This defensive line please.

[nctarheel0619]

In the words of the beautiful and amazing Justin Timberlake, "Cry me a river"

JT is amazing.  

[chknwing]

man, the addition of allen, could we revive Salt n Pepper?

[pepaw]

Am I the only one that though Short looked bad at DE? He's one of our best players but he belongs in the middle.  He cannot "run the arc". 

[Diehardpanther02]

To bad Rivera wouldn't consider throwing in some 3-4 defensive sets.  Improves depth and let's our strongest position be the most prevalent on the field.  Allen, short/star, Addison/short.  Then Klein and Luke n the middle and td and shaq on the edges that would be a nightmare for a qb.  Possibly rotate Klein as the edge player jus gotta pick your poison.

 

ps: I know Allen just left a 3-4 system that he didn't fit in, but he would be one of the 3 DL strictly rush end with our depth at LB

[EgoDogg]

We could field a combo of

Allen

Love

Short

Cox

 

 

Yes. Short Cox should be required to be lined up next to each other for comic reasons.

[pantherclaw]

Short is more disruptive in the interior, IMO. It's the same reason that the coaches don't want to move Short.

[pantherclaw]

To bad Rivera wouldn't consider throwing in some 3-4 defensive sets.  Improves depth and let's our strongest position be the most prevalent on the field.  Allen, short/star, Addison/short.  Then Klein and Luke n the middle and td and shaq on the edges that would be a nightmare for a qb.  Possibly rotate Klein as the edge player jus gotta pick your poison.

 

ps: I know Allen just left a 3-4 system that he didn't fit in, but he would be one of the 3 DL strictly rush end with our depth at LB

i really wish m9re fans understood the difference between 3-4 LBs and 4-3 LBs. There are differences, and they are not interchangeable.  

[magnus]

kinda has the look of a Seattle style defense with Allen as the LEO.  Might be interesting with some combination of Luke/TD/Shaq lurking behind that.

hate to pick on this specifically but that's a difference between this defense and theirs.  They have a Leo who doesn't have to play the run.  When you have a Jared Allen you let him play the tackle, having him in space isn't how you play him.  He doesn't need to be in space because of athleticism and a lack of ability against the run - he'll play the run.  You let Thomas Davis roam free instead, because that's the choice you make on who you're trying to protect from a blocker.

[Fox007]

CJ, Short, Hardy, Allen

Yep I'm that guy

 

But seriously I agree that would be our best pass rush line at the moment...and probably even with CJ back since he didn't do much either.

[TheNewStandard]

Anything we get above .500 this season is icing, imo. The injury woes including our #1 receiving phenom, a possible starting RE (Big Frank,) CJ being mediocre at best on a gimpy hammy. TDs banged-up. Stewart's always a week by week game-day decision. Crotchety being out. Luke and Star on the mend. Harper still being a starter and our young O-line jelling. 

I mean, how much can we really expect from these guys? I have no idea what to expect other than drafting nothing but Hawg-mawlies in the next draft unless a top-notch safety is available. 

Im just amazed that we finally have a dedicated leader on both the offense and defense just coming off their rookie contracts on the squad for the next 6-years, which is a solid foundation to be built around.

it seems that we have elite leaders at almost every level of our team.

OL-Kalil

Receivers-Olsen and Benjamin

QB-Cam

RB-Stewart?

DL-Star/KK

LB-Luke

DB-Norman/Beniwikerie

Safety, LT and DE are our only real question marks if everyone is healthy. 

We'll have what it takes to be perennially competitive and front runners for years.

We've got the cap-room and the FO is doing wonders. I like the toughness coach Rivera brings to the team and I like the fact that Cam is taking the reigns, regardless of what ridiculous play calling Shula mumbles down to the field. 

Just have to grin and bare it this season and hope we continue to improve, regardless of who's on the field...but somehow our ST doesn't look any better than last year, so that obviously needs to be cleaned up and that's the bottom 1/4 of our depth chart...

sorry for the rant.

[Jangler]

I've had sigs turned off for years. Now I have to go look and see what I have there. Thanks.

you can let the Fire John Fox hate go now.

[RJK]

We could field a combo of

Allen

Love

Short

Cox

 

 

[Jeremy Igo]

What if CJ comes back...Allen and him...sniff..sniff..  I could cry....

CJ hasn't shown much this season yet. Maybe the time off will help. 

[Jackofalltrades]

I would like to see more of KK at DE, his power could cause a lot of problems for OT's.