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SHSTE92
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 Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:13 pm Post subject: Wilber and the state of the DE position in 2013 |
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| Quote: | | The Dallas Cowboys are looking into LB Kyle Wilber playing defensive end and backing up LB DeMarcus Ware. |
Read more: http://www.kffl.com/hotw/nfl#ixzz2KinePbGU
What a wasted pick, disliked it in the 3-4 and even more in the 4-3. Anyone still defending the pick? I know I'll hear the give it time, give it a chance comments but really just a whiff of a pick in my books which I've said since we made the selection.
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I will wait until the guy actually plays some meaningful snaps to make a decision. I have no clue if he is worth a damn or not at this point. Moreover, we could use a backup to wear at DE - he has not exactly been the healthiest player recently.
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You're right. A 4th round pick going into his 2nd season is a complete waste. Cut him now and save us all the pain and suffering. Come on. With Ware's health issues lately and increasing age, I would say having a serviceable back-up to him would be mighty beneficial since Butler sure couldn't do the job. And who is to say he can't be versatile and compete with Albright for the Sam?
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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I mentioned the prospect of Wilber (or Albright) playing DE and I was met with such anger and resistance.
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With Wilber we don't know what we have. Why not reserve our evaluation until we see what he can, or can't do?
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Did you watch when he played DE in the 4-3 his first year before he switched to a 3-4 OLB?
He was giving RG3 Fits.
His best tape is when he played 4-3 DE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSg2zODVcQ
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| CowboysTilIDie wrote: | | You're right. A 4th round pick going into his 2nd season is a complete waste. Cut him now and save us all the pain and suffering. Come on. With Ware's health issues lately and increasing age, I would say having a serviceable back-up to him would be mighty beneficial since Butler sure couldn't do the job. And who is to say he can't be versatile and compete with Albright for the Sam? |
Trade him....
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| Football Mensa wrote: | | CowboysTilIDie wrote: | | You're right. A 4th round pick going into his 2nd season is a complete waste. Cut him now and save us all the pain and suffering. Come on. With Ware's health issues lately and increasing age, I would say having a serviceable back-up to him would be mighty beneficial since Butler sure couldn't do the job. And who is to say he can't be versatile and compete with Albright for the Sam? |
Trade him.... |
Great idea, lets see if we can get 2nd for him while we at it, smh |
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IMO 4th round draft picks should be used on guys who you have an eye on starting down the line. To place him behind Ware this early puts him somewhere on the Victor Butler-Brandon Williams purgatory scale.
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| Nextyearfordaboyz wrote: | | IMO 4th round draft picks should be used on guys who you have an eye on starting down the line. To place him behind Ware this early puts him somewhere on the Victor Butler-Brandon Williams purgatory scale. |
Except for 2 reasons:
1) Wilber is a better overall player than Williams and Butler in my opinion.
2) Ware is older now and is breaking down. Wilber will have more opportunity I think than Butler and Williams did as they were backing him up during his younger/healthier years (with the exception of Butler last year).
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| CowboysTilIDie wrote: | | Nextyearfordaboyz wrote: | | IMO 4th round draft picks should be used on guys who you have an eye on starting down the line. To place him behind Ware this early puts him somewhere on the Victor Butler-Brandon Williams purgatory scale. |
Except for 2 reasons:
1) Wilber is a better overall player than Williams and Butler in my opinion.
2) Ware is older now and is breaking down. Wilber will have more opportunity I think than Butler and Williams did as they were backing him up during his younger/healthier years (with the exception of Butler last year). |
How is Ware breaking down? He had an injury last year yes, things like that happen but he is by no means breaking down. This is just laughable to me to consider DeMarcus Ware as older and broken down.
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| JWingate wrote: | | CowboysTilIDie wrote: | | Nextyearfordaboyz wrote: | | IMO 4th round draft picks should be used on guys who you have an eye on starting down the line. To place him behind Ware this early puts him somewhere on the Victor Butler-Brandon Williams purgatory scale. |
Except for 2 reasons:
1) Wilber is a better overall player than Williams and Butler in my opinion.
2) Ware is older now and is breaking down. Wilber will have more opportunity I think than Butler and Williams did as they were backing him up during his younger/healthier years (with the exception of Butler last year). |
How is Ware breaking down? He had an injury last year yes, things like that happen but he is by no means breaking down. This is just laughable to me to consider DeMarcus Ware as older and broken down. |
His neck issues are not new. They date back a few years and those things tend not to go away quietly. And I didn't say he was old and broken down. I said he is older than he was an IS breaking down. As in, starting to break down. Dispute it if you'd like but he's been having neck problems for a while now and the older he gets, the harder it becomes to recover from injury.
Don't misread what I'm saying, I think Ware will still be a force for another 4 years or so. But, that's if he stays healthy.
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| canadaluvsdalla wrote: | Did you watch when he played DE in the 4-3 his first year before he switched to a 3-4 OLB?
He was giving RG3 Fits.
His best tape is when he played 4-3 DE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSg2zODVcQ |
Even more important is the link next to it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98RatvXgojg
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| PincheJimmy wrote: | | Football Mensa wrote: | | CowboysTilIDie wrote: | | You're right. A 4th round pick going into his 2nd season is a complete waste. Cut him now and save us all the pain and suffering. Come on. With Ware's health issues lately and increasing age, I would say having a serviceable back-up to him would be mighty beneficial since Butler sure couldn't do the job. And who is to say he can't be versatile and compete with Albright for the Sam? |
Trade him.... |
Great idea, lets see if we can get 2nd for him while we at it, smh |
It would take more than a second round pick. I do agree however that it is a great idea.
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| JWingate wrote: | | CowboysTilIDie wrote: | | Nextyearfordaboyz wrote: | | IMO 4th round draft picks should be used on guys who you have an eye on starting down the line. To place him behind Ware this early puts him somewhere on the Victor Butler-Brandon Williams purgatory scale. |
Except for 2 reasons:
1) Wilber is a better overall player than Williams and Butler in my opinion.
2) Ware is older now and is breaking down. Wilber will have more opportunity I think than Butler and Williams did as they were backing him up during his younger/healthier years (with the exception of Butler last year). |
How is Ware breaking down? He had an injury last year yes, things like that happen but he is by no means breaking down. This is just laughable to me to consider DeMarcus Ware as older and broken down. |
Agree. He had 11.5 sacks and 5 FF last year and started every single game since 2005, That is not breaking down to me
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