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Bailey or E Sims (1 Viewer)

sims... he went to same school as derrick brooks, has similar athleticism & even has a HC from his team (marinelli - TB)...

bailey gets hurt a lot... sims has a concussion history, but i still think bailey the bigger injury risk... but even if i knew in advance they both play 16 games, i like sims better straight up...

LBs that have been taken in the top 10 last decade have for the most part fared well (except chris claiborne)... though guy like farrior didn't necessarily explode as rookie.

 
Will Simms ever be a MLB, then his value would skyrocket
Sims is too small to be a viable MLB, even in this scheme. The Will position in the Tampa-2 is the perfect role for him.
 
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probably not, though in mike mayock's opinion he could play all three positions (he is similar size to vilma, as far as that goes)...

but don't forget... derrick brooks has lit it up from the WLB position in the Tampa Cover Two in the past... in that scheme, a lot of action is funnelled to the weak side...

 
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word from Lion camp is that so far Sims has looked VERY average. Also, with Boss in the middle, i have to believe he'll post better stats than Ernie.

 
Contrary to this report: (KFFL)

Lions | Sims makes an immediate impact Day 1Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:33:27 -0700Nicholas J. Cotsonika, of the Detroit Free Press, reports Detroit Lions rookie LB Ernie Sims made an impact on his first day of practice with the team Sunday, July 30. On his first real play in his first real practice, he hit rookie RB Brian Calhoun. "Oh, yeah," Sims said, smiling. "That felt real good. It always feels good to get a little lick in. I really couldn't explode on him like I really wanted to, but to get a little forearm in there, that felt real good." Sims had fresh legs, having missed the first two days of training camp. "I love putting on pads," Sims said. Without pads in the offseason, "you really can't express yourself the way you want to express yourself." The Lions could have signed Sims, the ninth pick of this year's draft, to as much as a six-year deal. Lions' chief operating officer Tom Lewand said Sims' agent "certainly wanted" a five-year deal, so Sims can become a free agent earlier, but the length of the contract wasn't the holdup. Head coach Rod Marinelli said he loved Sims' attitude and some of that attitude, that confident competitiveness, that love of hitting, came out when Sims was asked if he had gotten a welcome from the veterans. "Not yet," Sims said, smiling. "I'm going to give them a welcome in the next couple days, though."
Sims is going to hurt one of his teammates.
 
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Early reports on Bailey are good. And Bailey confirms that the Detroit Tampa-2 (like the others) will be good for linebackers who pursue.

detroitlions.com

There are a lot of things the Detroit Lions coaching staff is certain of: they want their players to work hard, show passion and know their stuff.

After this morning’s training camp practice in Allen Park, fans know something else the coaching staff is certain of: they want Boss Bailey to start at middle linebacker this season.

Bailey missed five games last season due to an ankle injury and has been rehabbing through the offseason. He underwent initial surgery after being placed in the Injured/Reserve, but had to have another surgery in April due to tendonitis.

The Lions placed him on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list at the outset of training camp, but took him off after just three days. He made his first full-padded appearance in Monday’s first practice on a hot and humid morning.

“I feel like I’m home again,” said Bailey. “It was like I was on a vacation or something being over to the side; it’s no fun to watch everybody get banged up and go through all the blood sweat and tears and you’re not involved in that.

“So it just felt good to get back involved in a little bit of that.”

Bailey being back on the practice field was just as exciting for Lions’ coaches as it was for Bailey himself. He will be an integral part of the Detroit defense, as the coaching staff is choosing to move him to middle linebacker in the absence of veteran Earl Holmes who did not re-sign with Detroit this offseason.

Bailey has never played the middle linebacker position – even in college – but he is excited at the possibilities it presents and the versatility he will have playing in Defensive Coordinator Donnie Henderson’s defensive scheme.

“That’s my dream man,” said Bailey. “I always envied the middle guys because you get the best of both worlds; you get to go both ways. You’re not one-dimensional, so to speak, on the outside. I’m loving it and I’m going to try my best to make it work.”

When Bailey was approached about taking over the middle linebacker position, he was stunned. His first inclination was to think that playing in the middle would take away his strength: running down opponents with his speed.

Bailey is excited to be put in the middle linebacker spot stating it has "always been his dream."

But Bailey’s fears were soon put to rest when he found out that Henderson’s defense calls for just that.

“In a 4-3 defense you can play it two ways: you can either spill runs or you can hammer runs back inside,” he said. “Here we’re going to send everything outside and it’s on me to run it down – plain and simple. “It plays perfectly to my strength. The way we’re playing it is perfect for a guy like me because we’re sending it all to the outside and with my speed they know I can run it down and make the play.”

As far as his health is concerned, Bailey is feeling good for the time being. He isn’t feeling any pain in his ankle, so he is focusing on building strength.

“You have to play football in order to get into football shape,” said Bailey. “You can’t get into football shape on the sidelines, there’s no way, no how. You’ve got to be out there thinking, you have to know how to change direction, know how to react or you aren’t going to make the tackle; that in itself is going to weigh you down.

“Running on the side is easy - okay go touch the line, come back – you know that’s easy. But, being out there on the field is where you get into football shape.”

As excited as the coaches are to have him back, they also aren’t rushing him into anything. They want to slowly progress him into full strength without re-aggravating his ankle.

“We have to be smart with him – working him in day-by-day,” said Head Coach Rod Marinelli. “He was in the individual drills and 7-on-7’s, [we’re] working him back in slow. It’s a good way to start getting the re-direction and some of those things right now.”

Though things aren’t full-throttle just yet, Bailey’s focus is already centered on his new role as Lions’ middle linebacker.

“I was smiling from ear to ear [when they told me],” said Bailey. “I was like ‘this is going to be my ship and it’s on me to run it.’”
 

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