"DE" Weakest Link

jdlboot14 said:

We have to talk about DE/EDGE as the weakest position on the team.
With Jacas a no-show so far, and Landry still working through his knee injury... it is time to get real about a FA DE.
We can't count on Jones & Ponder all season.

Barth mentioned the idea of signing Clowney for a 1 year lightning bottle type of role. And I'm not dismissing it.
He had nearly the exact same stats as Landry last year in half the starts in DAL.
Sure, he's way past his prime, but he's still very strong and can set the edge and still get to the QB.

If we can't figure out a big trade (Thibodeaux, Highsmith) would you consider Clowney or Bosa?

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Uptown said:

Is he cooked?

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Zuma said:

IMO 34 is too old (Matthew Judon is 34)...

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Uptown said:

If that’s the case, we still have a few other options out there.

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Uptown said:

Is he cooked?

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jdlboot14 said:

We have to talk about DE/EDGE as the weakest position on the team.
With Jacas a no-show so far, and Landry still working through his knee injury... it is time to get real about a FA DE.
We can't count on Jones & Ponder all season.

Barth mentioned the idea of signing Clowney for a 1 year lightning bottle type of role. And I'm not dismissing it.
He had nearly the exact same stats as Landry last year in half the starts in DAL.
Sure, he's way past his prime, but he's still very strong and can set the edge and still get to the QB.

If we can't figure out a big trade (Thibodeaux, Highsmith) would you consider Clowney or Bosa?

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TommyD4207 said:

The weakest position on the team is off-ball linebacker.
Otherwise fine, although I'm only signing Bosa if he agrees to go back on the juice.

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Huckleberry1 said:

I agree. OTB LB is perilously thin, but they don't seem to be concerned about it, and I don't really get their lack of urgency.

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patsinthesnow said:

“I’ve got very high expectations for him. Very,” Smith said. “All these guys have done great all spring, but he really, really looks comfortable out there. It has really slowed down for him. And again, we’re June 9th or 10th, but I got high expectations for him. He’s always gonna fight. He’s not gonna say much. He’s very intelligent. When you’re very intelligent like that, he’s big. He’s as athletic. He’s done some kind of freaky stuff the spring around the edge, the top of his rush that you’re like, ‘Oh, wow, that’s pretty nice to see.’ “



The pats should add an EDGE but I think Ponder is going to be a factor. He had some nice wins vs. Tristan Wirfs & Garrett Bolles. They might’ve found a Shaq Barrett UDFA type EDGE. I won’t be surprised if he starts week 1.

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Wozzy said:

Because the Pats actually know Landry and Jacas’s medical situation and timetable to return.

They’re not speculating on a fan forum both contracted ebola over the offseason and they’re about to die painful agonizing deaths.

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Huckleberry1 said:

My mistake. I didn't realize that both Landry and Jacas had moved to Off the Ball Linebacker. I thought they were Edge players. But given that you are the only person who is able to divine what conversations take place inside the front offices I will defer to you.

Who is going to replace them at Edge?

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