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Raiders to Sign DT Bilal Nichols


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Bilal Nichols is good pick up IMO.

Champ Kelly obviously know him really well, so we buy a known commodity.

He has the size for our scheme, he has the experience in a somewhat similar scheme and he had 2 good years in 2018 and 2020. This past season was pretty much a down year for that entire team...

He can play in 3 man and 4 man DLs for us and at 25 years old he still has nice upside.

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1 hour ago, Rolni said:

Bilal Nichols is good pick up IMO.

Champ Kelly obviously know him really well, so we buy a known commodity.

He has the size for our scheme, he has the experience in a somewhat similar scheme and he had 2 good years in 2018 and 2020. This past season was pretty much a down year for that entire team...

He can play in 3 man and 4 man DLs for us and at 25 years old he still has nice upside.

Apparently, this past season was a career year for him. Or at least that’s what I’ve been reading 

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46 minutes ago, Geezy said:

Apparently, this past season was a career year for him. Or at least that’s what I’ve been reading 

That was Ian's tweet, but I dn't know where he got that from :)

2020 was Bilal's career year so far...

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2 minutes ago, Rolni said:

That was Ian's tweet, but I dn't know where he got that from :)

2020 was Bilal's career year so far...

Not going to pretend like I know one way or the other, I just hope in 2022 he’s better than ever! 

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2 hours ago, Humble_Beast said:

younger and upgrade to John Hankins. a NT who can actually offer a little pass rush. Solid move, young so he is a building block 

Bilal is not a NT.

He is more of a pass rushing DL then a run stuffer. 

He played some 0T with the Bears when Goldman was out, but he is not a NT. He is a 3-4DE, 4-3DT.

With us he will be the base RDE in the 3 DL set up and then a DT in the 4 man nickel front...

Hankins can still come back to be in the NT rotation.

I would also welcome fellow Bears NT Goldman

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