Timmons is a great awful player

[frankthetank1]

Re: Timmons is a great awful player

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NFL_Draft"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NFL_Draft[/url]

this puts things in perspective a little bit. at least there are not any lb's picked after timmons that stand out. drafting bowe would have been nice but we are set at wr anyways so thats not a huge deal. willis and revis have definetly been the best players in that first round on the defensive side but both were picked before timmons. besides timmons is very young and playing out of position. he really should be playing OLB but we have wood and harrison so you cant make any change there.

[phillyesq]

Re: Timmons is a great awful player

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NFL_Draft

this puts things in perspective a little bit. at least there are not any lb's picked after timmons that stand out. drafting bowe would have been nice but we are set at wr anyways so thats not a huge deal. willis and revis have definetly been the best players in that first round on the defensive side but both were picked before timmons. besides timmons is very young and playing out of position. he really should be playing OLB but we have wood and harrison so you cant make any change there.

Beason had been a pro bowl LB, and David Harris has also played very well.

A very interesting comparison is Paul Posluszny (and, for the records, I was not among those who were on the bandwagon to draft him). He missed four games this season and still ended with 110 tackles and 3 picks.

[papillon]

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I'd like to see Timmons return to his 2008 role in the defense until Silverback retires or becomes ineffective. Be patient, Timmons will get his chance at OLB in a few years and he'll excel. I'd love for him to be on the field in passing situations, giving Harrison a breather and as relief for Farrior on occasion.

Pappy

[Slapstick]

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Timmons is not a problem at ILB...

[SteelAbility]

Re: Timmons is a great awful player

I'd like to see Timmons return to his 2008 role in the defense until Silverback retires or becomes ineffective. Be patient, Timmons will get his chance at OLB in a few years and he'll excel. I'd love for him to be on the field in passing situations, giving Harrison a breather and as relief for Farrior on occasion.

Pappy

Agreed. I too think Timmons is much better placed at OLB.

[Oviedo]

Re: Timmons is a great awful player

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NFL_Draft

this puts things in perspective a little bit. at least there are not any lb's picked after timmons that stand out. drafting bowe would have been nice but we are set at wr anyways so thats not a huge deal. willis and revis have definetly been the best players in that first round on the defensive side but both were picked before timmons. besides timmons is very young and playing out of position. he really should be playing OLB but we have wood and harrison so you cant make any change there.

Beason had been a pro bowl LB, and David Harris has also played very well.

A very interesting comparison is Paul Posluszny (and, for the records, I was not among those who were on the bandwagon to draft him). He missed four games this season and still ended with 110 tackles and 3 picks.

He pays on a team that lost all their established starters in the off season before he was drafted. He was handed a starting role by default and can't stay healthy.

[phillyesq]

Re: Timmons is a great awful player

I'd like to see Timmons return to his 2008 role in the defense until Silverback retires or becomes ineffective. Be patient, Timmons will get his chance at OLB in a few years and he'll excel. I'd love for him to be on the field in passing situations, giving Harrison a breather and as relief for Farrior on occasion.

Pappy

Twenty years ago, this kind of approach would be fine, but that isn't the reality of the NFL today. A top 15 pick needs to start contributing early in his career. Teams don't have the luxury of waiting 5 years for somebody to come around.