12-06-2015, 10:17 PM
We need a competitor at the head coaching position. Someone that will prepare and scheme his team for a win, as opposed to a guy that wants his team to try hard and have fun. Everything else comes after that.
Quote:I would like to see Marrone be the new offensive coordinator, he was the OC for Saints from 2006 to 2008 and i would like to see what he could do. Maybe get Payton to come here to be head coach. I would expect a strict 4-3 to be run, not the hybrid Seahawks defense.Sorry, I meant 3-4 scheme. Maybe keep Poz as Mike, keep Smith and Skuta. It would fit better for our linebackers.
Quote:I don't think Telvin Smith has a spot in a 3-4 scheme. That is a size dependent scheme and you need bigger LBs.We would have Smith blitz and cover occasionally, like a smaller and faster Von Miller. Inside linebackers + Skuta would have the "ideal" size against the run, etc.
Quote:I think switching to a 3-4 turns Smith into a part time, situational player, unless you use Fowler as a LOLB.Smith would still have upwards of 75% of snaps. Fowler would be used at outside linebacker occasionally. And we could have Smith bulk up.
Quote:DEFENSE:
Keep: Telvin Smith (heck give that man a raise he's a hard worker with talent), Sen'Derrick Marks,Paul Posluszny, Roy Miller, Davon House (paid him too much not to keep him but would play RCB), Aaron Colvin (as Nickle or rushing CB only), Jared Odrick, and Fowler Jr.
Depth: FS Brown, Cyprien, Tyson Alualu, maybe Dwayne Gratz, Dan Skuta, and Ryan Davis all for depth only.
Cut: Josh Evans, Branch, Clemons, and Chris Smith, McCray, Nick Marshall, and maybe Arby Jones too.
(Bold Players only ones proven to be good, everyone else is average to below).
OFFENSE/ST:
Keep: AR15, Hurns, Bortles, Thomas, M. Lee, Yeldon, Linder, Parnell, Zane Beadles, F
Depth: Bryan Walters, R. Greene (maybe KR/PR Starter), D-Rob, Cann,
Cut: Gerhart, Marcedes Lewis, Joeckel, Wisniewski, Sam Young, Bernard Pierce, Henne, Jason Myers, Bowanko, Clay Harbor, Shatley, R Lawerence (who is he and J Banyard)?, maybe nic jacobs too.
Quote:Josh Evans is good at tackling, Alualu does absolutely nothing... at all...ever.
Poz is a leader and could be useful in the redzone and for the run defense.
Quote:I wouldn't gut the team, because I think we're close. Here are the guys I'd move on from in the offseason (or sooner) without any doubt:
Offense - Beadles, Gerhart, M. Lewis
Defense - Branch, Clemons, Alualu, Gratz, Evans
Special Teams - 24-of-38, Anger
Everyone else is somewhere between "fringe" (Wiz, Cyp), "young and cheap enough to be worth another look in camp" (Chris Smith, for example) and "DO NOT EVER LET HIM LEAVE EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVER NOT NEVER EVER" (Bortles, the Allens, etc.). I think that in terms of a roster, we are closer than most people here seem to think. We just have a terrible head coach and some real liabilities at key positions, and those two things have conspired to bury us. I mean, how is the Seattle D supposed to work with no LEO and no single-high safety?
Quote:I wouldn't gut the team, because I think we're close. Here are the guys I'd move on from in the offseason (or sooner) without any doubt:
Offense - Beadles, Gerhart, M. Lewis
Defense - Branch, Clemons, Alualu, Gratz, Evans
Special Teams - 24-of-38, Anger
Everyone else is somewhere between "fringe" (Wiz, Cyp), "young and cheap enough to be worth another look in camp" (Chris Smith, for example) and "DO NOT EVER LET HIM LEAVE EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVER NOT NEVER EVER" (Bortles, the Allens, etc.). I think that in terms of a roster, we are closer than most people here seem to think. We just have a terrible head coach and some real liabilities at key positions, and those two things have conspired to bury us. I mean, how is the Seattle D supposed to work with no LEO and no single-high safety?
Quote:I was being faceitious about Poz. He's more than a "depth player". He's legit. The problem is the defense doesn't fit his talent.Yeah, you're right. Take them both to the cleaners!
