Defense Shapin Up
 

DE 1. Junior Galette
2. Cameron Jordan
3. Kasim Edebali
DT 1. Akiem Hicks
2. Brodrick Bunkley
3. John Jenkins
4. Glenn Foster
5. Lawrence Virgil
MLB 1. Dannell Ellerbe
2. Jerry Franklin
WLB 1. David Hawthorne
2. Ramon Humber
3. Kyle Knox
SLB 1. Parys Haralson
2. Ronald Powell
CB 1. Keenan Lewis
2. Brandon Browner
3. Brian Dixon
4. Stanley Jean-Baptiste
5. Terrence Frederick
FS 1. Jairus Byrd
2. Pierre Warren
3. Marcus Ball
4. Kenny Phillips
SS 1. Kenny Vaccaro
2. Rafael Bush
3. Vinnie Sunseri
4. Jamarca Sanford
P 1. Thomas Morstead

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

I'd love to see Vilma brought onto the coaching staff. I think he could help some of the young players on and off the field

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

Looking at that list, LB stands out like a big red thumb. We have got to get better there, specifically at OLB.

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

And we are just filling holes now. After the draft this defense will have a whole new look. Learning the roster is going to be a *****.

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

DL depth is my biggest concern right now

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

I get that but they are both 6 one way 1/2 dozen the other. We could definitely use more depth on the line but at least we have starting caliber players. Can't say the same for the LB group.

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

The LB position is an interesting one because we supposedly run a 3-4 but spend most of the time in the 4-2-5 nickel defense. In the base 3-4 I'm guessing our LB's will look like this:

Sam- Parys Haralson
Mike- Dannell Ellerbe
Will- David Hawthorne
Jack- Junior Galette

But in the nickel defense it's just the inside guys with Galette shifting to DE. I'd really like to make improvements at OLB. Galette is in no way a LB and Haralson sure isn't intimidating anybody.

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

I thought Kasim Edebali was a LB.

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

He's just like Galette... Considered an OLB but c'mon... He's not.

Re: Defense Shapin Up
 

They look good on paper