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I'm slightly concerned about the DE position overall. We know CJ is gonna beast, but everyone else looked pretty darn awful. But, not gonna panic after one preseason game. Especially 3 of our 4 starting defensive linemen didn't play a single snap.

D is making making Buffalo's QBs actually look legit. Also about to give up 100 first half rushing yards and a 4:1 time to of possession.

Not encouraging that Funch can't get any separation against THE Carrington Byndom.

I think it was more about being unable to match up from a team speed perspective than it was about gap assignment when it comes to why we ran so much nickel last season. Klein stuck covering a slot receiver or speedy TE? Yikes.

It wouldn't surprise me if Shaq played a similar role to what TD played as a rookie. TD wasn't really a LB and wasn't really a safety as a rookie. He was pretty much put out there and told to be an athlete and make plays. He spied mobile QBs (Vick) and was just generally unleashed to cause a ruckus.

Sounds like the new #34 may give us some flashbacks of what #34 used to do for us several years ago. Watching TD play, it's easy to forget that he's had 3 ACL surgeries, but all it takes is one pic of those knees to quickly remind you.

davos, I figured this would be as good of a time as any to point out that Williams has 35" arms. Fuging poo, the quote function on this forum is a disaster.

Good lord, people. The guy took a few snaps at LT during practice and evidently looked pretty decent - albeit against a DE who by all accounts has been having a rough camp. Let's not blow it out of proportion one way or the other. CelibatePimp, drink a beer or something. Damn, man. What's tto lose by giving Williams a look at LT? Remmers played solidly at RT last year and it's not like we have an All-Pro at LT. There's absolutely nothing to lose and potentially a lot to gain by giving him a few snaps there and see how he does. I don't know why this surprises anyone. After Williams was drafted, both Rivera and Gentleman said he'd get a look at both RT and LT. As far as the not being a prototype LT thing goes? Who cares? Virtually every 1st round bust was a prototype at his position while virtually every late round steal succeeded despite not being a prototype, unless he slipped due to off-field issues.

I'd be willing to bet decent money that Roman Harper will be an opening day starter for us. Ron loves his vets and Harper if history is any indication, Harper will have to really stink the joint up to get benched, at which point a youngster will come in and thoroughly out-perform him.

I really hope the Chandler experiment is over. Sign a vet OT as other teams trim down their rosters. There has to be a better option available than Nate Chandler. As much heat as Bell got for last season, Chandler was even worse.

For the record, Britt allowed 41 QB hurries last season. That was the 2nd most in the NFL. I'm just going to assume that Bryon Bell allowed the most.

Wasn't overly impressed with Ealy as a rookie and the reports out of camp haven't been positive. Wasn't a fan of the pick at the time, but I just keep reminding myself that it wasn't until year three that CJ and Hardy really emerged.

Disappointing to hear about Ealy. I didn't like the pick at the time but was hoping for the best. Still am.

I'm not a huge fan of having a starter at one position being the primary backup for another. If something happened to Kalil, instead of just having to adapt to a new guy at C, the OL would have to adapt to two changes - new C and new RT. That's assuming that Remmers will be the starter at RT.

Ginn is highly likey to be the 3rd or 4th WR on the depth chart.

Unless we change our philosophy, I don't see how it makes sense to keep 6-7 WRs. We rarely go 5 wide and Olsen is always in there on passing downs, so we rarely have more than 3 WRs on the field at a time. If that remains the case, which I almost certainly think it will, keeping 6-7 WRs isn't a good move.

For the record, I fully reserve the right to panic if during the preaseason Oher is waving defenders through like a cop directing traffic.

Seems like most are deeply divided on Oher. Some want to disregard any negative and blindly hope he's the answer. Some have already made up their mind that he sucks and we're going to have a turnstile at LT again. We're 4 days into training camp. Calm down folks. Lots of guys are going to have some ups and downs through camp. I want to see some preseason game action before I get too concerned or too excited.

Star iced up and carted off. Not good. Not good at all.

I think we probably try to stash this guy on the PS this year.

Not encouraging, but not time to panic yet.

Not sure what y'all are watching or what y'all expected, but Oher won that. He mirrored Alexander perfectly and didn't give up much ground at all despite getting bent back. I like to see a guy get in a bad spot like that and fight through it. That stuff is gonna happen from time to time and you have to be able to react and adjust. That's what Oher did. All of y'all would be fapping over Oher right now if he didn't get his head snapped back. If refs called that as holding there would be flags littering the field on literally every snap.

At first glance I thought that was Rampage Jackson.

Yep, likely just a camp body which is fine at this point. Camp starts in a week and we needed a body at OT. You can bet we'll be watching the waiver wire as teams trim down to their 53. There's a pretty good chance that there's a backup OT on our final 53 who isn't currently on the roster. I sure hope we aren't putting any eggs in the Nate Chandler basket. That experiment has thoroughly failed.

If you wanted academic advice, Harvard would be a great resource. For football advice? LOL.