I am in no way a big Hayden fan, I wish we could replace him but he does offer something to the defense. Sometimes gotta have that guy that occupies people so the other guys just have to beat one guy.
I understand where you are coming from.
I guess I take issue with the notion that Hayden occupies people. From everything that I have watched from last year, the real games, that is not true at all. Quite the opposite. Teams singled him up almost every play he was out there in every game, and were very successful.
Maybe he has gotten better this preseason. I just don't think it would be beneficial to have what he gave us out there last year this year.
I don't want to hijack the thread with another Hayden pile on.
I do think that Lance Dunbar could be a surprise cut. I just went and watched the first half of the Seahawk game from last year and he played very well in that game. Converted several crucial third downs with the ball in his hands as a receiver out of the backfield. Unfortunately, that was a rarity with him last year instead of being something consistently featured in the offense.