I'm not sure I agree with you regarding Evans... I mean, I guess he's a better tackler than Gratz at this point. But to me, it seems Evans is always late to the play. I hear ya about Alualu, but my point is, if you're gonna keep Evans, Alualu is about the same amount of production relatively speaking as Evans, in my opinion.
Bear in mind, I have a very low opinion of Josh Evans. The dude just seems always out of position.
Quote:Mine is pretty similar to yours, except I'd keep both Evans and Alualu. People love to hate him, but Tyson is a solid rotational player for the 3 and 5-techs. He's not starter material, but he's not someone you outright cut right after the season is over like Clemons or Gerhart. I actually think Evans could be a decent player if they wouldn't miscast him as a free safety. He doesn't have the range to play the position, but I think he could be a good backup as an in-the-box SS.
I'd also be fine with Lewis being brought back for cheap if he's solely a backup at the more traditional TE position.
People seem enamored with gutting the roster which doesn't make sense unless they're taking up a ton of cap space (Beadles) or the downside of their career (Clemons). You build up depth by bringing in better players and phasing worse players out at the end of camp, not by cutting half of the team's starters as soon as the season is over.
Quote:Mine is pretty similar to yours, except I'd keep both Evans and Alualu. People love to hate him, but Tyson is a solid rotational player for the 3 and 5-techs. He's not starter material, but he's not someone you outright cut right after the season is over like Clemons or Gerhart. I actually think Evans could be a decent player if they wouldn't miscast him as a free safety. He doesn't have the range to play the position, but I think he could be a good backup as an in-the-box SS.
I'd also be fine with Lewis being brought back for cheap if he's solely a backup at the more traditional TE position.
People seem enamored with gutting the roster which doesn't make sense unless they're taking up a ton of cap space (Beadles) or the downside of their career (Clemons). You build up depth by bringing in better players and phasing worse players out at the end of camp, not by cutting half of the team's starters as soon as the season is over.
Quote:Yeah, you're right. Take them both to the cleaners!
Quote:Mine is pretty similar to yours, except I'd keep both Evans and Alualu. People love to hate him, but Tyson is a solid rotational player for the 3 and 5-techs. He's not starter material, but he's not someone you outright cut right after the season is over like Clemons or Gerhart. I actually think Evans could be a decent player if they wouldn't miscast him as a free safety. He doesn't have the range to play the position, but I think he could be a good backup as an in-the-box SS.The problem is that Alualu keeps showing that when he's placed in a key role, he's overmatched and overwhelmed. Maybe a different scheme could fix that, but honestly, if the man can't find success as a 5-tech end in a glorified 3-4 defense (like last year, when he played so well that we spent millions on Odrick), maybe it's just time to see what the next man up can do. We'd be remiss not to add a rotational defensive tackle in the draft next year anyway, and that's basically what Alualu is. He's not awful, but not worth the money.
I'd also be fine with Lewis being brought back for cheap if he's solely a backup at the more traditional TE position.
People seem enamored with gutting the roster which doesn't make sense unless they're taking up a ton of cap space (Beadles) or the downside of their career (Clemons). You build up depth by bringing in better players and phasing worse players out at the end of camp, not by cutting half of the team's starters as soon as the season is over.
Quote:The problem is that Alualu keeps showing that when he's placed in a key role, he's overmatched and overwhelmed. Maybe a different scheme could fix that, but honestly, if the man can't find success as a 5-tech end in a glorified 3-4 defense (like last year, when he played so well that we spent millions on Odrick), maybe it's just time to see what the next man up can do. We'd be remiss not to add a rotational defensive tackle in the draft next year anyway, and that's basically what Alualu is. He's not awful, but not worth the money.
I only take note of Evans when he's been burned and/or committed a pass interference penalty. That's kind of been the story on him since his rookie year. At some point, you just have to shake your head and accept that the man can't play.
On Marcedes, I agree he'd have something to offer as a blocker, but he's expensive, he offers next to nothing in the passing game, and I'd honestly rather see those reps go to Nic Jacobs or Ben Koyack in camp next year. Jacobs is a mountain of a man, imo as good as Lewis is at this point.