Trade up in Draft?

[wolfkaosaun]

(01-27-2016, 03:05 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Maualuga is not a free agent this year.  I keep thinking that this team will draft a linebacker, but they just don't seem to really use more than 2 at a time.  It seems like they are always in nickel.  That being said, I still think we need an athletic, fast, coverage LB at some point in the draft.

You are correct. I thought Maualuga was a FA this year. It's only Rey and Lamur.

I think the fact that they don't have an athletic LB is because they're in nickel packages so much. If we were to get Smith or Jack, we could stay in a 4-3 base, blitz, and have an athletic LB there to make a turnover. I mean, sometimes a LB is asked to cover a TE. Even our team does that. Doesn't always work, however.