The only LB I'm worried about is Bruschi. He was such a huge part of all our championships, making more big plays from the LB position than I can remember seeing. I think all our other LBs will play at (or above) the level we expect them to...which is all you can ask. Hopefully Thomas will be able to make some of the big plays that we missed last season (when we were still a minute away from the Super Bowl
).
I'm much more worried about the secondary. With the likelihood of Samuel playing seeming to decrease with each passing day and each new volley fired at management, and with the Rodney keystone being a year older and coming off more injuries after every season, and with Wilson's play, by all accounts, slipping, and with Gay making a habit of being injured, etc. I see much more reason to be worried about the defensive backfield. We've won with worse before (I like Scott and the James signing) but it's not a situation that makes me comfortable.