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  • DesertFox24
    Registered User
    • Jul 2005
    • 2129
    #1

    LB options on the team now

    I personally think Kelvin Sheppard is a decent and solid starter no he is not a super star but how often are third rounders super stars....

    I also did some looking and Nigel Bradham is faster 10 pounds lighter and only one inch shorter than anthony spencer.

    I like Bradham makes sense as a WOLB in a 34 front and Sheppard as a SILB in a 34 front. I would then have Arthur Moats as a back up to SILB and both OLBs and Chris White as the back up for both ILB positions.

    If I am the bills I go hard after another pass coverage ILB or the WILB and then look to draft another coverage guy maybe a smaller DE.

    I could see Mario playing a end all the time and on passing situations maybe standing up and Mark Anderson being subbed in as a situational pass rusher. I would do something like below for base defense

    RE- Mario Williams

    NT- Kyle Williams or Marcel

    LE- Marcel, Carrington, Williams no idea

    SOLB - New player

    WILB - New Player

    SILB- Sheppard

    WOLB- Bradham

    Secondary is the secondary

    Pass situations

    1. Standing up Mario

    2. Standing up Mark Anderson

    3. DT - Marcel

    4. DT- Kyle

    4. DT - Carrington

    6. WILB - New Player

    7. WOLB - Bradham

    Mark Anderson person could also be another coverage OLB as well, and yes 3 DTs to clog up blockers.
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  • IlluminatusUIUC
    Registered User
    • Sep 2012
    • 8966
    #2
    Re: LB options on the team now

    Originally posted by DesertFox24 View Post
    I personally think Kelvin Sheppard is a decent and solid starter no he is not a super star but how often are third rounders super stars....

    I also did some looking and Nigel Bradham is faster 10 pounds lighter and only one inch shorter than anthony spencer.

    I like Bradham makes sense as a WOLB in a 34 front and Sheppard as a SILB in a 34 front. I would then have Arthur Moats as a back up to SILB and both OLBs and Chris White as the back up for both ILB positions.
    I think Bradham and Sheppard suffered from Wannestadt and Edwards, so I think they might still be salvaged into reasonable starters. Definitely need an upgrade and depth behind them though.

    Pass situations

    1. Standing up Mario

    2. Standing up Mark Anderson

    3. DT - Marcel

    4. DT- Kyle

    4. DT - Carrington

    6. WILB - New Player

    7. WOLB - Bradham

    Mark Anderson person could also be another coverage OLB as well, and yes 3 DTs to clog up blockers.
    Mark Anderson should not ever be playing pass coverage. Mark Anderson only does one thing - rush the passer on 3rd downs. Period. He does it pretty well, but any team that asks him to do any more is asking to get burnt.

    As for this, I hope you're not suggesting we roll out in a 5-2 against a passing set. Any competent QB and several incompetent QBs would eat that alive.


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    • Mahdi
      Registered User
      • Mar 2004
      • 10585
      #3
      Re: LB options on the team now

      Im not so sure that we are really reverting back to 3-4. I like Bradham more as a 4-3 OLB and Carrington was just starting to find his place as a penetrating 3tech in a 4-3. You set a lot of guys back if you play too much 3-4. Even Kyle will suffer in a 3-4.
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      • EDS
        Registered User
        • Jan 2003
        • 5216
        #4
        Re: LB options on the team now

        Wow do the Bills need an infusion of talent at LB!!!

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        • Jaybird
          Registered User
          • Dec 2005
          • 1908
          #5
          Re: LB options on the team now

          we need 2 new startign LB. Sheppard hasn;t shown he can shed the block and make a play at the point of attack. Bradham has huge upside and showed some good things last season. The new coaching staff hopefully will get more form him. I liked sheppard coming out of LSU, but he hasn;t shown enough to man the middle. Without the MLB stuffing the A and B Gap the cut back run will be open all day for huge yardage

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          • The Jokeman
            Registered User
            • Dec 2003
            • 9995
            #6
            Re: LB options on the team now

            Bradham is the only LB on this roster I like as a starter. Shepperd was horrible at times last year, I will give him kudos for playing better at times last year but he just seems to slow to fill his gap or took the wrong angle time after time. I wouldn't mind him as a depth guy. I stated in other threads would love Ellberbe at MLB and go after DeAndre Levy at WLB and Bradham at SLB.
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            • mjt328
              Registered User
              • May 2011
              • 636
              #7
              Re: LB options on the team now

              It's really hard to say. I don't think any of our linebackers played at an NFL level last year. None of them.

              Maybe Sheppard and Bradham will get better with experience. But maybe they won't.
              I would hate to count on either of them as starters next year, but it will be tough to replace all 3 starting spots - especially with holes all over the team.
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              • better days
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                • Jan 2010
                • 22028
                #8
                Re: LB options on the team now

                I would not be surprised to see lights out on the team & getting snaps at LB next year.
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                • YardRat
                  Well, lookie here...
                  • Dec 2004
                  • 86167
                  #9
                  Re: LB options on the team now

                  I like what we saw out of Bradham last season...he's going to be a player.
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                  • IlluminatusUIUC
                    Registered User
                    • Sep 2012
                    • 8966
                    #10
                    Re: LB options on the team now

                    Originally posted by better days View Post
                    I would not be surprised to see lights out on the team & getting snaps at LB next year.
                    LOL great timing


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                    • ParanoidAndroid
                      My battery is low and it's getting dark.
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 16847
                      #11
                      Re: LB options on the team now

                      A MLB in a 4-3 should be your leading tackler. How far down the list was Sheppard?

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                      • venis2k1
                        Youboty can hope
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 4621
                        #12
                        Re: LB options on the team now

                        Shepard was third on the team in tackles last year(with a fairly pathetic 80)...but to be fair, Barnett and Wilson were 1 and 2...both gone.
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