The Hurricane

Please list any and all defensive players that were available in the 2009 draft that would have been an immediate upgrade over one of our defensive starters had we drafted them.

Our Starting Squad:

DE: Ty Warren
NT: Vince Wilfork
DE: Richard Seymour
OLB: Pierre Woods
ILB: Jerod Mayo
ILB: Tedy Bruschi
OLB: Adalius Thomas
CB: Shawn Springs
CB: Leigh Bodden
FS: Brandon Meriweather
SS: James Sanders

eom

if that's patchwork, what's every other team in the league working with?

Gwedd

Ummm... no one springs to my mind. I think we're pretty good so far, and the folks we drafted will add some solid support.

PushnPencils

I'll bite.....McKenzie over Bruschi...I love Tedy from the experience and nostalgia perspective but Tedy ain't got the speed he used to have.

Speed or the lack of it....kills

mayoclinic

Immediately - none. But by midyear I think that Chung will be an upgrade over Sanders at S and Butler will be the starting CB next to Leigh Bodden.

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The Hurricane

no no no. Just to clarify I'm talking about the entire pool of draftable players, not just our draft class. "Patchwork" was sarcasm. This thread is mainly to prove a point.

PushnPencils

Woods and Bru need an upgrade at this point. On paper it seems fine....but it is a deficiency IMHO.

The Hurricane

Any players from the 2009 draft come to mind that would fix the deficiency?

PushnPencils

As I said. McKenzie with regards to the upgrade of speed he brings over Tedy.

jmt57

All right, I'll throw out some names for the sake of discussion:


ILB over Bruschi: Aaron Curry, Rey Maualuga, Tyrone McKenzie

OLB over Woods: Brian Orakpo, Everette Brown, Clay Matthews, Aaron Maybin, Connor Barwin, Larry English, Michael Johnson, Clint Sintim, Paul Kruger

SS over James Sanders: Patrick Chung, Chip Vaughn

CB - perhaps Malcolm Jenkins, Darius Butler, Vontae Davis or Alphonso Smith

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