Predict Our Front Seven Starters For the 3-4

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Originally Posted by Buster

Honestly. I believe yours is the most likely. I'd love to see Rocky back but Blades has the potential to be a quality starter. He's like a young, inexperienced version of London Fletcher. He won't end up AS GREAT as Fletch, but he's a good replacement plan for the future.

Just for the record a lot of you have commented on me starting Blades at ILB, mostly positively. Just to clarify this prediction is based mainly on a scouting report I read that said the following:

Comment: Blades had a very solid year in his second season with the Redskins. He plays with good pad level and power attacking the line of scrimmage.

If this assesment from scouts Inc is accurate then I think Blades would be a better fit. As most of you already know in playing ILB in a 3-4 you need to be able to deal with interior lineman since they will be more likely to reach you in a 3-4.

This suggest that Blades is strong enough to hold his own in that situation. Scouts Inc also suggested that Rocky might need to be covered up to be effective and if thats true then I think Blades would be the better fit. Of course Rocky did play well last year at the SAM position if I recall correctly. So who knows, maybe we actually do have some pretty good depth at ILB.

In the meantime can someone clarify Rocky playing SAM linebacker last year?