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Simoneau was a backup at Philly for a good reason when we traded for him. Keep in mind that the trade was done during Payton's first draft at a time when it was obvious that we could use almost ANY help at LB. The problem is that during last year's offseason we did not find an adequate replacement for Simoneau. Simmons, who was already at the end of his career when we picked him up, apparently did not pan out, as he couldn't get on the field. We need someone with some youth left who can play the position aggressively and generate turnovers, which leaves Z Thomas out of the equation. I'm hoping we can get Briggs. We simply must get at least two new bonafide starters on D in free agency (at LB, CB, DT, and perhaps S), b/c there's no way we're going to be able to generate all the players we need to retool the D in this year's draft, even if we go D in every round.