11-05-2018, 12:19 PM
(11-05-2018, 11:29 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I agree that most are...but Brown led the league in tackles last season. While I agree the tackles could be downfield...if I recall correctly, he graded out in the upper 60's or lower 70's by PFF so be was an above average guy. Here, he's in the 50's.
That's a huge drop-off in play.
We do tend to go for the slow/lumbering LB's. It seems like that is the exact opposite of what the league requires.
As for slow lumbering LBs, I addressed that in another thread last week.. RPOs are killing LBs, the 250 LBs are a thing of the pass. The days of offenses just lining up and running straight ahead are over. We need LBs that can fly sideline to sideline and can drop back, not 15 yds and cover TEs or RBs.
