When was the last time Jerry got a quality linebacker?

[RustyBourneHorse]

He's too busy drafting TEs and CBs. And WRs. Just as a casual fan would.

We have a casual fan running our football team. Yay. Hold it.......a drunk narcissistic casual fan who doesn't care about winning a super bowl. Double yay.

And one that has unlimited money to where it doesn't matter. Triple yay

 

[GORICO]

Still that was quite a while ago

TRUE DAT

 

[GORICO]

I'd love Styles

ME2

 

[Whyjerry]

Or S. Or DT. Or RB. Or Head Coach.

The organization is a joke.

 

[nightrain]

Anthony Hitchens was a decent FA LB.

 

[conner01]

I mean after seeing this bunch I can say we’ve had far better LVE and Jaylin had about a year or 2 where they looked really good and it was the best linebacker room we’ve had in a long time. Didn’t last long.

McClain had a solid small run.

People don’t remember him now but Devonta Holloman..I remember thinking wow he looks good and then he had to retire prematurely.

SeanLee
Bruce Carter

Micah I think would’ve been a great one in a different scheme he just was so good of a pass rusher we couldn’t play him at linebacker.


Overshown may have a higher ceiling then all.

It’s gonna be next season before we se last years Overshown and that’s totally expected

 

[pansophy]

Seriously, when was the last time Jerry took a quality linebacker? Parsons and DWare were technically more pass rushers than linebackers. I suppose one could say maybe LVE and Lee when they were healthy?

We have stated before how bad Jerry is at evaluating safeties, but it's kinda hard to have a good secondary if your linebackers are painfully bad. I think we have a pretty good front 4, but, when you don't have linebackers, it really doesn't matter. And for as bad as our secondary has been, it's kind hard to get takeaways and have an effective secondary when your linebackers are pathetic.

As well as changing DCs (hopefully to Schwartz, Flores, or maybe Haines from the Indiana Hoosiers), I kinda think linebacker needs to be our top priority. We are always razor thin at linebacker in depth, and we almost never have quality linebackers. I would love to see us get Sonny Styles of Ohio State. I think him and Caleb Downs (safety Ohio State) would be a great duo, but I think we really have to do something about linebacker.

You want to know why Detroit and Philadelphia (I hate saying what I'm about to say about Philly) are as dangerous as they are? You want to know why Denver is really good? Their defence has both good pass rush, good NTs (which we now do with Clark and Williams), and good linebackers. I think if we can get our linebackers upgraded with the front 4 we are developing, I think we can be a much better defence, especially if we get one of the DCs I mentioned.

That said, yeah, it's crazy how bad we are at linebacker. Seriously, when was the last time Jerry actually got a quality linebacker?

Should probably ask about the last time they drafted a quality LB with a clear medical. Parsons does fit that. They didn’t know he was a pass rushers until we ran out of pass rushing DE’s from injuries and had to improvise with Parsons.

Other than Parsons though I can’t think of one who had a clear medical history

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

i'm not giving up on liufau.
he has the best punch out of anybody on that side of the ball.
but overall,i go with overshown.
star in the making.

Eberflus took all that young man’s confidence away. He had a promising rookie season. He looked confident as a rookie and I was very excited to see him this year. Then week one I was shocked when I saw Murray , Sanborn and Damon Clark playing so much. Those guys are the definition of progress stoppers. None of those guys even belong on NFL rosters. hopefully we get a new DC who knows how to actually evaluate talent, and has a sound scheme.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

It’s gonna be next season before we se last years Overshown and that’s totally expected

Yeah the fact he’s even walking is a plus. I didn’t expect to see him this season at all.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Eberflus took all that young man’s confidence away. He had a promising rookie season. He looked confident as a rookie and I was very excited to see him this year. Then week one I was shocked when I saw Murray , Sanborn and Damon Clark playing so much. Those guys are the definition of progress stoppers. None of those guys even belong on NFL rosters. hopefully we get a new DC who knows how to actually evaluate talent, and has a sound scheme.

Exactly, and knows how to tailor a defence to the strengths of his players......and knows what he's doing.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Or S. Or DT. Or RB. Or Head Coach.

The organization is a joke.

I think the HC is fine. But there's only so much he can do if you don't give him the talent needsd

 

[conner01]

Yeah the fact he’s even walking is a plus. I didn’t expect to see him this season at all.

It’s good he gets some reps. A huge part of his recovery is gonna be building confidence in his knee