Vellano doesn't belong in the NFL. He sux, not even a practice squad. There is Noway Vellano should have a roster spot before Worthy or Quarles or Kelly who may not get sacks at his age but is at least stout. As for the big boys stepping up I think.......
Kenbrell thompkins has lightning burst off the line and suddenness in his routes to get early separation, they should use that in the game plan til Online comes around
Dobson is 6'3 with speed and burst and can beat a defender early or deep if he gets single coverage.
Cannon will settle in at LG, its new for him from playing RT. He should have been a guard already
Fleming has prototype size power talent of many standout guards who played tackle in college. Osemele and Carpenter are latest to standout. Fleming has similar talent and size. He is the only player on this team capable of playing RG very well. I think they need to get him to speed.
Vereen can get quick separation out of the backfield, they need to take advantage of him, he also is a deep threat on occasion the defense must account for.
Jones is not a 3-4 DE or DT. He and Collins needs to rush from the olb positions in a 3-4 as they are most athletic bestbrushers on the team. If they go back to 4-3 Jones should be one edge rusher and Ninko,Moore, and Buchanan could compete for other end. If Buchanan wins Jones should play strong side. Moore plays strong side opposite Jones if he wins. Since they seem to feel they want an upgrade over the try hard Ninkovich. Then Collins still plays olb in the 4-3;where he will be a dangerous blitzer and free to roam and cover
Wilfork and Siliga are most stout DTs and should start til Easley proves he can contribute as a rusher. Playing Chandler at DT negates best playmaker. Once the Dline is stout again Bill can start dialing up the blitzes
Chung should not be starting. If he truly is better than Harmon, Bill should be ashamed of his poor drafting. If he is starting due to his experience he needs to be benched to get Harmon acclimated.
Logan Ryan has most upside to be our #2 cornerback. He needs more reps as well bad Harmon. Bill knows Chung can't do it, he needs to find out what he has bin Harmon and Ryan. If Ryan steps up again at Cornerback and can man #2 role, Browner can move to SS if Harmon is a flop at SS like Chung. Then the blitzes can really get cranked up. Hard to blitz when dline is being blown off the ball. Settle the Dline let Revis,Ryan,and Browner start pressing while blitzing, completely takes away Wallace's speed.
Mayo needs to get up to speed and doesn't matter if in 3-4 or 4-3 another LB is needed. 4-3 you have mayo Collins and who else. Hightower is liability at LB and rush LB. He isn't explosive enough. I still like the 6' near 220 Chung to bulk to 230-235 and play LB. He is a great tackler/hitter he just can't cover at safety. His coverage skills would be OK for a LB. In the 4-3 he would be allowed to run and hit. Wilfork Siliga,Jones and Moore or Buchanan will free up LBs for Chung to do what he does best run hit tackle blitz. If they find 3 lineman stout enough for the 3-4 Chung can play inside next to Mayo with Jones Collins at rush OLB. That would be great speed and tackling at LB. Just some thoughts for better team
Oh BTW one thing I noticed, Vollmer does not look like vollmer. He is 30 with countless injuries. Fleming and Cannon can fix guard positions but Vollmer does not dominate like the Vollmer that impressed as a rookie. Bill should have taken a flier on Seantrel Henderson and or Antonio Richardson or any of the tall talented tackles instead of Jemea Thomas and Running back # 7 or 8 or whatever in white.
