(05-17-2019, 07:08 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(05-17-2019, 05:23 PM)Eric1 Wrote: LOL you guys are comical. Nobody said a word about him at MLB in 2017 when this Defense was playing at an elite level. The entire Defense took a step back (shouldn't have surprised anybody, considering they were an all time great Defense in 2017, hard to repeat those results) last season, but was still a top 5 unit, yet you guys are still crying.

Jack will be going into his 3rd year as a MLB and 2nd year as a full time MLB. No player will ever get used to a position if you move him from one spot to another every season..

He literally played 5-8 snaps per game at SLB his rookie season.. And I don't want to hear jack [BLEEP] about the Defense was sooo good in 2017 with Poz at MLB on base downs, because we played Nickel at least 70% of the time and it was Jack at MLB.

Poz honestly wasn't even that good his past couple years for us. His leadership was great, but he was slowing down and a huge liability in coverage. Which is why they took him out of the game for most of it.

But no, you guys want to put in another guy at MLB who is coming off an ACL injury (his 2nd ACL injury BTW), who is also a liability in coverage. Comedy at it's best.

"He's nearly completely ineffective there" LOL. What a [BLEEP] joke thing to say LOL.

The only thing you accomplish by moving Jack away from MLB, is making a bigger hole in that starting LB group and only adding more question marks.

Well said.

The phrase "nearly completely ineffective" defines my expectations for Ryan in coverage. I see Ryan strictly coming in at MLB for short-yardage situations or likely running downs. Maybe he'll even start when we play Henry and the Titans.

The only thing comical about all of this is that a few key words were overlooked. No one is saying Jack should or should not play the Mike position. I think we're just all kicking our tires here in mid-May. And there's still plenty of time left for adjustments to be made. Regardless of what Jack feels or says doesn't mean things won't be moved around. Key word folks... if.....IF "(introducing a conditional clause) on the condition or supposition that; in the event that, or, despite the possibility that; no matter whether."

IF.... Jack struggles inside then it's pretty obvious they'll make a move or realign the LB positions. Same thing that happened with Bryan last year when he didn't really show enough to justify leaving him at DE as a rookie so they've decided to kick him back inside at DT to off set the loss of Malik Jackson this off season. 

There's a lot of scenarios that could change the course of the starting defensive and offensive unit this summer during training camp, preseason, etc. What if Jacobs is horrible at Will or Sam? What if Williams doesn't pan out at Will or Sam? What's easier to fix moving forward? 

Having two inexperienced backers on the outside with a former 7th RD pick entering his 2nd year (Jacobs) and two rookies trying to learn the playbook (Allen, who will probably be moved around more than anything and Williams) with a 2nd year starter inside in Jack? Or having Ryan with experience inside, Jack on the outside with his abilities and experience? And maybe just one rookie to worry about which can be heavily rotated to keep it interesting? 

It's ignorant to rule out the possibilities of change or changes throughout the course of the next few months and throughout the actual regular season. 

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