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Originally Posted by skinsfan69
Compton and Foster are just journeymen type of players. At some point over a 16 game season they are going to get exposed, especially trying to cover TE's and RB's. Daniels is kind of in the same mold as our starters. We badly need an athlete and a playmaker at ILB. Maybe Spaight turns into that guy. It will also be interesting to see where Cravens lines up.
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I agree that we don't have any playmakers at ILB, and imo its a major part of struggles in run defense.
In my eyes a healthy Riley is better then Compton. Riley doesn't have the best instincts but is physical player that gets downhill. Compton is faster, but gets caught in the wash gets blocked/stays blocked more then I want. I like Foster for his run defense.
If I'm choosing from the batch we had last playing last year I would go for:
(healthy) Riley + Foster
I really like Stephen Daniels kid and it wouldn't surprise me if he really makes a name for himself in training camp and in preseason. Physical, downhill thumper with good instincts.
I was a big fan of Spaight too, don't remember what his injury was but if he's 100% i'll be excited to see what he can do.
I don't want Su'a playing ILB, we're weak in run defense playing a S at ILB isn't gonna help.