Mitch
Crawled Through 5 FB Fields
Here's what I would do --
Offense:
QB Palmer
RB Johnson
TE Gresham
HB Fitzgerald
WR Nelson
LT Humphries
LG Iupati
C Boehm*
RG Wetzel*
RT Veldheer
WR John Brown
* I believe that Wetzel is the 4th best OL on the roster. Boehm is better suited to play center. I like A.Q. Shipley, but feel that Boehm has more natural talent (but I am fine with either one starting). I like Dorian Johnson and feel he could start by mid-season, but don't want to rush him.
Base 34 Defense:
LOLB Golden
LDE Mauro
NT Peters
RDE Jones*
ROLB Reddick*
LILB Dansby
RILB Bucannon
LCB Peterson
SS Bethea
FS Baker*
RCB Mathieu*
* I would take the guess work out of the RCB position in the Base 34 by playing the Honey Badger there. No one on the roster is better cover CB than the Badger (other that Pat P) and teams are less likely to focus all their attention to throwing at the RCB. Sliding Jones down to CC's RDE role in the Base 34 puts Jones in a more naturally disruptive position, and it allows the coaches to be faster and more athletic on the edge with Reddick.
Nickel Defense:
LDE Golden
LDT Jarvis Jones*
RDT Nkemdiche
RDE Chandler Jones
NLB Dansby
NLB Reddick*
CB Peterson
CB Mathieu
CB Williams*
CB Baker
FS Bouka*
* Put Jarvis Jones in Okafor's role as an inside and outside (on X stunts with Golden) rusher. Move Reddick inside to blitz the A and B gaps, cover RBs or be the QB spy. Create the best one on one matches for Peterson, Mathieu, Williams and Baker. And then I would take Elie Bouka and his 4.3 speed, good length and athletic ability and have him play over the top.
* I have Brandon Williams right now over Bethel, but I think that Jamal Rolle, Rudy Ford or Sojourn Shelton might win that perimeter CB job. But I think Williams will be much improved this year and should be ready to start at RCB at some point in the season.
STs:
P Wile
LS Brewer
PK Dawson
PR Bouka
KR Logan
2nd Team Offense:
QB Gabbert
RB K. Williams
TE Momah
HB Jaron Brown
WR C. Williams
LT Wetzel
LG D. Johnson
C Shipley
RG Toner
RT Holden
WR Hogan
2nd team Base 34 Defense:
LOLB J. Jones
LDE Gunter
NT X. Williams
RDE Nkemdiche
ROLB T. Johnson
LILB Wright
RILB Reddick
LCB B. Williams
SS Drico Johnson
FS Bouka
RCB Ford
NDE Bevins
NLB G. Martin
NCBs Branch, Shelton, Bethel
Offense:
QB Palmer
RB Johnson
TE Gresham
HB Fitzgerald
WR Nelson
LT Humphries
LG Iupati
C Boehm*
RG Wetzel*
RT Veldheer
WR John Brown
* I believe that Wetzel is the 4th best OL on the roster. Boehm is better suited to play center. I like A.Q. Shipley, but feel that Boehm has more natural talent (but I am fine with either one starting). I like Dorian Johnson and feel he could start by mid-season, but don't want to rush him.
Base 34 Defense:
LOLB Golden
LDE Mauro
NT Peters
RDE Jones*
ROLB Reddick*
LILB Dansby
RILB Bucannon
LCB Peterson
SS Bethea
FS Baker*
RCB Mathieu*
* I would take the guess work out of the RCB position in the Base 34 by playing the Honey Badger there. No one on the roster is better cover CB than the Badger (other that Pat P) and teams are less likely to focus all their attention to throwing at the RCB. Sliding Jones down to CC's RDE role in the Base 34 puts Jones in a more naturally disruptive position, and it allows the coaches to be faster and more athletic on the edge with Reddick.
Nickel Defense:
LDE Golden
LDT Jarvis Jones*
RDT Nkemdiche
RDE Chandler Jones
NLB Dansby
NLB Reddick*
CB Peterson
CB Mathieu
CB Williams*
CB Baker
FS Bouka*
* Put Jarvis Jones in Okafor's role as an inside and outside (on X stunts with Golden) rusher. Move Reddick inside to blitz the A and B gaps, cover RBs or be the QB spy. Create the best one on one matches for Peterson, Mathieu, Williams and Baker. And then I would take Elie Bouka and his 4.3 speed, good length and athletic ability and have him play over the top.
* I have Brandon Williams right now over Bethel, but I think that Jamal Rolle, Rudy Ford or Sojourn Shelton might win that perimeter CB job. But I think Williams will be much improved this year and should be ready to start at RCB at some point in the season.
STs:
P Wile
LS Brewer
PK Dawson
PR Bouka
KR Logan
2nd Team Offense:
QB Gabbert
RB K. Williams
TE Momah
HB Jaron Brown
WR C. Williams
LT Wetzel
LG D. Johnson
C Shipley
RG Toner
RT Holden
WR Hogan
2nd team Base 34 Defense:
LOLB J. Jones
LDE Gunter
NT X. Williams
RDE Nkemdiche
ROLB T. Johnson
LILB Wright
RILB Reddick
LCB B. Williams
SS Drico Johnson
FS Bouka
RCB Ford
NDE Bevins
NLB G. Martin
NCBs Branch, Shelton, Bethel