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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200000035...-nfl-offseasons Bucs #1, Bears #2, Broncos #3, Jags #4, Cardinals #5 Seems reasonably. Hard to see us not improving from last year, so that over on 8 wins looks like a really good bet.

It is better to let go a year early than a year late, but at least Urlacher can say he was not part of that train wreck of a defense last year.

Urlacher was let go a year too early, I can't believe this is already the 2nd season post-Urlacher. He was worth more than they were willing to pay him and the transition from post-Lovie would've been smoother with him in the middle.

He does remind me of Hester with his initial step/juke on returns.

The subtle roster turnover has been extraordinary. Not only are we cheaper, we are considerably younger. We also have no ridiculous contracts that end up being cap killers. I have the feeling that this is the first year of a long run of success for this team.

The rest of the 53 man roster? Even at league minimums, that adds up. We will more than likely re-sign a few others to extensions and then look to bring in 1-2 new FA's.

Sweet, glad to have him locked in now with salaries skyrocketing and the cap increasing.

I expect him to kick much better than Podlesh/Maynard so he wouldn't be a surprise to me.

Vereen or Fuller

Here he is with some practice punts:

of the 15 Punters in the last 2 years to average over 47 per punt, only 3 were undrafted. So drafting a punter late makes a lot of sense. Also, Punting may have been our biggest weakness over the past decade, but because of Gould and Hester on ST, it was overlooked. Going back to 2007 we have never been better than 22nd in punting, finished dead last twice, and 30th or worse 4 times. Our highest punt average was 43.9 (Podlesh 2011). Otherwise, we have been pretty bad: 41.8, 41.2, 41.4, 40.1, 43.9, 42.0, and 40.6. Those numbers were consistently 7-10 yards worse than the best punter in the league. I thought it may have been due to the number of kicks inside 20, but we rarely hit the top 10 in that category and there were always punters with better averages and more kicks inside 20 every year. This pick may have more impact than we think if he can average 46-47 per kick and give us 5 extra yards every possession.

I'm kinda ripped....

If he is quicker and stronger, he has a good shot to contribute.

Here is an article about SMC's transformation from stack.com with some videos. http://www.stack.com/2014/05/13/how-nfl-li...lin-got-ripped/ He looks much better than the comparison pic from the original article. For those looking to do the same workout, I've attached the workout plan: scot_prohgaska_workout.pdf

It probably has more to do with the agents than anything.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/...ck-kyle-fuller/

I don't think so. I thought it was only 1st rounders. Otherwise they would be holding up #2, 3-7 jerseys.

Fencik vs Wright

Stein is crazy good and we will likely have all signed prior to the rookie minicamp.

Not to be silly, but our Punting will be better and coverage team with Senn as well. Our defensive improvement should be +2 games, offensive improvement considering 2nd year in same system is +1 game, and ST is even with loss of Hester but better kicking, so we should technically be 3 games better. With a tougher schedule that may equal 2 extra wins.

12th is about right just for the draft with us moving up 3. I could see us over CIN and ARZ too. The Packers moving up 7 with that draft seems kinda high. The last week refers to Week 18 Power Rankings, so if you take into account our FA acquisitions, we should be slightly higher. I would say: SEA, SF, DEN, NO, NE, PHI, IND, GB, CAR, then CHI for the top 10 after all offseason moves.

With Pryor and HHCD available, Fuller had to be rated a lot higher for Emery to go that route with Safety being a bigger need. I still would've preferred HHCD in the 1st but Fuller and Vereen is a pretty good consolation.

Hell, our 4th Round may be the best of any team of any round (in terms of value~performance) with Carey and Vereen.

Fuller is going to see a lot of time as well in Nickel and backing up both Peanut and Jennings.

It is hard to grade evenly when the teams don't pick in the same spots. I think you have to assess from a relative point of view. Like STL, it is not very hard to hit on 2 picks within the first 13. To me, they drafted to their slot values. The same can be said for CLE, JAX, BUF, and ATL. All those had top 10 picks and multiple picks in the top 40. Also, Buffalo traded away a potential top 15 pick next year to move up to get Watkins, so that waters it down a little bit for me. HOU had the #1 pick, so Clowney was a no-brainer; for me Nix was their best pick outside of Clowney. If you exclude those 6 teams, that leaves BAL, CHI, NO, PIT and TEN with the best drafts.