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  • So a 4 2 5 alignment?

  • FS looks like a weak link, but we do have Powell and UDFA Nacua as understudies.

    Plus it was not as if we were going to fix everything this off-season.

  • So a 4 2 5 alignment?

    @topdawg31 said:

    So a 4 2 5 alignment?

    Semi-base nickel with Peppers as the hybrid... I presume...

    Campbell doesn't look like an intimidating single-high, but Boddy-C did spend time at Safety last season... reviews weren't great, but I don't think he had any experience before being pressed into Safety service.

  • lot will depend on how long are we in actual coverage before the GW QB heat comes. If Brantley clears hes another beast. We got no better than Haden covering the #1 Wr's at CB game day. His concussion issues ended a possible safety move imo. If Harvard did not draft them? Than talent better shine in Campbell & some others. Those numbers will be interesting getting to 53

  • lot will depend on how long are we in actual coverage before the GW QB heat comes. If Brantley clears hes another beast. We got no better than Haden covering the #1 Wr's at CB game day. His concussion issues ended a possible safety move imo. If Harvard did not draft them? Than talent better shine in Campbell & some others. Those numbers will be interesting getting to 53

    @gumby73 said:

    If Brantley clears hes another beast.

    He wasn't in the half dozen or so snaps where he met our new OT, Roderick. Caleb supplied our new, OL apprentice with some of his best moments on the tape I saw.

  • 4-2-5 and the nickel will be the 3rd safety/backer. Be it Peppers or Kindred/Campbell.

    Tyvis has shown more in the deep 1/3 than the others and I'm sure working under the best (Earl) has given him some pointers... but even with that I'm still very concerned about his ability to consistently hold up back there.

  • Expectation for the secondary are average with low expecations. Looking forward to the front seven though

  • My lineup's got some spots that are up for grabs.(and I'm none too sure about the TE spot going to the rookie for game 1).

    LT – Joe Thomas

    LG – Joel Bitonio

    C - JC Tretter

    RG – Kevin Zeitler

    RT - ?

    QB – Cody Kessler

    WR – Kenny Britt

    WR – Corey Coleman

    WR - ?

    TE - David Njoku

    RB – Isaiah Crowell

    DL – Myles Garrett

    DL – Desmond Bryant

    DL – Danny Shelton

    DL – Emmanuel Ogbah

    LB – Jamie Collins

    LB – Christian Kirksey

    LB - ?

    CB – Joe Haden

    CB – Jamar Taylor

    SS – Jabrill Peppers

    FS - ?

    Obviously other players will get in the game....FB, blocking TE, RB, 4 WR's, nickle & dime defenses....

  • RT ain't "up for grabs"... BOOK IT! 🙂

  • RT ain't "up for grabs"... BOOK IT! 🙂

    @tour2ma said:

    RT ain't "up for grabs"... BOOK IT! 🙂

    Who you got? Coleman taking the spot?

    By the by that's only a 10 man defense you have listed, Orion.

  • @tour2ma said:

    RT ain't "up for grabs"... BOOK IT! 🙂

    Who you got? Coleman taking the spot?

    By the by that's only a 10 man defense you have listed, Orion.

    @tiamat63 said:

    By the by that's only a 10 man defense you have listed, Orion.

    ....umm...I don't think that you do the 'guzintas' too well. 🙂 (1 guzinta 2, 2 guzinta 4)

    Now, if you wanna 'ding' me for screwing up Jabrill's name, I'm fair game for that. 🙂

  • @tour2ma said:

    RT ain't "up for grabs"... BOOK IT! 🙂

    Who you got? Coleman taking the spot?

    By the by that's only a 10 man defense you have listed, Orion.

    @tiamat63 said:

    Who you got? Coleman taking the spot?

    Where you bean, man? Hell to the yes on Shon... 😉

  • My lineup's got some spots that are up for grabs.(and I'm none too sure about the TE spot going to the rookie for game 1).

    LT – Joe Thomas

    LG – Joel Bitonio

    C - JC Tretter

    RG – Kevin Zeitler

    RT - ?

    QB – Cody Kessler

    WR – Kenny Britt

    WR – Corey Coleman

    WR - ?

    TE - David Njoku

    RB – Isaiah Crowell

    DL – Myles Garrett

    DL – Desmond Bryant

    DL – Danny Shelton

    DL – Emmanuel Ogbah

    LB – Jamie Collins

    LB – Christian Kirksey

    LB - ?

    CB – Joe Haden

    CB – Jamar Taylor

    SS – Jabrill Peppers

    FS - ?

