Defer to you on Mayo, but if Bobbie Wagner is available that is who needs to be targeted . He would be the second coming of London Fletcher and would tie the defense together.. Otherwise a real MLB is a huge need in the draft
With us being in nickel so often what are our realistic options. We will play with 2 true LBs 70% of the time roughly. Do you think Ron will actually move Jamin out of of the middle? Then what he either plays 5-15 snaps or beats out Holcomb? No way we can draft say Devon Lloyd and use another top 20 pick on a LB
I said a while ago that they should look at Mayo if Davis were underperforming. That the "sunk cost fallacy" types were missing the picture. Winning games is the most critical thing. Not player development. And not justifying old picks.
This doesn't mean "giving up" on Jamin. Just that he has to earn his reps. And you earn by practice/performance. Not by draft status. And if he never earns them, tough luck. We waste way too much time with this stuff. At least now, everyone seems to realize he's a 3-4th round pick.
And if he comes back and changes that, and is the guy who's better than Micah, good for him. But he has to be the one to do it. For all I know, we will get some late round or even UDFA in who outperforms next year and Davis will be in the rear view mirror.
And that's how it should work in the NFL. These coaches get a huge amount of time with the players. They can tell when a star should be benched for a scrub. And they should be aggressive in doing it.
In addition to being the wrong thing tactically, it's also the wrong thing in terms of team morale to gift game reps to players because of draft status or $$ or the like. Rest of the team is all about having the best guy out there, especially regardless of halo effect.
[I was right about Gibson continuing fumbles too. Could see a few games ago that he carried the ball loose. Even after a few series benching, he came back in and held the ball loose between the tackles. Then next game or two, more fumbles. You can see the issue even when he doesn't fumble. Watch how he holds the ball in traffic. Opposing coaches are, rightfully, telling their players that there is an opportunity to go after the ball with Gibson when they scout us.]
We'll get a clearer idea on Davis and his future after the smoke clears on this off season.
I get the feeling that one or two of our DL could get moved and along with Collins either being restructured or cut, there's opportunities for Davis to compete for the Buffalo Nickel spot and the Edge spot when we go with a 5 man defensive front.
I think MLB os our main priority on this side of the ball and has been for two seasons now (much like QB), if we don't take steps to solve it then then fingers will be clearly pointing at Coach Rivera.
Defer to you on Mayo, but if Bobbie Wagner is available that is who needs to be targeted . He would be the second coming of London Fletcher and would tie the defense together.. Otherwise a real MLB is a huge need in the draft
With us being in nickel so often what are our realistic options. We will play with 2 true LBs 70% of the time roughly. Do you think Ron will actually move Jamin out of of the middle? Then what he either plays 5-15 snaps or beats out Holcomb? No way we can draft say Devon Lloyd and use another top 20 pick on a LB
I said a while ago that they should look at Mayo if Davis were underperforming. That the "sunk cost fallacy" types were missing the picture. Winning games is the most critical thing. Not player development. And not justifying old picks.
This doesn't mean "giving up" on Jamin. Just that he has to earn his reps. And you earn by practice/performance. Not by draft status. And if he never earns them, tough luck. We waste way too much time with this stuff. At least now, everyone seems to realize he's a 3-4th round pick.
And if he comes back and changes that, and is the guy who's better than Micah, good for him. But he has to be the one to do it. For all I know, we will get some late round or even UDFA in who outperforms next year and Davis will be in the rear view mirror.
And that's how it should work in the NFL. These coaches get a huge amount of time with the players. They can tell when a star should be benched for a scrub. And they should be aggressive in doing it.
In addition to being the wrong thing tactically, it's also the wrong thing in terms of team morale to gift game reps to players because of draft status or $$ or the like. Rest of the team is all about having the best guy out there, especially regardless of halo effect.
[I was right about Gibson continuing fumbles too. Could see a few games ago that he carried the ball loose. Even after a few series benching, he came back in and held the ball loose between the tackles. Then next game or two, more fumbles. You can see the issue even when he doesn't fumble. Watch how he holds the ball in traffic. Opposing coaches are, rightfully, telling their players that there is an opportunity to go after the ball with Gibson when they scout us.]
We'll get a clearer idea on Davis and his future after the smoke clears on this off season.
I get the feeling that one or two of our DL could get moved and along with Collins either being restructured or cut, there's opportunities for Davis to compete for the Buffalo Nickel spot and the Edge spot when we go with a 5 man defensive front.
I think MLB os our main priority on this side of the ball and has been for two seasons now (much like QB), if we don't take steps to solve it then then fingers will be clearly pointing at Coach Rivera.