Nnivolcm Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, Louis Friend said: There is also a thing called DEPTH. I know we, as Lions fans, are not used to this concept, but good teams normally have more than one player capable at a position. John Penisini is a cheap, rotational NT that can relieve McNeill. Why wouldn't there be a spot for him on this roster? My guess would be: DE: Flowers/Williams/Bryant NT: McNeill/Penisini DE: Brockers/Hand WOLB: R. Okwara/Harris/J. Okwara ILB: Anzalone/Reeves-Maybin ILB: Barnes/Tavai SOLB: Collins/Onwuzurike I was under the impression it was rare for teams to keep 2 NTs on their roster when NTs are typically only in on obvious rushing downs in today's pass happy NFL. I could be mistaken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardlionfan Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, Nnivolcm said: I was under the impression it was rare for teams to keep 2 NTs on their roster when NTs are typically only in on obvious rushing downs in today's pass happy NFL. I could be mistaken. I think Penisini has a role. They say a base 3-4 but I expect that will only be about 40% - 50% of the time with a chunk of 5 man fronts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 14 hours ago, Louis Friend said: There is also a thing called DEPTH. I know we, as Lions fans, are not used to this concept, but good teams normally have more than one player capable at a position. John Penisini is a cheap, rotational NT that can relieve McNeill. Why wouldn't there be a spot for him on this roster? My guess would be: DE: Flowers/Williams/Bryant NT: McNeill/Penisini DE: Brockers/Hand WOLB: R. Okwara/Harris/J. Okwara ILB: Anzalone/Reeves-Maybin ILB: Barnes/Tavai SOLB: Collins/Onwuzurike You think we are playing a 290 lb DT at OLB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TL-TwoWinsAway Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sllim Pickens said: You think we are playing a 290 lb DT at OLB? Yeah, I missed that. Zurike is locked into the 3-4 DE spot, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Friend Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I think they are going to put people where they fit best. Onwuzurike was misplaced as a NT in college. He’s solid at rushing the passer and I feel he can do it at DE and OLB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Louis Friend said: I think they are going to put people where they fit best. Onwuzurike was misplaced as a NT in college. He’s solid at rushing the passer and I feel he can do it at DE and OLB. He would be the biggest and slowest LB in the NFL. I definitely don't think he will play NT but he will for sure play some DE in both a 3-4 and a 4-3 IMO. But I don't see him lining up as a LB ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/todd-wash-explains-role-of-trey-flowers?fbclid=IwAR1J3R9vKeu7HHqEaKuwBBd8ObbStL4qNJP2oz9detlfVi6hXpOwXp0fqN4 looks like they expect Flowers to be an OLB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TL-TwoWinsAway Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 Just now, Sllim Pickens said: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/todd-wash-explains-role-of-trey-flowers?fbclid=IwAR1J3R9vKeu7HHqEaKuwBBd8ObbStL4qNJP2oz9detlfVi6hXpOwXp0fqN4 looks like they expect Flowers to be an OLB. Very interesting. I guess a Brockers-McNeill-Zurike base DL makes a lot of sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardlionfan Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) On 5/21/2021 at 8:18 AM, TL-TwoWinsAway said: Very interesting. I guess a Brockers-McNeill-Zurike base DL makes a lot of sense. Ha ha ha I just spent about five minutes scratching my head, asking myself who this Zurike guy is. I like it. I can remember how to spell it. That line could be surprising. Edited June 1, 2021 by diehardlionfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TL-TwoWinsAway Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 6 hours ago, diehardlionfan said: Ha ha ha I just spent about five minutes scratching my head, asking myself who this Zurike guy is. I like it. I can remember how to spell it. That line could be surprising. (Ha. I couldn't remember how to spell the first half and just gave up.) I agree. It seems like a really big, athletic 3-4 front. And, if those two picks in particular hit, our rebuild will have been accelerated greatly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 On 5/21/2021 at 7:17 AM, Sllim Pickens said: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/todd-wash-explains-role-of-trey-flowers?fbclid=IwAR1J3R9vKeu7HHqEaKuwBBd8ObbStL4qNJP2oz9detlfVi6hXpOwXp0fqN4 looks like they expect Flowers to be an OLB. That's an odd decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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