Biggs Mail Bag; 3/21/2018

I wasn't high on Fitz either as a pick but NFL teams typically run nickel close to 50% of the time now. Amukamara, Fuller, Fitzpatrick, Amos, Jackson sound like a pretty nasty secondary. Also Amukamara may only have a couple of good years left, and as always players get injured. If Fitz is the real deal in a couple years you'd have a pro bowler on a rookie salary as opposed to having to shop for an overpriced FA when one of the other DBs end up elsewhere.

From reading up on Edmunds there seems to be some concern over whether he can play outside. Some seem to think he's a middle linebacker. I love the idea of Fitzpatrick or a guy like James because you can move them around. Like what it seems we want to do offensively. You can play Fitz in the slot, out at corner or at safety. He can match up with tight ends. Same with James...only he can't line up at corner...but he can play safety and OLB as well as man up with tight ends. Just gives the defense a lot of flexibility and James lets you attack from a lot of places.

I think that's only b/c he hasn't done it though isn't it? Everything I've read said he has the speed and bend to do it. Was there something else that I was missing when I read about him? 

I was loving the idea of Edmunds, but have cooled on him a bit. I was reading somewhere (may have been on this site but don't recall) that he makes a lot of arm tackles indicating he isn't diagnosing plays well, but in college he had the athletic ability to make up for it and still make the tackle. That isn't going to fly in the NFl with bigger, faster players. So, his lack of football instincts scares me a little. Although, I am trying to keep in mind that he's really young and still developing.