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I think they are virtually certain to line up with Tulloch in the middle, Levy at WLB, and Durant at SLB I still think Levy plays 3 downs, but it's not etched in stone. I give Tulloch a slight edge to be the other nickel LB. I have a feeling that we won't know any of this for sure until after the 3rd preseason game.
Coaching comments, contract size, previous level of play is driving my Bradley over Lenon speculation. I think Bradley has matchup LB3 value -- not quite the level of stats from Lenon last year -- with Washington playing next to him and what should be better tackling corners.
Adding to that is the fact that there were no OTAs and the new LBs could not practice until August 4th. In normal times, many of these issues would already be known or at the very least, coaches would have more of an idea than they do right now. Those missed practices are huge.
Updated now. Spreading myself a little thin over the past two weeks. Thanks for letting me know if something gets lost in the shuffle.
thank you very much!!!
I'm having trouble locating this.
Rams played very few nickel snaps, but it was Poppinga (surprisingly over Leber, I thought) in the game. The majority of subpackage snaps were again dime packages, so I don't think we'll see any added value for any OLB until/unless that changes.Hey Jene or anyone else that wants to pitch in.
Brackett and Sims most likely. Sims and Conner still battling for starting WLB job, Sims probably has the edge there, but I've not seen any official notes yet.
So Leber is playing on the strongside? Rotoworld really got that lineup wrong.'Jene Bramel said:Rams played very few nickel snaps, but it was Poppinga (surprisingly over Leber, I thought) in the game. The majority of subpackage snaps were again dime packages, so I don't think we'll see any added value for any OLB until/unless that changes.Hey Jene or anyone else that wants to pitch in.
Ugh.Reviewing this game again tonight and noticed that I made an incorrect assumption on Leber/Poppinga. Leber is wearing #59 for the Rams, Poppinga #51. I had assumed, incorrectly, and never noticed the name on the back of the jersey, that Leber was #51.It's Leber (59) and not Poppinga in the nickel packages, which certainly makes more sense.Apologies for the error. Usually pay much better attention to detail that that. Mistake I won't repeat.'Jene Bramel said:Rams played very few nickel snaps, but it was Poppinga (surprisingly over Leber, I thought) in the game. The majority of subpackage snaps were again dime packages, so I don't think we'll see any added value for any OLB until/unless that changes.Hey Jene or anyone else that wants to pitch in.
Watching this battle very closely. Gambled I could pick up both in back-to-back rounds fairly late in a recent all-IDP draft but Conner got sniped just before my pick. The position has always yielded good production from even mediocre players. Hoping Sims superior pass coverage ability carries the day in the end.'Jene Bramel said:
Of the snaps I saw, Casillas and Herring were with the first team, but Shanle may not have been playing then. Seems that the consensus is that Shanle and Herring will start at this point, though Casillas is expected to rotate in. I'll amend the first post and we'll see what develops next Thursday if we don't officially hear sooner.
The Bengals provide less than zero information about injuries. There have been reports that Rivers will play this year, but until he's activated from PUP I'd not hold my breath. If he's healthy enough to play, I'd think he'll be in the lineup in some capacity unless Howard plays extremely well during the first half of the year.'ninerfanatic492000 said:
Don't now if this was answered, but.....Matthews wears the green dot, but he comes out on 3rd down. I think it is Fokou and Rolle that are LBs in the nickel.
Its been clear that Rolle and Matthews will share time to play to their strengths.
First game box score:- 10 solo tackles- 1 assist- 2 sacks- 1 forced fumble
Lee is primarily taking snaps from James. Has played nearly every down. Need to review lots of film tomorrow, but from what I saw from the Redzone cuts today, there will be quite a few changes to this list this week.
Jene, I'm sure you'll pick this up when you review games, but just wanted to point out that all 4 LBs (Kerrigan included) stayed on the field in nickle sets (Kerrigan's INT-TD came while they were in a nickle package).And if you don't mind noting, it seemed to me like all 4 of those guys played at least 90-95%, if not all, of the defensive snaps. The 'Skins stuck with their base 3-4 all game (other than nickle/dime sets; i.e. I don't think they showed any 4-3 looks, which is different from last year).
Has he done anything with any of his previous chances?'ten1437 said:
I think he was concussion prone couple years back.
Sidewinder).Yeah it was a tough game for Det IDP. I saw a couple of plays where Durant (52?) was in the nickel with Tulloch not Levy. But most of the plays I saw it was Levy and Tulloch.
Man looks like I will be dropping Bradie James
casillas is a work in progress when it comes to coverage. as bad as shanle is in coverage - and he is kinda awful - he still is better than casillas at this point. the saints seemed to pull back from the man coverage needed for the blitzing in favor of more zone.
Sean Lee.
Just to follow up on this, Fletcher, McIntosh and Kerrigan did indeed play every defensive snap (from Ryan O'Halloran's weekly "Playing time" article). Orakpo only missed a few snaps due to an ankle injury.
I second this.Can't wait to find out about Dan Connor's potential role expansion...
I can make a case for Wright, Curry or Hawthorne to play every-down. My guess is that it's none of the above, but I'd handicap it as 30% Wright, 20% Hawthorne, 5% Curry.'CataclysmicThunder said:
