WhitewalkerInPhilly

I think Blanton might be the box safety. What I've heard on him is that he can lay the lumber but isn't much help in coverage. With the cash they have on him, he would likely fill the role you had in mind. But to the original question, I'm wondering if Rex might go to the 46 Nickel considering who we've been bringing in and keeping. Maybe a 5-2 that practically becomes a 4-2-5 when you yank Lawson away from Run support. Hughes-Kyle-NT/Dareus-(3-4 DE)/Dareus Brown-Brown Gilmore-AW-Blanton-Graham-Darby Maybe sonme thing like that.

At the very least, it's much needed deoth. If we're lucky it's a Hughes or Incognito situation where Whaley found a score.

Part of me thinks the latter is why they picked up Blanton. Assuming we keep as more of a 3-4, you'd have Hughes as pass rush OLB, Lawson as as the SAM, Brown as Mike, and Blanton doing what Bradham was doing.

Yeah. IIRC Rex liked to run with a lot of 3 safety packages with the Jets. Considering how awful our linebackers are at covering, would people be ok just running a box safety as the base?

Shocking!!!

Pretty much. When you have the Pats throwing on third and short, you start making everything nickel or nickel hybrid. Which is why I'm ok with us drafting Ragland. *smoke bomb*

Hmm, I would like the pickup. While I would love a stud LB pickup in the draft outside of Miles Jack and Jaylon Smith I don't know anyone who would be an instant upgrade. Cover LB is essential. Getting a vet starter is not a bad thing, even if he might not stick.

Correct me if I'm wrong: that stays on their cap for this year even if they trade him? The money in and of itself isn't huge, but that is a lot of dead money.

Actually, I'm ok with it. Hear me out: Currently, the kicking teams have every incentive to kick it out the back of the end zone. If you are kicking it 8 yards deep into the end zone, even with a dangerous returner odds are you wind up somewhere +/- 5 yards of the 20, so why not do it? Why risk trying to pin the opponent deep when they could take it and run back a big return. Look no further than the Bills: it makes more sense to keep Gay on the roster to kick it deep than lose the spot and have Carp try to shank it.

With a little bit of digging, he was drafted in the third round by Washington and has bounced around the league ever since. Great size and speeds but hands that would make Greg Little blush.

I feel bad for asking, but "who?" Still, 6'2 with a 4.43 time gives a bit of insurance for an outside guy. Any word about why he never stuck?

Here's the thing: the Jets have even less cap space than we do. They can't afford to pay him Chase Daniels money at this point. That has to be insulting. Come on, give us Geno!!!

You're not the only one who wants him back. Like you said, we should obviously draft a replacement but I would prefer that we have Harvin. We wouldn't miss a beat on offense, and we can focus on fixing the defense.

Nice! They definitely need more chemistry.

Plus only their first four picks count against the cap. All the others are below the current cutoff of the top 51

Yeah, that was insane. Word is that he can catch too and is good on deeper routes. He has some of the extra height Clay lacks, so he might be the Y Tight end to complement Clay at F.

I'd kick the wheels.

That's where I am. As long as we also get someone who can stretch the field it would be a decent replacement.

I think we'd draft a NT. I don't get the freak out over drafting one. They tend to be undervalued so I'm sure that they could get a starter in rounds 2-4. They also might want to get someone to be a 5 tech and use Dareus at a 1 technique NT like Ngata. I would much rather see a stud linebacker.

Would still rather have Harvin back.

That's it for my money. When tugging a jersey on 3rd and 30 gives you an instant first down, it rewards you to throw, even if you couldn't have made the pass anyway. Why not throw that jump ball? Odds are disproportionate that the defense will get called for PI if both players fight for it. We saw the Phantom PI calls constantly last year.

You call the D-line last year successful? Look, I'm not going to absolve Rex and the scheme of all blame, but seriously, Mario calling it in and Kyle being out did not help.

I am not confused that people are freaking out here at TBD. What surprises me is who is freaking out and it's the Rex haters. Isnt the most logical explanation for the firing that Rex realizes that he needs to change the scheme from last year because it wasn't effective? and that as they prepare to install changes Rex is realizing his previous DL line coach isn't fitting the mold? You would think they'd be happy.

Yeah, I am entirety ok with this. They also converted 25 million into a signing bonus for another underperforming player, so that they take cap hits of 19, 26 and 28 million the next three years. Also ok.

I think he wants to let it die because it's a lose of the case: drunk witnesses who don't want to be named, intoxicated officers who might have to admit to DUI under oath, a lengthy uphill battle against a high priced defense attorney. For what, very likely, would be a class B misdemeanor. The boys in blue might want blood, but they don't make the decision to file charges.