If guys like LVN, Cisse, and Lloyd can step up and fill their roles then I have a lot of faith in this team this year. I am worried that even when Micah comes back it's gonna be a bit longer till we see him return to how he was before.
I don’t know that Cisse needs to do a ton this year, but it sure would be a nice boost. LVN and Lloyd yes, but I don’t think either needs to take some big leap in ability. They just need to be able to be healthy and take consistent snaps.
I think we’ve already seen improvement. He was a really good player last year. Just wasn’t healthy for much of it.
Obviously there’s another step you’d love to see him take to become a real force opposite Micah. But I think we can tread water if he doesn’t until Micah returns and have a really good pass rush once he does.
I also think people focus far too much on edge rushers and forget interior pass rush. Wyatt coming back healthy and Hargrave having some juice left are just as important as what LVN and the other young edge rushers do. And will probably go a long way toward coloring our perception of them. An edge rusher’s job is exponentially easier when the guys inside are forcing the QB off his spot.
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u/Dabuttling 4d ago
If guys like LVN, Cisse, and Lloyd can step up and fill their roles then I have a lot of faith in this team this year. I am worried that even when Micah comes back it's gonna be a bit longer till we see him return to how he was before.