LBs in 2023

[SunsetBengal]

(01-19-2024, 08:16 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Well, that would go a long way in explaining why he was two or three steps behind a lot of plays this last season.

I hope that they re-sign ADG and Bailey. Batchie and Cliff Johnston have also earned their spots on the LB corp. All in all, I think that it's a very solid group, but when both guys that take over 95% of the snaps have off years the whole squad looks down or mediocre.

Personally, I'm less of a "Pratt is a 3 down LB" believer and more fond of a "Let's keep him fresher next season" kind of approach. He's got his contract now . . . they should quit trying to make him something he's not. Sell it to him like this, "Think of it as load management, Germaine . . . We're planning on 21 game seasons every year, not 17."

I'm not sold that either of them had an "off year" as much as they were greatly affected by the disarray with what was happening behind them.  Wilson and Pratt have worked hard to become one of the best pass defending LB duos in the league, for them to not have confidence that the Safeties behind them have their backs speaks volumes of the calamity that was actually going on this season on the defensive side of the ball.  We all expected some growing pains with losing a top Safety duo in the league, I guess nobody other than Lou Anarumo really understood the full implications of that event happening.