I'd love to see Barnett paired with Dansby. If we sign him, I'll run around the block naked and singing the Dolphins fight song. :)

 

Miami has a fight song......not that Buffett vomit one?

Miami Dolphins.....Miami Dolphins......Miami Dolphinsssssssssssss NUMBER ONE!!!!

 

Damn Barnett got cut. I would love to sign him! He would give us some flexibility at the LB position as well. Being able to move Dansby all over the field would make us better.

 

That's a little surprising. I'd definately look at Barnett.

 

Rumour is you do that anyways ;) I do ....!

 

I'll second that. Of course, that's mainly because I just like to get naked and run around the block singing the Dolphins fight song, but that's another story. :shifty:

 

I like Barnett as well, I just seem to think he will get a fairly decent contract in FA and I'm wondering if that is where we want to spend our money. Especially for a guy that won't be on the field all 3 downs.

 

I do like Barnett. However, with his age and injury history, I'd still prefer D'Qwell Jackson, who only has the injury history and had two outstanding seasons in Cleveland before he got hurt. If I were to take an injury risk at ILB, I'd take Jackson, but I wouldn't mind a Barnett signing at all.

 

Lb I'd like to see brought in is Chris Wilson De/Olb from the redskins, he wears a lot of hats, is good at 3 jobs, and makes nice depth.

 

As far as I know, he has managed to tear both pectorals, one after the other, but I haven't heard anything about him being 'done'. I'll ask my Cleveland 'insider'.

 

To be honest....Ive been thinking we should really think hard about making our defense lights out. For one....I think the lockout is going to cause some offenses to be behind at the beginning of the season.

Heres what I would like to know CK...what kind of LB is Barnett in coverage? That first game is gonna be huge for us....we have to win that game to have a good chance at winning the division. NE is gonna be running out there with some dynamic TE weapons.....

 

Am I familiar with this 'insider'? If so, tell him hello. :)

 

No, that's just the 'middle man' but I'll tell him hello anyway :)

 

Id like Barnett. Its a talent acquisition business and hes talented. Having him would also allow us to use Dansby at OLB if we choose to utilize Dansby's rush skills. Barnett is a good player when hes on the field so why not...

 

I think adding an every down ILB to pair with Dansby would be one of the more logical avenues to improve the defense. Crowder is good at his job, but I think teams have and continue to catch us because of the need to sub him or Dobbins or Ayodele out over the past three years.

That being said my favorite option is Chris Gocong. He reminds me of Levon Kirkland, he's a 265 pound interior linebacker who is good enough in coverage to not be pulled in nickel and dime packages.

 

Gocong would be nice, i wonder how much it would cost to get us kamerion wimbley from the raiders, i always liked him


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And play him where? I like Wimbley (though I suspect he'll get overpaid after his stint with the Raiders, quite possibly by the Raiders themselves), but he's strictly an OLB/DE, not an ILB.

 

Barnett would be an upgrade, and there is another man out there dangling in free agency, Takeo Spikes is available and wants to win, really bad.

 

Eagles going to let Stewart Bradley walk per reports.

 

sure he is an OLB but we lack some depth there, but wimbley is probably not a backup, hence would play for backup money, well find out soon how good ireland is at improvising when players who were not available suddenly are


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I've been told that D'Qwell Jackson is healthy and ready to go.

 

He was franchised, I believe, so it doesn't really matter.

It's possible he could be. He's a 4-3 SOLB now, and does way more in coverage than pretty much any 3-4 OLB. He's generally playing an on-the-line technique, so he might not have the pursuit skills to be more than a 2-down player, but he's further along the line than a lot of former DE's ever got who made the switch.

 

Does Barnett play the same role in a 3-4 that Crowder does? Totally agree that when Crowder is out of the lineup the defense drops off a little but he hasn't played a whole season since i can remember.

 

If it's that long, then it might reach the length of Brian Urlacher's medical bill. That analogy was enough. He's just as injured as anyone.

 

That's nice and all, but Jackson isn't a FA. He signed a 1 year deal with the Browns in March

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/3/3/2028487/dqwell-jackson-signs-cleveland-browns-one-year-contract

 

I'd like Barrett for the right price. A few other ILB options I like are Paul Posluszny, Stephen Tulloch, and Barrett Ruud. Not sure I'd spend too much on any though. Next years draft looks very good for ILB's.

 

I was going by the FA lists posted here and elsewhere. If they're wrong, they're wrong.

 

I remember Bishop in college. Guy was an animal there too. I was a big fan of his.

 

That's the way the elite teams manage their rosters ... love to get there one day .... soon .

 

Letting Nick Barnett go after rewarding AJ f'in Hawk with a big contract doesn't strike me as a great example of elite roster management.

 

I want to win really bad too. But I don't have any business on that team either.

Seriously, why would we want an aging guy like that? I think he'll stay in SF anyways.

 

I'd still rather have Barnett. I just think he is the better player and before his wrist injury last season, has been pretty durable.

 

Super Bowl champs , and they aren't an elite team in managing their roster overall? Must not be if you declare it so.

 

Winning the Super Bowl doesn't mean every roster move past, present, or future is justified or even good.

AJ Hawk is a guy that the Packers current coaching staff doesn't seem to know what the hell to do with. He was a 2-down ILB replacing by Brandon Chillar in the Nickel package in 2009 because they said he was a liability in coverage, then they started specifically subbing him in for Nickel packages. He's not particularly good at anything, either.

 

my bad, some reason I thought he was 31, shows you how desperate I am for an inside linebacker, when the offseason began my two favorites that I wanted to target were Chad Greenway and Dqwell Jackson..so much for that..Ive been trying to replace Crowder for a long time.

 

Same here. It's not as easy lol.