Irish Greg 2.0 wrote:I didn't expect we would draft more than one LB.
For inside guys,they signed Dodson and Baker in free agency, and also have Patrick O'Connell who they seem to be high on. Now they add Knight to the mix, although they can move him around. They also added Easton Gibbs as an UDFA.
For outside guys, they have Nwosu coming back; Mafe; Taylor; Hall; Onujiogu. They brought in Nelson Ceasar as a UDFA as well.
Keep in mind we don't really know how Macdonald is going to utilize position groupings just yet. He doesn't seem to be as high on the traditional "Mike" and "Will" type guys, but would rather have the ability to flex. I think we are going to see a lot more positional variance in this system. He has talked about designing the defense to best attack the opponent each week, which means we could see a lot of different looks and attack modes. I personally like that, because Clint Hurtt was not creative and every offense knew our tendencies too easily - especially the 49ers and Rams, who ran the same concepts over and over against us and always had success.
Knight was a surprise pick for me, but if Macdonald and his staff wanted him then I am going to trust they have a good role for him. He is a good tackler and has room to improve.
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