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

rayzor

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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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3 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

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. 

A LB ignoring the LB position is almost a "tell" for the draft.  Makes me think that Walker is the pick, and that could be why we did not splash at edge. 

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4 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

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. 

We need a starting quality ILB, hopefully we draft one

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10 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

A LB ignoring the LB position is almost a "tell" for the draft.  Makes me think that Walker is the pick, and that could be why we did not splash at edge. 

Maybe Morgan plans to suit up. 

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13 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

We need a starting quality ILB, hopefully we draft one

I think, if we draft Walker, we will also draft another  ILB.  Good draft for LBs.

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6 hours ago, rayzor said:

Simple question. For me it's an easy yes, we are in much better shape. Not necessarily a top 10, but us improving even to 20 or so would be a huge leap and i think we've got a front that could probably get us trending that way. 

looks like what the power trio of Morgan/Tilis/Canales did with the OL last year they are doing to the DL so i'm excited. 

it's still early in FA, but i really like what ive seen. 

I feel better just because we moved from a paper bag to a plastic one. Getting Derrick Brown back is more exciting than everything we’ve done so far. Heck, if we draft well, it will have more of an impact. It will be interesting to see if the results come to fruition.

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Hard For the D to not improve from historically bad. It remains to be seen by how much. Spending that kind of money and still being in the 20s at the end of the year would be failure.

I like Jackson and the nose tackle. The rest could be good or meh or complete arse. Put up or get fired. I'm done with unearned hope and hype until it shows up.

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