BobDigital
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Why wouldn’t they be able to potentially be the best defense in the nfl?It's hard not to feel good about this defense seeing what they were last year and what their roster looks like this year. It has the potential to be the best defense in the NFL.
I don’t think statically they will be ranked that high because they just aren’t designed that way, but they look better on paper. With that being said, there are a few questions:
-Is Pennel an upgrade over Brown?
-Does Bennett have enough in the tank for us to forget about Flowers next year?
-Has Wise hit his ceiling?
-Will Rivers show us anything or will he be pushed out by Winovich or even Cowart?
It's hard not to feel good about this defense seeing what they were last year and what their roster looks like this year. It has the potential to be the best defense in the NFL.
All depends on how much a downgrade flowers to bennett is. Im gonna play it safe and call a push.
Improvements (imo, obviously remains to be seen for the most part):
Bentley back
+ j williams to secondary
+ winovich to de rotation
Pennel over brown
Betting this all makes up for flowers to bennett
I think that Bennet over Flowers will be a downgrade.
Cowart doesn’t replace brown or Shelton. Cowart is a very undersized DT.We'll see where we are at the time of the bye. Lots of work needs to be done. The front seven has lots of new players that will take time to gel. The secondary is one of the very best in the NFL.
Winovich is a replacement for Clayborn. So, Bennett and Winovich replace Flowers and Clayborn.
Pennell and Cowart replace Brown and Shelton. Maybe this is an upgrade. I suspect that we will still re-sign Shelton or another free agent.
Bentley is an upgrade over McClellan at #4 LB.
Williams will be an upgrade over Melifonwu who was on the 53 last year.
Cowart doesn’t replace brown or Shelton. Cowart is a very undersized DT.
The rile of early down DT to stiff the run in nickel base is critical to the concept. If Cowart sees time in that role, we are in deep trouble.
I don’t think statically they will be ranked that high because they just aren’t designed that way, but they look better on paper. With that being said, there are a few questions:
-Is Pennel an upgrade over Brown?
-Does Bennett have enough in the tank for us to forget about Flowers next year?
-Has Wise hit his ceiling?
-Will Rivers show us anything or will he be pushed out by Winovich or even Cowart?