Minor surprise for me. I thought they'd keep 5 OLBs for sure, since they typically will rotate 4 guys in a game. With Gilbert gone the candidates for the 5th spot seem to be Greg Roberts or Brady Sheldon. I think I saw an article mentioning Sheldon as having some upside, but he's kinda scrawney for an outside backer. Guess I'll be watching those back-up OLBs a little harder tonight. I though the top-5 were set so wasn't even thinking about that position much.
Seems like an odd choice to me to trade Gilbert, but they must have felt they had a 5th guy so they were going to cut him anyway. At least this way they got "something" for him, though the odds are a mid-seventh round pick likely won't get you much.
Seems like an odd choice to me to trade Gilbert, but they must have felt they had a 5th guy so they were going to cut him anyway. At least this way they got "something" for him, though the odds are a mid-seventh round pick likely won't get you much.