Back to the norm - Michael Johnson

[Benton]

(11-14-2017, 04:59 PM)ochocincos Wrote:  
Michael Johnson also needs to be cut after this season with proven development of Lawson, Willis, and Smith.

I'd prefer to keep him and reduce his snaps.

Maybe it's just the rose colored glasses I put on every time I think about Zimmer's defenses, but one thing that made our DL good back then was the steady rotation. We plugged in guys here and there as needed. It didn't have to be a standout guy, we just needed a rested, healthy guy. 

The last two years I've whined about not using our first to pick up a talented DL player to get back to that. Pick up a guy who can play 60% of the snaps... but then only play him 30% and use that rotation to keep offenses uncomfortable. Keep guys like MJ who can give you quality downs as long as you aren't putting them out there every play.