MrNathanDrake
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- SS. Ryan, Harmon or Chung. Who steps up? I see Ryan as the favorite because he has the best ball skills but I liked what I saw from Harmon last season.
To many ????? 4 my liking. With Brady on board I would feel much much better if we had a talent at wr with less lottery ticket hope n more of expectations n full confidence the shuttle has all its parts to fly. Then we can feel confident about a shootout in January if n when it arises.like mentioned Lafell a low ceiling n Dobson has some questions other than health. Gronk is n impact player but nobody even expects him to be healthy in January anymore.
Yup. And how the defensive line will shape up in general, with Easley, Armstead and Smith in the mix. I expect little from Vince this year (if ever again). If Kelly comes back anything close to what he's been, that could be huge.I'd want to see what DTs Wilfork and Kelly have left.
From the early reports, the idea is to move McCourty to more of a SS role, where he can utilize his talents for tackling and covering the opposition's TE. The idea would then be to move Ryan into McCourty's "old" role. The thought was that Ryan would be better suited to play a deeper role downfield. Of course it's only speculation at this point.
Number three being the most important for team building purposes.Top 5 things to Watch at Camp
1. Which players spend all camp standing in sweats or on the training bikes on the sideline
2. Which WRs Brady screams obscenities at or worse yet totally ignores
3. Which players have the hottest babes hanging around on the sidelines
4. Any gravity space-time distortions occurring around Wilfy's bulk
5. Which players get yelled at by BB and get sent doing laps
2. What changes in the D scheme are we about to see with the new lockdown secondary enabling us to take more risks? Will we go back to a more Pete Carroll type aggressive D where we put more pressure via blitzing and stunting than bend but don't break? Wouldn't mind that at all myself given our personnel changes.
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#3 Armstead - DT - This player is gonna draw the most fire as some would argue he is #1 and some would argue he has shown nothing and should not be on this list at all. However I will go the middle route. The talent is undeniable. He is going to be the DL man that is most watched in TC as i expect Easley not to do anything in the off season (perhaps not even 1 preseason game). Armstead has proven nothing but has been called a 2nd round talent. With a year to sit and learn now is the time to see what he can do.
2. I'd want to see what LB James Anderson has left.
You're probably going to have to wait for Week 1 of the regular season for this. Coaches like to save their blitz packages for closed-to-the-media practice sessions until they are unleashed on a poor unsuspecting promising, young QB like Mr. Tannehill.
Armstead's talent is quite deniable. The guy was a pretty mediocre college player and had one fairly good season in the CFL - which is not exactly a pipeline of high end NFL talent. The whole "2nd round talent" thing is a ridiculous exaggeration based on a comment by his former CFL coach. Had he not had a heart attack and had he played his senior year and had he continued to build off of a decent, but not overwhelmingly impressive junior year, perhaps then he would have been an early round prospect.
True, we see guys with nice height/weight/speed get overdrafted on the basis of potential but to act as if Armstead has demonstrated high end ability or has "undeniable" talent is a huge stretch. And let's not forget that being a "2nd round talent" means very little. Just ask Ron Brace, Darius Butler, Marquise Hill, Terrence Wheatley, et al.
The guy's hype seems to be based on the unknown aspect of him. Because I don't see too many people who actually watched him play at USC trumpeting him as a hugely talented, "2nd round" player.
Going to be watching the Bears? Because that's the team Anderson plays for....