Man, interesting one. I'm just going to go down the list.
-I haven't taken a stance on the DC. I'm basically in a wait and see mode, and from there, I'll look at the All-22 of how they use players and how their scheme works. Too many candidates out there for me to do this for all possibilities.
-I think we spoke about the Roman Harper release. I'm warming up to the idea but I'm not sure it'll happen. We'd have a 3.5M cap hit over the 2013 and 2014 season if we let him go. At the end of the day, he's overpaid and his performance isn't matching his dollar amount.
-I disagree with the Hawthorne release. I just don't think people know what type of football player this guy can be. He's the most natural MIKE on our roster and is our best coverage LBer (now that Vilma has regressed). He's good against the run and the pass and an extremely smart player. I think he's going to prove a lot of people wrong this upcoming year.
-I don't know if Greer is a nickel corner. Can't just take CBs and move them around and expect them to be successful. Only a few guys like that in the league. He's more of a boundary guy and should probably stay there. He's still our best coverage CB.
-Bushrod. I'm actually of the belief that if we don't get him resigned, then we go with Brown. I'm one of the few people on this board that actually believes that he can get it done. He's a good pass blocker but needs work against the run. The biggest concern is that he can't stay healthy. If he has lingering health issues going into the offseason, then we have to address the LT position.
-DLP played as well as any of our offensive lineman this past season and I hope we are able to eventually lock him up. Stability.
-Ivory for a 2nd round pick? Not in a million years. I think at best, we got a 5th for him. And that may be a stretch.
-I'm not sure Okafur is a first round DE, especially not at #15. He's falls between the late 1st and early to mid 2nd round. That's be a MAJOR reach for us.
-If we select a RB in the 2nd, I'd fly to NOLA and start laying the smack down to some of the FO people. Also, that would be too much $$$ invested into the RB position.
-As for Martez to ILB, I think that would be a good for him in a subpackage since we'd potentially have other guys who can rush on the edge. Just because he is good in space and fast doesn't make him an ILB. You have to be cerebral and instinctive to play there. Your reads have to be right and you are two gapping guards. I think we need to treat Martez like a missle and give him a target and tell him to go get it until he gets comfortable - playing him at ILB wouldn't do that.