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further to the ’development’ topic, the nfl all pro lists from the ’10s at lb includes a bunch of guys from places not known for ‘development.’ Those guys were just great lbs.

No doubt but we’ve seen great players make impacts in cb at qb, wr, cb. OL is more developmental, and DT. Partly because of physicality and partly because of assignment. DEs can make plays as true frosh. Safety might be a sneaky spot where development does matter (even with instincts) unless...

77-eddie edwards 78-don latimer,john turner 81-john swain 82-lester williams, fred marion 83-chickillo, lippett 84-brophy, bellinger 85-broughton 86-***an, sutton 87-jerome brown, sileo, winston moss 88-bennie blades, dan stubbs, fullington 89-bill hawkins, bubba mcdowell, rod carter 90-cortez...

Yep. Watching the old highlights was a good reminder whatever our schematic flaws are, we also just don’t have the kind of kids we used to - not at LB anyhow. We’ve lowered our expectations around here too far. And our staffs have not evaluated the position well at all recently. Barrow did...

Disagree. Go back and watch what great lbs looked like as true frosh. Shaq did so e things well and he is a great kid, but lewis, spence, mccarthy, they’re a whole nother level. They exploded, diagnosed faster than others, shed blockers, got upfield and across field, had a nose for the ball...

Thank you! ’developing’ is a label people throw around way too loosely. Ray lewis walked on the field as a true frosh late arrival at MLB and was making plays everywhere. Spence had pure lb instincts from the get go. Taylor at safety did. Not everyone is that good, but great talent is great...

thinking about the Lb point D$ made in OP, went back amd rewatched ray lewis frosh highlights at miami. Man, we forget what LBs are supposed to do. It’s painful to watch what we got then vs. now. For good measure, went back and watched a bunch of college highlights, Morgan, Barrow, Hester...

Oh, but they do. They just call it something different.

Good stuff, D$. We've done reasonable well evaluating DEs and Safeties over time, and signed talented kids. Not the areas I see as glaring deficiencies. We've done 'okay' at DT evals -- just not as good at selling (recruiting) the top kids ... but maybe we're improving there now. We've...