Who we keeping at LBer ?

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(01-15-2019, 02:01 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Obviously LBer was one of our very weak spots this past season. For the purposes of this list let's assume we get two starters this off season, one from top of draft and a free agent. Who from this list do we keep ?

Preston Brown
Vontaze Burfict
Jordan Evans  
Malik Jefferson
Hardy Nickerson
Vincent Rey
Nick Vigil
Chris Worley

Brown and Rey are both unrestricted free agents. Burfict just needs to go for the benefit of all. Nickerson is just awful !

To me the keep list is small:

Vigil - I could see him being serviceable paired with two good LBers.
Jefferson - 3rd round pick, is he really that bad that he couldn't move one of these others out ?
Brown - I'm on the bubble about ? If the price was right I guess ?

I think with a new LB coach we might be better off than we think but we definately need a couple more talented LB's as you say, one in FA and one preferably with an early pick. KJ Wright and talented young guy would go a long way in fixing this core which was our biggest weakness last year. Just happy we moved on from Haslett. I mean Evans might be decent under a new LB coach you never know.

Would be awesome if we could get Malik's head in the game, he is very talented.

I would bring back Preston.