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Originally Posted by omahacolt
sheard and simon were backups for a reason. you guys might want to accept that they might not be magically great here
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To me, Sheard is clearly a stopgap solution, but a better one than Walden due to age and athleticism. He's also started 59 of the 89 games in which he's played in his career, so it's not like he's a Ricky Jean-Francois career backup type.
As for Simon, yes, there was a clear reason he was a backup, two in fact. Their names were Jadeveon Clowney and Whitney Mercilus, both former first round picks, one a former #1 overall pick. He did start 12 games over the last two years, though, so again, not like he's a career backup.