    Obviously other players will get in the game....FB, blocking TE, RB, 4 WR's, nickle & dime defenses....

    @orion said:

    My lineup's got some spots that are up for grabs.(and I'm none too sure about the TE spot going to the rookie for game 1).

    LT – Joe Thomas

    LG – Joel Bitonio

    C - JC Tretter

    RG – Kevin Zeitler

    RT - ? Hopefully Shon Coleman or possibly Drango. Cam Erving a candidate....but who expects him to come through? Not I.

    QB – Cody Kessler

    WR – Kenny Britt

    WR – Corey Coleman

    WR - ? More often than not: Duke Johnson..out of the backfield or in the slot.

    TE - David Njoku

    RB – Isaiah Crowell

    DL – Myles Garrett

    DL – Desmond Bryant...The way things are going, this FO could dump Bryant...Then you would have Meder or Ogunjobi

    DL – Danny Shelton

    DL – Emmanuel Ogbah

    LB – Jamie Collins

    LB – Christian Kirksey

    LB - ? Joe Schobert slated here. But I have said we need upgrade...which the Browns did not address.

    CB – Joe Haden

    CB – Jamar Taylor

    SS – Gerbil Peppers

    FS - ? Kindred top candidate...otherwise we have Ed Reynolds

    Obviously other players will get in the game....FB, blocking TE, RB, 4 WR's, nickle & dime defenses....

  • @orion said:

    My lineup's got some spots that are up for grabs.(and I'm none too sure about the TE spot going to the rookie for game 1).

    LT – Joe Thomas

    LG – Joel Bitonio

    C - JC Tretter

    RG – Kevin Zeitler

    RT - ? Hopefully Shon Coleman or possibly Drango. Cam Erving a candidate....but who expects him to come through? Not I.

    QB – Cody Kessler

    WR – Kenny Britt

    WR – Corey Coleman

    WR - ? More often than not: Duke Johnson..out of the backfield or in the slot.

    TE - David Njoku

    RB – Isaiah Crowell

    DL – Myles Garrett

    DL – Desmond Bryant...The way things are going, this FO could dump Bryant...Then you would have Meder or Ogunjobi

    DL – Danny Shelton

    DL – Emmanuel Ogbah

    LB – Jamie Collins

    LB – Christian Kirksey

    LB - ? Joe Schobert slated here. But I have said we need upgrade...which the Browns did not address.

    CB – Joe Haden

    CB – Jamar Taylor

    SS – Gerbil Peppers

    FS - ? Kindred top candidate...otherwise we have Ed Reynolds

    Obviously other players will get in the game....FB, blocking TE, RB, 4 WR's, nickle & dime defenses....

    @the-gipper said:

    @orion said:

    The way things are going, this FO could dump Bryant...

    I have that feeling too...

    More often than not: Duke Johnson..out of the backfield or in the slot.

    Says a lot for our receiver bunch. Hopefully someone makes an improvement in year two and shows in camp. Maybe even that Hall kid from last preseason. The league pretty much squashed any pipe dream of having Josh Gordon return to us.

  • Bryant's future is pretty firmly in the hands of Gregg Williams now... and the Brantley investigation. But assuming a full recovery from his pec tear, I expect to see him on our squad... and starting.

  • Bryant's future is pretty firmly in the hands of Gregg Williams now... and the Brantley investigation. But assuming a full recovery from his pec tear, I expect to see him on our squad... and starting.

    @tour2ma said:

    Bryant's future is pretty firmly in the hands of Gregg Williams now... and the Brantley investigation. But assuming a full recovery from his pec tear, I expect to see him on our squad... and starting.

    OK, but I see that it is possible that his position is a lot like Gary Barnidge's. 31 year old veteran who had an off/down season. Plus, they did pick 2 potential replacements for him in Ogunjobi and Brantley. This FO has not been adverse to dumping veterans that previous administrations brought in.

    Its not like Des is like Joe Thomas or Joe Haden.....perennial all star.

  • So a 4 2 5 alignment?

    @topdawg31 said:

    So a 4 2 5 alignment?

    Collins and Kirksey better have pro bowl seasons. D is going to be a little scary. Again.
  • Our FO believes in the old saying, "Don't trust anyone over 30". And they don't care to wait and find out if the guy they want to replace you with is any good.

    I always felt that our D was better when Bryant was on the field.

  • Des certainly was one of our better players on the D-side in 2015.

    Hopefully will not be the case in 2017... by virtue of the rising talent added during his absence.