Hill was injured for a part of last season. His best fim is in 2017
Dixon was incredible in college, injuries derailed what could’ve been multiple pro bowls because he’s shown that same ability in the nfl. But 2 things... Dixon played at Louisiana tech(the same school/conference you use to disregard Ferguson’s production) and Dixon’s game was different, Dixon is a workhorse type of back with elusiveness to create big plays, hill is a scat back who can take any run to the house but should only get somewhere between 5-10 carries per game.
Not good enough. If every position doesn’t have a pro bowler than szn over
Berry is not the player he used to be and the 2nd half of last season Jefferson did pretty well. He was also a pretty big leader. Now with Earl Thomas we will most likely be paying Jefferson where he is supposed to play..at SS
Jefferson has quickly become one of our leaders, and he had his misses in coverage but he was played way out of position these past 2 years.
I think we're slowly changing our team building philosophy to one where we draft guys with specific roles and do not try to play them anywhere else, which will be the biggest difference between EDC and Ozzie. We went into the draft looking for specific types of receivers, a specific type of running back, an interior pass rusher, a technical pass blocking guard, etc.
Big change from the harbaugh Ozzie philosophy of needing to be versatile first and foremost. I think that’s exactly why we were middling for so long, we drafted jacks of all trades and masters of none, we had guys who could set the edge, Jam a TE, play ILB, edge, and 5tech, but couldn’t edge rush for shit. We had NTs playing 3tech on money downs, we prioritized swing linemen so we had 6’5” guards with no bend but struggled to pass protect at OT. Prioritized blocking from TEs. Shit like that. That’s why we had all LB rush packages with no edge pressure at all, we had LBs plugging the nose and the edge guys struggling to rush. I hope this is a permanent change because I never liked how we forced guys to learn multiple roles before they were allowed to see the field, we wasted a lot of prime cheap years by players being healthy scratches because they could rush but couldn’t set the edge or line up at ILB in a pinch, it was stupid.
yes i understand that but he still isnt as good as people thought when he first got here.. even his best year in ARZ wasnt good like advertised in here. ive never really been big on berry. Always thought that earl and harrison smith was much better, however id still rather have him over jefferson right now
maybe, but he had 440 snaps at free safety last year and that isn't what he was brought in here to do. He played 260 snaps in the box either at LILB, RILB or SS (which he played under 100 snaps at SS). He also had over 100 snaps at slot corner. He's a versatile player, but would be best suited in the box. I have a feeling he will be playing LB and SS this year.
only bad plays i remember from was when he played FS lol and thats my problem lol. If he is strictly LB and SS, how are we gonna be able to disguise our defense like how we did last year?
strictly was the wrong word to use. Earl Thomas will be playing mainly FS though, which will reduce the amount of snaps he has at FS. We need to use him more to his strengths and Wink will figure it out.
Yup. And a possible top 10 one as a team that's young and super inexperienced.
