03-27-2020, 10:19 PM
(03-27-2020, 09:25 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: 1 - I agree.
2 - I like Phillips for the future and think this was a plan to get him into a starting position slowly. Wayne's contract is front loaded
but it also has an out for us if he doesn't work out and Waynes is just simply young and a much better tackler than Dre. Shawn is
on the last year of his contract and Vonn Bell is a stud blitzer and tackling beast. I like Shawn as I have said, he has a better nose
for the ball than Vonn so far in his career but we needed insurance as well as someone to show Bates how to blitz and tackle better.
Bates in the meantime hopefully can teach Bell how to be better in pass coverage. Win win.
3 - Put your money in the trenches man and what better way than Reader? He will help out the LB's and the Draft is coming up to
add to the position. Schobert was overpaid too and is not a great tackler and does not play in the trenches. We are moving to a 3-4
Hybrid, need to have the NT and Reader is perfect in front of Tupou. Couldn't think of a better fit in this move than Reader.
I like Williams, and agree that he has good instincts for tracking the football. Ts, I recently read an article that showed his in the box numbers from last season,and they weren't very good.
Don't have a link...? May have been PFF? There are others on the board that are much better at posting analytics than I am. If I remember correctly, the article was debating the merits of moving Williams to LB? Then it went on to show that he didn't fair all that well inside last season.
Like you mentioned, he has a good nose for the ball. I've always liked him. Will be interesting to see how this plays out?
