(A) Barwin fills an important need that has been missing for years: TD-catching LB.
(B) Sign Connor Barwin, draft Connor Vernon, and let the confusion begin!
(C) Did I mention Barwin can also play TE?
I have a questions for all of the "Barwinians" out there. Nice player but....Don't we kind of have a cheaper version of him that we can resign in Trevor Scott? For his short playing time, he was disruptive and had three sacks. He was progressing. Barwin had.....three sacks. I would not be disappointed if we can get him but what does that do to Ninc? Do we still have a solid back up to sign either way like Trevor Scott? (P.S. Trevor Scott was a TE at the University of Buffalo).
Looking at Barwin's stats he does a decent job in passes defended and his sub 4.5 speed is a plus, plus, plus but what does this cat want for dollars?
I like the physical freak thing that Michael Johnson would have brought. Playing him across from Chandler Jones would have been outstanding. I was adamant about the Pats drafting that kid (binkerino). It's funny how BB picks up a negative issue when TB had many blocked passes (and no Jack I do not have that number) this year and last which hurt the Team on certain plays and he goes out to replicate that in our "D".
You have two kids in the Draft that would do that I have mentioned. They are not first rounders either. How about Margus Hunt and Devin Taylor? But I think BB is looking DT/DE combo at perhaps Bennett or Desmond Bryant or Jason Jones....Why? No interior pass rush last year. Chip and double our outside rush and that was that. O.K. I think our outside rush was decent. It was the inside push the pocket that was poor. Maybe Sammy Lee Hill is a value. Chris Canty might be a cheaper alternative (excuse me.... "value")to those above at big bucks, and yet he does that fairly well.
I'd rather spend the money on an inside three down pocket pusher to go with Wilfork, resign Scott who appeared to be coming on at the end of 2012. Hope that one or two of the Canucks work out and get either Hunt or Taylor.
PLUS-You also have Justin Francis who was getting better every week. This is also a big year for Baquette. BB kept him for a reason. He basically red shirted in 2012. These are both young outside guys too.
Yep Johnson would have worked well. I do like Barwin but at what expense?
But with all the outside guys we have , I say it is an interior pocket pusher he jumps at. I could be very wrong but it seems we have some arrows in our quiver on the outside.
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