:omg:NT RandyStarks is the Beast of the East

 

I think he could stand to gain 15 more pounds.

 

who will make up starks production at the DE position?

 

you can't immediately rely on odrick though. you have to hope at some point merling would prove that he can play.
i totally understand the more athletic d-line concept which is mike nolans way
they want to have seven guys excluding linebackers who can be virtually interchangeable which would allow you to run 3/4, 4/3, and even an eagle front 5-2. I just think we can't solely rely on odrick to do all that.
maybe i answered my own question i don't know but talks of solely moving starks inside has me worried.

 

That is Brandon Marhsall's title

 

I'd be surprised if he's 100% moving inside.

From what I've been reading it seems like a lot of people are speculating that this defense is going to be very mobile. Where people can rotate on 2-3 positions at any different time on this defense.

I think Odrick can do it though. If we can get as good of a start out of Odrick, Misi, and Jones as we got out of Davis and Smith last season, we'll be in good shape. It wasn't perfect last season but it was as good as you could ask for I believe.

 

A couple of my own thoughts...remember they had Langford starting from day one and it worked out okay. There's several options though. We could see instead McDaniels, Merling..who knows maybe even a guy like Ryan Baker.
I remember too, being skeptical of the move that put Roth out at OLB. That turned into a near genius move. So I'm not going to stress yet. Not over Odrick maybe starting to begin with, nor Starks at NT. But I can completely understand your worry.

 

He filled in a little when Ferg was hurt last year. He is going to do fine.

 

Kind of makes me wonder if they have given up on Solaii or just maybe they don't have much faith in his production?

 

We have two first round picks and a third round pick that should be up for the challenge. And T-Mac can try as well. I think we are loaded at Dline...thats great for us.

 

I think they are looking for a way to get the best 11 players on the field as much as they can.

 

Plus we've got Ferguson suspended. If Soliai goes down for some reason we're ***** with the NT position.

Now we have Starks there and Soliai is his insurance (at least until Ferg returns)

 

I'm a little worried about this move. If Starks isn't better than Soliai at NT, then we blew a shot at solving our FS problem. (But we got Misi too, so I'm on the fence.)