Should we pursue a high end linebacker in free agency?

He backed up Patrick Willis admirably while he was out with a hamstring injury and would be a perfect 3-4 ILB who gets his chance to start alongside Rolando to clean up his mess when he doesn’t feel like getting in the way of ball carriers or lead blockers.

im tired of hearing his name, he is so damn slow, one of the biggest reasons we couldn’t stop the run. Built like Willis, but slow as ted washington. Have you seen him on toss plays? Seriously this guys is already behind 3-4 yards at a good angle. Screw him, what made him shine was Thomas Howard who should have never been released. As for your list, Hawthorne, really? He is no top MLB, Hes basically the same as the guy from Colts. Pat Angerer or whatever his name is, the guy makes a ton of tackles, and some plays but isn’t a difference maker. Sometimes stardom isn’t always good to have on a team, sometimes role players fit better as a team then star players do, Just look at the eagles. Probably the most Talented team in the NFL, but can’t mesh together as one. Look at the packers, they have a lot of role players that aren’t considered superstars, Shields, Nick Collins( The safety that no one knows but he goes the pro bowl a lot.) James Jones, Walden, Francious, Ryan Grant, and of course Matt Flynn. All of them mesh together, and created stardom for themselves within the team. FA will be good this year, and Reggie will fire weak ass LB’s like shitty blackstock. Grooves on the other hand is a ST captain and plays better on ST. Stardom isn’t always the best answer especially in our case, Randy Moss, Warren Sapp, Deangelo Hall, Javon Walker, Kerry Collins. The list goes on.

I’ve always liked ej henderson as well, wanted us to draft him many moons ago. Anthony spencer wouldn’t be bad either. Erik walden beat his live in girlfriend so badly he was charged with a felony for it before they remembered he was an NFL player and lowered it to a misdemeanor. I don’t want another guy like that on the Raiders.

I like what we have at LB’s. Curry, McClain, Goethel are all under 25. I wouldn’t mind bringing in some veteran depth to the position. But I think if we were to try and land at top flight FA it needs to be at CB. I personally would like to see Marcus Trufant try things over here, he’s a physical man to man corner.

light years better then McCrap

I love that guy…

cortland finnegan? our lbs are good enough if they are given a solid scheme and play calling. they just need better backups. bye bye groves and blackstock. I dont like Huff as a CB so trade him to free up 8 mil and get a draft pick. also a hard hitting safety would be nice (Landry)

Dqwell Jackson! he is very underatted because he played for a horrible browns team!. he wouls be a perfect raider he’s fast and has great instincts

After watching Mck talk…the days of going after “BIG NAMES” is pretty much over…right now I need a tackling machine…I don’t care about big names…and with our cap…we can’t afford it…just give me 11 guys who want to win and play with heart…and I’ll be fine with that…and get rid of the fat slob walking off the field and causing us a 12 man flag…

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I’m of the opinion that any other scheme and any other DC will be better than what we had this past year, but i would like to have someone for DC with a plan that fits most of the players we have already. So we would only need minimal turnover of personnel.