The reason we drafted M. Williams

Yup. I was so freaking excited when I hear his name, this is the FS we've been trying to find since Sharper. I know I probably shouldn't get my hopes up this soon but I love the idea of Williams playing center field while Bell and Vaccaro attack the box.

Ive been bith'n about him and kamara and lattimore the whole draft.. And we got them.. Heard about wat happened with foster.. And its unfortunate dat we couldnt get him.. Coulda got him and pocic but thats how it is u get wat your dealt and we didnt pretty good..

The exact reason we were 7-9 Is because we don't have people that can create turnovers. Now we have two guys like that with Williams and Lattimore. If you take away a QBs options and force them to go through all progressions you create indecisiveness which will lead to coverage sacks.

My guess is too that they feel comfortable with the pressure that Cam, Fairly, and Rankins can generate. They all showed flashes of that last year. Problem was a lot of the time the ball was gone before they could make a play because our shite secondary had already blown their assignments.

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Northshore Saint

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Get that solid reasoning out of here. This is now the rant. Brandincookem and drillingmanguy are the captains now

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Problem was a lot of the time the ball was gone before they could make a play because our shite secondary had already blown their assignments.

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Preach. Just like 2014, we gave up way too many passes before the "3 second clock" ran out. Every team is going to struggle getting sacks when the ball is out quick.

They work hand in hand, and while yes we do need a top shelf rusher we do have guys who are good at it (hell Jordan is great at it; despite the lack of sacks his pressure numbers are VERY high; just needs a half second more to get home). We just need another half second to second to get home.

Losing Galette really hurt, but havingour secondary gutted through cuts and injuries hurt more. The one constant the last 3 years was a decimated secondary.

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you can't just make another Sharper

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biggest fail post today? sheesh, I ain't even addressing it

If anyone was penciling in Bell to be the go to deep free safety I can only say I'm guessing you didn't watch every game. Big hole that Byrd was a big bust in. It still desperately needing filling.

I do like the Thomas analogy. It is not a stretch to imagine him having the biggest year of ANY safety drafted.

Watch some videos of the guy, ballhawk is the right word.

We'll play mostly big nickel (3 safeties) I'm guessing. Vaccaro playing the slot and box with Bell as a deeper SS and Williams as the deep safety.

CB will work itself out. I'm still concerned about not having a surefire one, but if any CB in the draft can be that it's Lattimore. Then you have Breaux, Williams, and Moore fighting for the other spot more than likely, with the losers fighting for nickel snap scraps.

LB will be very interesting. We paid Klein to start so I imagine at least to start he'll be Mike. Then Ellerbe, Robertson, and Analzone will fight for Will snaps, with the losers fighting for the few Sam snaps we give with Anthony. Not sure where Te'o fits but likely the backup Mike.

Jordan obvious starts. Rankins, Fairley, and Davison will rotate (thinking Rankins plays pure 3 tech and Davison pure nose with Fairley moving between both). The other DE spot will have Kik and Oak fighting for the start, with Hendrickson getting sub rush work to start. Onyemata comes in in big sets and subs Jordan the rare occasions he comes out, while also kicking inside at times.

Fairley had 6.5 sacks in 16 games, which is pretty good from the DT spot. Rankins had 4 in 9 games. He is going to be a beast 3 tech. The interior push is going to help a ton.

Knock on wood we catch a break from injuries for once.