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Cowboysrock55 said:
LBer isn't a premium position or one that I think we have a huge need. But Lloyd is a fun player. He makes plays all over.
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Pretty sure Lloyd would be one of my top choices if available. He's obviously nowhere near a Bobby Wagner but I think he would theoretically provide the same flexibility in terms of freeing up Parsons to move all around, while having a dynamic off-ball LB who can also rush/blitz really well himself.

It'd be a pure BPA play for me as I think he's pretty solidly a top 15 guy in this class.
 
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Pretty sure Lloyd would be one of my top choices if available. He's obviously nowhere near a Bobby Wagner but I think he would theoretically provide the same flexibility in terms of freeing up Parsons to move all around, while having a dynamic off-ball LB who can also rush/blitz really well himself.

It'd be a pure BPA play for me as I think he's pretty solidly a top 15 guy in this class.
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Yeah that would be in my opinion why you take Lloyd. You're just looking at the guy as sort of that bright light, way better than the other guys available. And honestly, the only reason he is possibly available at 24 is because he doesn't play a premium position. The NFL does not seem to be valuing LBers the way they used to anymore. And that's all evident in the way coaches play defense now. The majority of defense in the NFL is no longer a 4-3. It's a nickel defense. Teams are getting safeties that kind of play like LBers. They are getting safeties that can play corner and play in the box. So the NFL has just in general moved away from the traditional LBer. And a lot of that is because the NFL is more of a spread you out league and far less of a smash mouth league.

Some teams run the ball still but most of them do it from a spread or with smaller guys. So the need for a traditional LBer isn't that great. But Lloyd isn't exactly your traditional LBer either. He is great in coverage. He is a former safety and he still has some of those tools. He also rushes the passer some. It's why a guy like Parsons was sort of special. He wasn't just a traditional LBer, he was a big dude who was a freak athlete and talented pass rusher. The hope is Lloyd has some of those unique skills beyond just normal LBer play.
 
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Yeah that would be in my opinion why you take Lloyd. You're just looking at the guy as sort of that bright light, way better than the other guys available. And honestly, the only reason he is possibly available at 24 is because he doesn't play a premium position. The NFL does not seem to be valuing LBers the way they used to anymore. And that's all evident in the way coaches play defense now. The majority of defense in the NFL is no longer a 4-3. It's a nickel defense. Teams are getting safeties that kind of play like LBers. They are getting safeties that can play corner and play in the box. So the NFL has just in general moved away from the traditional LBer.
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Yea and if Parsons wasn't such a threat off the edge I wouldn't even consider it, but drafting Lloyd would almost be like adding another edge rusher since it'd free up Parsons to rush more than he may if we do nothing at LB.
 
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Yea and if Parsons wasn't such a threat off the edge I wouldn't even consider it, but drafting Lloyd would almost be like adding another edge rusher since it'd free up Parsons to rush more than he may if we do nothing at LB.
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Yeah and the part that helps is that Quinn is a creative guy. On a passing down you actually could run a 3 man Dline, have Cox, Parsons and Lloyd at LBer and the offense would have no idea where the rush is coming from. You'd also have two excellent coverage LBers in Cox and Lloyd who are almost safety like in their coverage skills. So if those guys are covering RB's or TE's you feel really good about it.
 
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On the PC, Jerry just jokingly said that drafting Taco was Stephen's call.
 
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On the PC, Jerry just jokingly said that drafting Taco was Stephen's call.
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That was pretty good.

Good Son: "That's not that funny to me!"
 
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Stephen: Free Agency is not over.
 
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God, Goof Son just exudes so much arrogance.

Not original, but it really sucks that nobody will ask a tough question. Most of these media sissies act intimidated to even ask a question. Where are Galloway and Hansen when you need them...
 
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Jerry: Denver wanted Randy more than we did, but I would rather have had Armstrong and that other guy instead anyway.


Yes, that was the plan all along.
 
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At least Jerry is throwing down a little bit on Randy's availability.
 
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God, Goof Son just exudes so much arrogance.

Not original, but it really sucks that nobody will ask a tough question. Most of these media sissies act intimidated to even ask a question. Where are Galloway and Hansen when you need them...
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Too bad he doesn’t read this. He still needs calling out as you can see. Fuckers don’t stand up to his idiocracy.
 
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