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Originally Posted by Dam8610

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.

i don't care that we are moving on from walden. he is on the wrong side of 30 and i have no issue with trying simon and sheard as starters on this defense.

just saying it is not a certainty that they are better or will be better.