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After 1 day of FA, do you feel better about the defense?


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Is the defense in better shape heading into the 2025 season?  

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  1. 1. Is the defense in better shape heading into the 2025 season?



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The bar was set very, very low.

Historically low.

I'm not sure a coordinator has ever survived the off-season with a team that set a historic low for futility before.

Still, I have hope from what we've picked up and retained.

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4 minutes ago, Icege said:

Impressed with the amount of three to four years deals in place. Not many 1yr rentals.

yeah i think this is a big thing. while i do think there's a push to try and win as much as we can right now, we're not just looking at this year. we're looking at building something.

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We should feel better about this defense yeah. At the end of the day, there is one guy who is going to make this whole thing work or not. It's Evero. The players we got are very good at some things and bad at others.

-Moehrig is a terrific run stopper, but he lacks in coverage

-Bobby Brown is a great run stopper, but he can't get after the quarterback

- Pat Jones is a big body run stuffer. Not as good in pass rush, his 7 sacks are misleading. We still need to go EDGE in the first round

- Wharton gets behind the line of scrimmage, but he's too small to be a consistant 3-down run stopper. 

Evero needs to use all of them perfectly if we want to field an above average defense. I think he can pull it off. 

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I feel better grabbing a good run stuffing DT and an interior pressure guy.  Adding one of the best safeties on the market was a good grab as well.  Keeping Horn and Jackson together could be good.  Now we just need to find pass rushers from the edge.  So I am feeling better on paper, but at the end of the day, it's just paper.

It depends on how well they coaches can coach...

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Seems that Morgan and company really went heavy towards guys good against the run. In other words, targeting our biggest weakness in a league where pounding the rock is back in fashion. At least conceptually, these are sound moves. Really comes down to Evero being able to do something with all these pieces. We'll absolutely improve but by how much is up in the air.

Worth noting this should help our offense by simply getting more opportunities to have the ball. Last season, we were the second worst in TOP, not good when it lacked explosive playmakers.

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NT was a big signing, I think. That solves a huge roster hole. SS seems to be a big upgrade(on paper). The rest are largely rotational guys in spots we need starters, so that is a TBD if that matters or not. 

On the surface, slightly better overall.

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4 hours ago, Bear Hands said:

DL: Brown/Brown III/A’Shawn (Wharton, Tuttle, Crumedy)

OLB rotation: Clowney/Wonnum/Jones II/Barno/DJJ

ILB: Jewell/Trevin/Incoom

CB: Horn/Jackson/Smith-Wade

S: Moehrig/TBD/Richardson

It’s no doubt improved but safety still has an hole (draft methinks), edge rusher and corner are still very upgradable (draft as well)

ILB could be a draft move as well. Trevin being injured last season leaves a question mark there on his true starting ability. At least we're moving on from Shaq, feels like he hasn't played a full season in a long time. 

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