The Freak, The Safety Convert, and The Thumper: 5 LBs to Fix the Middle

We won the North. 11-6. Division Champs. It feels good to say that, doesn’t it?

But here is the hangover reality check: We have some expensive decisions to make. Tremaine Edmunds is staring down a contract that looks a lot like a $15 million piñata waiting to be smashed for cap space. If Poles decides to move on, we have a massive hole in the middle of Dennis Allen’s defense. Even if he stays, we need more speed.

The modern NFL isn’t about 250-pound neck-roll guys stuffing the A-gap anymore.