CANHawk
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godawg":20ek7x3q said:To thyself be true Can. Just kidding, eh?
Who are you?
see? I just did it again!
godawg":20ek7x3q said:To thyself be true Can. Just kidding, eh?
The Yugoslavian":21okhoez said:Scottemojo":21okhoez said:IMO, Irvin would be as good a linebacker as Curry. He was pretty big and fast, right? How did that work out?
Dude it worked out so freaking well I made myself a sig to celebrate it. I'll make an avatar of Bruce if we can move him to WIL and delay his career.
jackflash50":6tihs7fa said:I've learned in the few posts I have made that you can't have any "ideas" on here w/out some people ripping you a new ass.
Nothing wrong with throwing ideas out there. I agree, Irvin would be lost as a full time LB however would be interesting to see Clemons, Avril, and him all rushing the passer.
jackflash50":28go7buf said:I've learned in the few posts I have made that you can't have any "ideas" on here w/out some people ripping you a new ass.
Nothing wrong with throwing ideas out there. I agree, Irvin would be lost as a full time LB however would be interesting to see Clemons, Avril, and him all rushing the passer.
TDOTSEAHAWK":3937122l said:So as to the original poster - there is no chance he moves to SAM. Expect that we draft at least 2 LBs this draft to fill those roles.
Why would you move a raw first round pick from a more important position, where he has had a measure of success and development to a new position role? I don't mind throwing out ideas but they have to be justified better.
As for Bruce Irvin talk, as there is an interesting angle here after the Avril trade, what do we do with him?
To be honest, at this point, I see Avril becoming our full time LEO of the future and Irvin playing out his rookie contract and heading out or possibly re-signing for cheap.
Irvin is a year younger than Avril and at least a year or two behind in development. I highly doubt he will develop fast enough to catch up in the two years they will co-exist on the same team.
That being said, he is a great insurance policy and much needed cheap depth at our second most important position and if he averages 8 sacks a year in his role as a situational pass rusher I wouldn't call him a bust at 15.
CANHawk":25ke4dz8 said:TDOTSEAHAWK":25ke4dz8 said:So as to the original poster - there is no chance he moves to SAM. Expect that we draft at least 2 LBs this draft to fill those roles.
Why would you move a raw first round pick from a more important position, where he has had a measure of success and development to a new position role? I don't mind throwing out ideas but they have to be justified better.
As for Bruce Irvin talk, as there is an interesting angle here after the Avril trade, what do we do with him?
To be honest, at this point, I see Avril becoming our full time LEO of the future and Irvin playing out his rookie contract and heading out or possibly re-signing for cheap.
Irvin is a year younger than Avril and at least a year or two behind in development. I highly doubt he will develop fast enough to catch up in the two years they will co-exist on the same team.
That being said, he is a great insurance policy and much needed cheap depth at our second most important position and if he averages 8 sacks a year in his role as a situational pass rusher I wouldn't call him a bust at 15.
Irvin has a very specialized skillset though and I don't see us not tryign to maximize that. It took WVU a little while to figure out how to maximize his talents and they moved him around all over the place. They had him blitzing straight up the middle on more than a few occasions IIRC. Somebody mentioned using Clem and Avril as DE's of some description and have Bruce bobbing around as a joker blitzer of some description. that combination might actually be pretty devistating. I think Bruce is really in his element when his only responsibility is to go chase quarterbacks.
General Manager":2mb4docc said:CANHawk":2mb4docc said:TDOTSEAHAWK":2mb4docc said:So as to the original poster - there is no chance he moves to SAM. Expect that we draft at least 2 LBs this draft to fill those roles.
Why would you move a raw first round pick from a more important position, where he has had a measure of success and development to a new position role? I don't mind throwing out ideas but they have to be justified better.
As for Bruce Irvin talk, as there is an interesting angle here after the Avril trade, what do we do with him?
To be honest, at this point, I see Avril becoming our full time LEO of the future and Irvin playing out his rookie contract and heading out or possibly re-signing for cheap.
Irvin is a year younger than Avril and at least a year or two behind in development. I highly doubt he will develop fast enough to catch up in the two years they will co-exist on the same team.
That being said, he is a great insurance policy and much needed cheap depth at our second most important position and if he averages 8 sacks a year in his role as a situational pass rusher I wouldn't call him a bust at 15.
Irvin has a very specialized skillset though and I don't see us not tryign to maximize that. It took WVU a little while to figure out how to maximize his talents and they moved him around all over the place. They had him blitzing straight up the middle on more than a few occasions IIRC. Somebody mentioned using Clem and Avril as DE's of some description and have Bruce bobbing around as a joker blitzer of some description. that combination might actually be pretty devistating. I think Bruce is really in his element when his only responsibility is to go chase quarterbacks.
This is the thing right he does have talent and he was the 15th pick last year they need to maximize his potential and keep him on the field taking ''some'' snaps at LB achieves that. Probably won't happen though even though in theory it makes sense.