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Me too. I got halfway through writing about James Sanders in the most improved post before realising that it wasn't just Rodney and Geno missing from the DBs. We lost Tebucky Jones and Mel Mitchell too.
Before Tebucky got injured, BB was experimenting with using Jones as a situational pass rushing OLB. I guess the idea was that the offense wouldn't knwo if he were a nickel/dime back, or a pass rusher. The element of surprise. I thought it was an interesting idea.
Like the idea of Tbuck at a rusher/safety/LB. Great concept, but Pilly does that as well with Michael Lewis who is now a FA and was a rave a two seasons ago in 2005 with 107 tackles. He is in the dog house at Philly because he refused to re-up for their dollar.
Thoughts?
DW Toys
Interesting. Where did you hear that?
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Read about it during training camp and it caught my attention. No link, sorry.
i didnt. i was looking forward to having him on ST and sub packages. rumor had it he would play OLB in our nickel/dime which would have been good..get Bruschi/Seau or TBC out of there
I remember hearing that pre-season. I think it was Gresh on FSNE who I saw talk about it. It actually sounded like a pretty interesting idea.
According to Lewis and his agent, it was to punish him for not wanting to stay in Philly on their terms. They say him benching was BS. The guy still picked two even though he didn't play all that much in the last half. This guy doesn't have to cover like a DB if we use him more as a corner OLB or pass rusher. He
also had a couple sacks. What NE DB had two sacks in 2006? The Eagles other safety Dawkins can't cover anyone either but with two hitters back there, somone was going to get burned in the passing game.
He's got to be an upgrade for anyone of our safeties other than Rodney. We all agree with that. He's only 26 years old. If we start benching our DB's for not covering, we'll have to get Mike Haynes to come back. Maybe our system fits him better.
The kid had 107 tackles in 2005. In our defense the safeties come up more to support the run more than most teams. Hawkins did a good job but was smallish to do such and took a beating. Lewis is not going to be that moveable. How many times do we get beat when Gates, McMichael, even Ben Utech for crying-out-loud, or even some tall WR's beat our DB's on size? There were a couple TE's I have never even heard of that caught over 100 on us this year.
This kid is 6'1" and 222 lbs. It's how he can learn to transition in coverage as to how he will work out.
DW Toys
i didnt. i was looking forward to having him on ST and sub packages. rumor had it he would play OLB in our nickel/dime which would have been good..get Bruschi/Seau or TBC out of there
Gimme a break. A team doesn't put it's best players on the field to punish them for not wanting to stay?According to Lewis and his agent, it was to punish him for not wanting to stay in Philly on their terms.
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Like the idea of Tbuck at a rusher/safety/LB. Great concept, but Pilly does that as well with Michael Lewis who is now a FA and was a rave a two seasons ago in 2005 with 107 tackles. He is in the dog house at Philly because he refused to re-up for their dollar. Tebuck is aging but I would had rather seen him at SS covering a wide open receiver in the Colts game with one minute left to go, than Alexander. He still has some quicks. Mel Mitchell is stictly a ST guy.
How about Lewis ? He's a FA, and should be fairly inexpensive because he is under the radar. He had a couple sacks and a couple pics this year even though they benched him with the crap he could not cover, which was BS it was punishment. Cousins, he is 6' 1" and 222. That's bigger than FA MLB Cato June and almost as big as Brsuchi and certainly bigger than Izzo. He can run. He's been a starter on a team with a top defense and he will flat knock you out! Why can't he do a little LB as a side gig! The Godfather loves a guy that does many things.
Does anyone remember Urlacher was a safety in college? Why noy Lewis? Or (P.S. There is a hard hitting safety at Virginia Tech named Rouse who is 6"4" and 230 lbs.) A MLB (Rouse) with quicks and hits and, by the way, can cover. Why not investigate that?
Back to the topic. Let's see....Lewis with Rodney? Duck your head Marvin!
Let's vote:
Lewis over Hawkins?....Lets see those hands Cousins! (Decent Job AH but it's time)
Lewis over Wilson?......Didn't he lead the NFL Mash team the last three years in a row? Isn't he like 5' 6" and 120lbs and makes Bob Sanders look like Saskwatch?
Lewis over our Sanders?....Who the hell knows and he's tiny like 5"10" and 195lbs...."I'll have to look at the film!"
Lewis over Tbuck?.......Age before beauty
Lewis over Mel?....Please!
Thoughts?
DW Toys
My thought is that Michael Lewis got benched for Sean Considine, is absolute garbage, and has no place on a team that needs to get faster, not slower.