Kelvin Sheppard

Chavis is a linebacker coach! Thats his fort'e! So id there is a problem with ANY of his linebackers, he WILL fix it!!!!!!

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I like Sheppard. Think he will be a solid (not great) player for us over his career.

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Yeah me too, his only real bad problems were in his coverage, but he usualy makes the tackle

It's hard to single out Kelvin's deficiencies from a year in which the entire defense was basically anemic. Think about it...

Darry was hurt
Both DE's were lackluster compared to what was expected
We couldn't replace Dorsey
Couldn't replace Steltz, which might have even exposed Curtis Taylor a bit
And we certainly couldn't make up for the loss of both starting CB's from the previous year...

That's every position! Bashing Kelvin, without bashing everyone else is a little rash!

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Plus as i recall he sucked the same way in most other games. he was the glaring weakness.

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finally, someone we can put the blame on for our 8-5 season.

Sheppard is playing a different position than last year. He's playing SLB, which means his only responsibility is the TE. Last year he was the WLB, with Riley the SLB. Considering Riley is much more athletic than Sheppard, that was a stupid decision on Malveto's part. Look for Riley to stand out much more there, and for Shep's deficiencies to be hidden better.

And it seems like Sheppard will only be the starter against running teams like Bama and possibly Georgia. Against Florida, Auburn, and all the other spread teams; Coleman will be the starter.

Yeah bc, for one, he won't be playing as much. He'll be splitting that position with Coleman, and won't play very much against teams like Florida. When he does play, it will be against running teams and he'll be lined up over the TE.