Hey Reese...the best 43 defences took the linebacker position serious in the draft

[myles2424]

Kevin minter......do it

[repeatchamps]

Quit saying we draft scrubs and expect them to perform. Go talk to Parcells who drafted banks at #4 when he already had Taylor, Carson, van pelt and Kelly.

Linebackers set the tone fo the toughness of the unit and your defense is soft.

1985 bears
Otis Wilson round 1
Wilber Marshall round 1
Mike singletary round 2

2000 ravens
Peter bouleware round 1
Ray Lewis round 1
Jamie sharper round 3

2002 bucs
Derrick brooks round 1

2007 bears
Ulacher round 1
Lance Briggs round 3

1970s steelers
Jack ham round 2
Jack lambert round 2


eagles
Jessie small round 2
Byron Evans round 4
Seth Joyner round 8

You cannot use the 1985 Bears and 2000 Ravens defenses as examples. They were not traditional 4-3 defenses. After that other than the 1970's Steelers you have ok not great defenses. You also have the 2001 Eagles wrong, I think you are thinking of their late 80's early 90's defenses. Also the late 80's early 90's Eagles you meant to reference were also not a traditional 4-3 defense.

[GoDeep80]

Wasn't Urlacher a hybrid LB/S in college?

Yes he was. Those Tweeners are perfect for Cover 2 systems and are Ideal. looke what Tampa did with Lavonte David, what they did with Derrick Brooks who had Safety speed and coverage ability which is why I think Alec Ogletree is the guy we need in the middle.

[Banks_Reasons_Carson_LT]

All those defences played with a base Four down linemen irrespective of stunts and coverages.

[GiantLegend]

Our LBers for Super Bowl 42 were Kawika Mitchell, Antonio Pierce, Reggie Torbor, and Mathias Kiwanuka.

Our LBers for Super Bowl 46 were Chase Blackburn, Michael Boley, Jacquian Williams and Mathias Kiwanuka.

LT is my all time favorite Giant and I agree the LB position is very important, but the list above from the 2 most recent Super Bowls isn't all that impressive. I know our D has had issues at times, but 2 Super Bowls in the past 5 years is pretty damn good.

[Captain Chaos]

They need to shore up the middle in the run game and that is the bottom line, this team got run over period!

[TCHOF]

Our LBers for Super Bowl 42 were Kawika Mitchell, Antonio Pierce, Reggie Torbor, and Mathias Kiwanuka.

Our LBers for Super Bowl 46 were Chase Blackburn, Michael Boley, Jacquian Williams and Mathias Kiwanuka.

LT is my all time favorite Giant and I agree the LB position is very important, but the list above from the 2 most recent Super Bowls isn't all that impressive. I know our D has had issues at times, but 2 Super Bowls in the past 5 years is pretty damn good.

and Kiwanuka was injured for SB 42.

[M00KIE]

At least 2 of the defenses you listed aren't even 43s, and 2 of them are Tampa-2s which rely heavily on a MLB that can cover the deep-middle zone.

Our defense is based around DEs, not LBs.

I guess we better get a couple then, huh?

[Banks_Reasons_Carson_LT]

At least 2 of the defenses you listed aren't even 43s, and 2 of them are Tampa-2s which rely heavily on a MLB that can cover the deep-middle zone.

Our defense is based around DEs, not LBs.

Tampa 2 is coverage not a front.
All those defenses above had a base 43.....go watch you tube

[Banks_Reasons_Carson_LT]

You cannot use the 1985 Bears and 2000 Ravens defenses as examples. They were not traditional 4-3 defenses. After that other than the 1970's Steelers you have ok not great defenses. You also have the 2001 Eagles wrong, I think you are thinking of their late 80's early 90's defenses. Also the late 80's early 90's Eagles you meant to reference were also not a traditional 4-3 defense.

The 1991 eagles led the NFL in both run and pass defence