clark the SLB, with hopefully some decent challengers to those spots, and then we'll need to either get an MLB or play Parsons there. (Right now, I see Parsons mainly at RDE, though.)

One thing I like about Zimmer is that he's really good at getting players to understand responsibilities so they can play with instinct instead of thinking too much. I think that will help Clark.

 

[calicowboy54]

what a bigggggggggggggggggggggg man, we need him!

i think if you get him + Mazi working on his get off + bring in 1 FA we can rotate the 3 of them and keep them fresh with ODIGI on passing downs

 

[big dog cowboy]

Draft or sign his replacement.

Or you could put him in the right position for him (instead of playing him out of position) and see how that goes.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

I would not count out Clark right now, hoping Zimmer plays him in his natural position with two great DT up front. He regressed some this past year but again, i base it on the bad scheme and out of position. I think he will look a lot better this season.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Dumb to think they could make him into someone else. He can be effective just eating space and holding his ground. Not worthy of a first round picks for a space eater. Then to ask him to lose 30 lbs. was idiotic. Why even draft him if that was your plan to begin with.

If they wanted a DE just tell us that lol

 

[Coogiguy03]

I would not count out Clark right now, hoping Zimmer plays him in his natural position with two great DT up front. He regressed some this past year but again, i base it on the bad scheme and out of position. I think he will look a lot better this season.

Totally agree

 

[Coogiguy03]

i think if you get him + Mazi working on his get off + bring in 1 FA we can rotate the 3 of them and keep them fresh with ODIGI on passing downs

How long does it take to fix this

 

[The Natural]

Or you could put him in the right position for him (instead of playing him out of position) and see how that goes.

Whats his right position?

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

What you do is keep him off the field most the game