Jevon Kearse!

[hiphop1]

I think we should take a look at him. He reminds me of Willie McGinnest. They were both about 6-4 270 and both played DE and had injury problems. But I feel just like Willie in our system that if Kearse became an OLB he would excell in the pass rush. I just think this would be an ideal situation for him.

[TheCelticTruth]

in the other thread you were talking about outside backers as well... we need inside backers! none of the OLBs available are as good as AD, so unless we resign colvin for cheap, it looks like were gonna try to find someone to play inside so we can move AD back out and he can be a super star again instead of just a high quality MLB

[hiphop1]

AD actually played better on the inside than he did on the outside.

[TheCelticTruth]

AD actually played better on the inside than he did on the outside.

im not sure what youre seeing there. most people (espn, local writers, friends whho are football fans) were disappointed with thomas' season

i wasnt because i know how hard it is to play inside. but when i watched adalius move to colvins spot, i saw him get back to making the kind of around the ball impact the made in BAL, not the subtle impact he made in the middle, but it was certainly gradual...to the point though that once the super bowl was falling out of our hands, one of my friends and i, as the others complained about anything they thought of, were marvelling at the pressure adalius was getting on the other side, pressure we hadnt seen since BEFORE colvins injury when we first signed him.

i have no problems with AD playing inside, but the man was always a natural pass rusher and has become pretty natural in coverage. i dont see how an opportunity to make him active instead of passive isnt a better thing for us if we can find another guy who can read and react/stuff the run (because it takes too much of a toll on tedy and junior these days)

[alwayslovetheceltics]

CT

AD did look good as a pass rusher on the outside- but I felt everthing else suffered.

Remember the Baltimre game? The ran right under his over agressive pursuit. If he is not pass rushing from the outside backer position, he seems useless.

additionally, wasn't he brought here in part, to take some of the coverage responsibilites from the inside position that bruschi was able to handle in his prime? for example, remember the second game of the season when he made a great leap for the pick, and brought it back to the house. d

on't you think we were even worse against passes to the TE and generally to whatever routes that were going across the middle afer AD had to move to the outside? week in and week out, even lesser QBs were able to abuse us through the middle of the field, and this prob got worse without AD at the inside backer position.

[TheCelticTruth]

well all of our schemes for him to cover were based inside, so i think it definitely suffered from that point, that the in season adjustment for all the backers was a big one once colvin went down. believe me i expect AD to be better across the board this season, just with the increased comfort level. i also wouldnt be surprised if he was closer to 80/90% athletically later in the season than 100%, it just seemed like once he got hurt in the browns game, he wasnt quite full speed again

[hiphop1]

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im not sure what youre seeing there. most people (espn, local writers, friends whho are football fans) were disappointed with thomas' season

i wasnt because i know how hard it is to play inside. but when i watched adalius move to colvins spot, i saw him get back to making the kind of around the ball impact the made in BAL, not the subtle impact he made in the middle, but it was certainly gradual...to the point though that once the super bowl was falling out of our hands, one of my friends and i, as the others complained about anything they thought of, were marvelling at the pressure adalius was getting on the other side, pressure we hadnt seen since BEFORE colvins injury when we first signed him.

i have no problems with AD playing inside, but the man was always a natural pass rusher and has become pretty natural in coverage. i dont see how an opportunity to make him active instead of passive isnt a better thing for us if we can find another guy who can read and react/stuff the run (because it takes too much of a toll on tedy and junior these days)

Those same people have said he played better inside though.

[TheCelticTruth]

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Those same people have said he played better inside though.

its hard for me to argue, because i dont feel that he clicked right away when we moved him outisde. and i feel like he wasnt in full stride until the SB

[Chach]

The whole defense suffered when Colvin was hurt. It meant more time for playing time for Tedy, Seau, and guys like Pierre Woods who shouldn't be on the field to begin with. I think it was more a matter of depth/age than AD's weakness as on OLB. If we can bring in a solid, tough as nails ILB to play next to Tedy, I think the defense will look better because everyone is at their natural positions. If we can't do that and have to bring in another OLB and move AD back inside, I am OK with that but it is not my first choice.

I'm not big on Kearse right now. He alway struck me as a guy who relied on this athleticism to excel and bring plagued by injuries, ehhh, I'm a big hesitant to go after him. Has he played an LB/hybrid position in any other system because that would make me weary at this stage of his career to try something new like pass coverage. mahalo
~Chach~