Originally posted by natrone06:
Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
I love what I'm reading about Aaron Lynch so far. I actually wish that he was playing DE though. The only reason is because we are pretty deep at OLB. Many are talking about replacing Ahmad Brooks, but I'm not hearing is. We are deep at DE but aren't that far from having a need at DE. Justin Smith is near retirement and Ray McDonald has peaked. Once Tank Carradine becomes a starter, we are still going to need a guy to rotate in. How Aaron Lynch looks in space covering backs and TEs will ultimately determine where he plays longterm in my opinion. If he can gain a little more weight (get into that 280 range) without losing much in terms of speed, he can reek some serious havoc on teams in the future as a starter/key back-up.
Dials future is at DE. Hopefully he can continue to play well and supplement Ray Mac.
Yeah I think so to. I think Tank, Dial, TJE and a bit later down the road Okoye, are slotted to eventually fill the starting and BU DE positions with the BU's also filling in at NT in emergency situations.
I think our Dline ends up being Smith, McDonald, TJE, Dial, Williams, Dorsey, Okoye, Purcell to start the season. Williams, Okoye, Dorsey likely listed on a variety of injury list's from PUP to IR. Purcell being the odd man out when/if Dorsey returns from an IR to return designation (assuming that's what the team does).