Is this our 3-4 OLB Pass rusher? Adding weight to set the edge ?
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The Dane Fletcher Experience - Pats Pulpit
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The Dane Fletcher Experience - Pats Pulpit
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.This is what the Pats' pass rush has come to? Dane Fletcher the Savior? wow...
This is what the Pats' pass rush has come to? Dane Fletcher the Savior? wow...
Yes, because one person's casual remark of a potential POSITION change on a message board means the Pats are counting on Fletcher to "save" the pass rush.
Seriously people, can we have ONE thread appreciating a surprise player without someone making a snarky comment about the lack of pass rush?
I agree.
In my mind we have 7-8 LBs that I like Mayo, Cunningham, Spikes, TBC, Fletcher, Guyton, Ninkovich, and more of a wildcard in Moore.
Sure of these 8 guys only Tully is pass rusher but we can focus on the negative and cry about the lack of pass rush or we can focus on the positive which is we have 7-8 fairly good LBs and we should be able to mix and match them and all but Tully are still young and improving. Which IMO explains how the draft went by without a heavy investment in OLB and how if it ever comes FA may not bring it either. BB has a lot of talent at LB just not the right fit at OLB and he could have tried to fit a square peg in round hole but he already has guys he can do that with.
Sometimes I get the feeling that everyone is looking so hard for that next LT that ignore the talent that acctually has accumilated at LB.
IMO Mayo, Spikes, Cunningham, and TBC should be your starters/highest in playtime of LBs. Now sure that isnt as good as Willie, Bru, Johnson, and Vrabel but it is still pretty good and with a little luck it could be close Mayo is as good if not better than any of the four, If TBC can pull off another double digit sack year, If Cunningham and Spikes continue to improve (I know shocker sophmore players could actually be better than their rookie years) we really could have a good LB group. And then guys like Guyton, Fletcher, Ninkovich, and Moore can play small roles that they should excell at.
The LB position is not even close to as bad as people would like to think. IMO all it really lacks is a top end pass rusher. So sure if an OLB fits the system and is out there in FA lets get him but if not I still think we have a pretty damn good LB group and it shouldnt hold this team back.
If you follow that twitter timeline there was an interesting discussion last night between Price and four Pats' bloggers: Capeleaguer, AllThingsPats, PatsPropaganda, Erik Frenz and Rich Hill. Debate was on the ILB and OLB positions in general, and specifically the idea of Fletcher rather Ninkovich at OLB.Is this our 3-4 OLB Pass rusher? Adding weight to set the edge ?
Also see:
The Dane Fletcher Experience - Pats Pulpit
Something tells me Fletcher is a bigger part of the team's plans than the fans'.
Yes, because one person's casual remark of a potential POSITION change on a message board means the Pats are counting on Fletcher to "save" the pass rush.
Well...he is 6'1. I think he might have bulked up to become our reserve 34SILB.