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All about defense, imo, and getting new guys in particular. Both through the draft and free agency.
Ok, let's talk about the defense.
As it stands now, Trufant seems to be the only no-doubt keeper. I feel Alford has lower upside but can be a serviceable #2 NFL corner.
Worrilow is a hustle, try-hard kind of guy... I'd say he's a good tackler but my opinion of our team tackling from our 2014 tape is not good. I wonder if I'm overrating him because of sortbytackles. He's definitely a liability in coverage.
The person I've flip-flopped the most on is Kroy Biermann. He's shown flashes in pass rush, though they've been few and far between lately, and I'd say he's below average at tackling, and again, if he's trying to cover, we have a problem. I don't think he has the upside to ever be more than what he is, so if we move on from him I wouldn't be too upset.
The front office seems to want to give Weatherspoon a prove-it deal, I think I'd be okay with that. He's gotta stay on the field, obviously.
We gave Willy Mo big-time money a couple years ago, and we certainly have a leadership void on defense that he should fill.
I'm cautiously optimistic that between Kemal Ishmael or Dezmen Southward, one of those two could be the long-term answer at FS... leaning Kemal at the moment.
I think it's too early to cut bait on Hageman, but I will say I wasn't encouraged by his attitude on Hard Knocks, or that instagram "can you find weed for my friend?" snafu.
I think it's too early to tell on Goodman, Maponga, and Shembo, but they haven't shown much, and I always overrate players I watch every week, so maybe we should move on from them.
I'm completely fine with moving on from Bartu and Umenyiora.
Babineaux, Peters, and Soliai are all gonna be a year older, and they just signed deals last year. Don't really know what you do here. I do like Babineaux more than his tape would seem to warrant.
No matter what, this defense won't be a 1-year fix, that much we can be sure of.