O K - Training Camp is coming up and could someone give me a rookie review ?

[Bigtinylittle]

Granted Smith and Kubiak were a bit under the gun because of the Dunte situation when they signed Reeves, but until it is proved otherwise, I am going to believe they have the ability to judge whether Reeves can play football. From what i understand, Reeves is going to play a different style of defense with us than he did with the Boys. He is going to play press coverage much more, something he apparently excells at. So I will be surprised if, barring injury, Reeves gets beat out by a third round rookie.

Slaton, again barring injury, I expect to see only in spot duty, mainly third down, but possibly on other downs just to give a different look.

Adibi's strength is, from what I have heard, more in the passing game than the running game. Given that our starting OLB's are the opposite of that, I wouldn't be surprised to see him contributing some on passing downs.

Brown supposedly excelled more on run blocking than pass blocking in college, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him in there in some running situations. Barring injury, I see him as a reserve this year, though I could see it going either way.

Okam is a wild card. If he comes into camp in shape and works very hard, I can see him getting the most playing time of any rookie. He has the size and quickness to be a run stopper, something our DT's were below average at last year. In a sense, he is the only rookie who has a clear path to being a starter. It just comes down to whether he is willing to work hard at mastering the art of being an immovable object.

I won't be surprised if a couple of rookies, either draftees or UDFA's, end up on IR like Harrison did last year.