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[birtikidis]

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Considering Farrior and Footes age, and sly's lack of playing experience, letting Timmons walk would be foolhardy.

It could be viewed that way from one perspective dude. Or,.. it could be viewed as a wise decision if one thinks of tying up such a great amount of money at the LB position, (Silverback and Wood along with Timmons) when Timmons is not even a better backer than Potsie whom by football standards should be ready for a walker, a bowl of oatmeal with dones crushed up in it and a glass of geritol.

yea, but LB'er is the backbone of a 3-4. and at 33 Jimmy Hate doesn't have much tread left on the tires, especially when you consider he's had 2 back surgeries. Timmons and Wood will make a bunch of money and when Harrison walks away we'll have either a 2nd rounder or a 5th rounder starting at ROLB.

Touche'. And i could live with that with Timmons outside with Wood. But then what do you do with the Jason Worilds type project outside guys ? Do you attempt to force them inside like Timmons ?

Well, either Worilds (2nd rounder) or our new 5th rounder take over. I doubt either would be ready right away anyway. Having Sly and Timmons inside with Wood on the other side, though not ideal, would be a decent set of linebackers. I don't know how good Sly will be. I mean, if you really think about it.. we have 2 first round picks in the middle and a 2nd rounder on the left. So there definitely is some talent there right now. IMO Timmons is a carbon copy of Farrior and will move over when James retires. but there is definitely potential with our linebackers particularly because of the depth and talent at DE now that we drafted Heyward. The guy I'm afraid of losing is Wood.

[flippy]

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the thing that seals how special timmons is to this team is when I saw him blow by troy to make a tackle on a ball carrier one of the first times i saw him play live.

timmons is faster than troy over 5-15 yards. he has a better burst. i don't think there's a player i've seen close on a ball carrier as fast as timmons does.

i think its a shame we put him inside. if he was coming off the edge, he'd be an absolute nightmare for opposing QBs and offenses. he'd change the complete dynamic of the pressure we generate because there would be no choice but to double team him.

[NJ-STEELER]

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timmons has come in from the outside. he has a harder time with a RB back there for pick up then james and woodley do. raven game winning TD at heinz for example

maybe thats something he can learn to do better, but i wouldnt trust him on the outside of 3-4 yet especially against the run. he struggles on the inside when a blocker gets his hands on him. the LTs in the league would smother him