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Originally Posted by O.city
I think it is, but I'm not sure how much. I mean, with as much as we're in nickel and dime, I don't think it's a killer.
He looks like an athlete than can play moving forward or sideways.
I'm almost of the opinion that I'd trade up for him but the cost would be too much.
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And our run defense has suffered because of the amount of Nickel we play. And that's WITH our best run-defender still on the field in Nickel packages (DJ).
If you had Foster replace DJ and still played that amount of Nickel, you'd see him exposed a fair amount if he stayed on the field or you'd see the run defense suffer if he didn't.
This scheme needs a lot of versatility in the #1 ILB slot. I'm not saying Foster
doesn't have it as I can't claim to have seen him play a ton. I'm just saying that what I've seen from him hasn't demonstrated it.
The powers that be will need to do a fair amount of study on him in coverage and I'm sure they will.