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Mostly on the right side in Cleveland. Like many pass rushers, I think he's grown into a different player over the past two years as he's learned the league and added size. That's not to argue that he consistently do well against athletic tackles, but I'm willing to err on the side of putting him in the higher tier.
The expectation is that he re-signs with the Patriots once he can pass a physical. From what I understand he has been rehabbing and working out at the Pats facilities.'hal9000 said:
It's possible his court date won't be until after this season ends. I don't think anyone behind him has much value and are unproven.Dumervil's arrest in Miami from road rage incident with firearm
So if he's suspended/incarcerated for part of the season, is there anyone worth looking at?
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The early reports on Jones are very promising. He's not formally moved into the lineup and there'll be some rotation for sure, but the Patriots look like a 4-3 team and Jones is ticketed for the position I liked him in most -- 4-3 RDE.Moved him up significantly in my last tier update. Now on the verge of my DL3 with T20 upside tier.
I wouldn't rush to judgement on that.I have no inside info, and I'm not disputing it, but they've been a multiple front team in the past, as you know, and if they happen top be working in an even front in camp it might be that belichick just wants to get tape on that front to correct it (which was belichick's claim last year this time), or he feels the execution is simpler for the young guys -- and they have a few rookies working their way in.
I am wondering about him as well. MFL has him listed as DE, which makes me think he could be a nice pickup. Your thoughts Jene?
There's potential here, but not enough upside for me to have him as a draftable commodity in a combined DE/DT rank list yet.
Kruger is growing into a good player, but he's not the all-around player Suggs is, nor does he have the elite pass rushing upside. Might belong in the DL3 tiers, but I'm waiting to see exactly how the Ravens align and use him before recommending him as more than draftable depth.
Is it time to drop him in Dynasty leagues yet (or has that time passed already)?
He gets one more month, see what he does the first 2-3 weeks before throwing in the towel, he wasn't ever 100% last year so you almost have to give him a few real games this year to see if he really is a bust. I just traded for Kam in a league I was hoping one of Morgan or Dunlap emerged to cover my ### though. So, worth a roster spot but don't pencil him in the lineup week 1.'Shane Falco said:
yeah, I'm sitting on him and Michael Johnson in one league and 1 of the 2 is going to have to be cut before final rosters
The Giants didn't see him as one but people were saying that and talking about his backflip video where he didFirst I have ever heard of a DE drafted #15 overall described as a "project". I think that was more a matter of his situation at the time, behind Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora, and Mathias Kiwanuka. He was also First team All-American his final season of college as well.Raw? Yes. PROJECT? Heck no..
Do you have a link by chance?
Knowing Marvin Lewis, a comment that Dunlap "seems pretty close with things" could mean that he's sitting in the meeting room next door. Hopefully, it means that Dunlap is progressing more quickly than expected, but the little information the team has released to date and the visible mechanism of injury suggests at least a Grade 2 MCL strain. It's possible he's back to practice before four weeks have passed and is ready to play in Week 1, but I think that's a hopeful estimate.
Yes, I saw an announcement on this a week or so ago. http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/6173/junior-galette rotoworldhttp://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/depthchart.php?type=all&lite=no&exclude_coaches=yes FBG
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Agree 100% Tick... But what is your opinion if he's playing the majority of his snaps at 3-4 OLB yet still listed as a DE (a la Terrell Suggs)? This appears to be the likely scenario as of right now.I don't pretend to have a good feel for what it will do for his sack totals... no question he's a bit long of tooth to be making such a position/scheme switch. But at the very least I have to think he'll notch a few more solos and assists than usual.
Sorry, I should have thought a bit more.Yeah, if you can get a 3-4 OLB classified as a DE, it's great. Bryan Thomas and Adalius Thomas had some great seasons under this classification at times... but it seems to have been awhile since MFL got one of these wrong.I haven't seen Indy this preseason. Is he playing DE or OLB? I know the original plan was OLB, but I thought I read something saying he was taking some DE snaps.
I don't think Freeney's numbers are going to change much. He'll have no impact in coverage and putting him in a two point stance will not increase his effectiveness against the run. The reason so many "LBs classifed as DEs" have been attractive loopholes over the years is because most of those players had a higher solo tackle expectation. I strongly doubt we'll see Freeney pick up 10-20 solos in this role. I think 40 solos is his absolute ceiling and I think he hits it only if he runs up a mid-double digit sack count.
Agreed. As a Colts fan who has watched all the preseason games, I think it's important to note that the Colts are rotating Mathis, Freeney, and Jerry Hughes at the two OLB spots and of those three, Freeney has struggled the most in the transition to the 3-4. There was even talk this last week of Freeney possibly being cut due to his huge cap number this year and the emergence of Jerry Hughes, who is seemingly flourishing in the new 3-4 scheme. Freeney will most definitely not be playing every down and could possibly play the least of the three OLBs.
I never understand why teams don't pounce when other teams switch to the 3-4. Kampman, Mario Williams, and now Freeney were great 4-3 DEs who have been poor fits in a 3-4 transition, and some 4-3 teams just plod along with crap DEs when they could get these players at a huge discount. Couldn't Cincinnati have used a good DE for each of the last 10 years?
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Tiers coming in this week's Reading the Defense.Please?
