Trotter, Dawkins,Vincent,Allen,Waters,White,Brown,Douglas……
He plays bigger than he is and will keep these young guys on track IMHO

I don’t think this is going to happen. They are just old buddies and Andy was probably like “Sure, come on down, we’ll give you a look.” The fact is this LB core is not that bad, still young and still developing, but they ARE probably the best group we have had in years, Albeit better with Bradley in there:
1) Gocong IS very good against the run and his Pass Defensed in the end-zone in game one attests that his ability to cover is improving. Do you not remember Dhani “Fall-down -on-every-play-and-take-out-two-of-my-teammate’s-also” Jones. Having him was like playing with 8 guys on D. Gocong is also going to show his skill as a pass rusher. Where he led the nation in college. You have to love that he is BIG and Fast. Granted he sucked week 2, but the whole team did and Shockey didn’t exactly tear it up, so..
2)Omar is a very vocal leader who was an absolute tackling machine in his year as a starter in the middle. 170 tackles. That is over 10/game. He is also way better that Trott was at coverage. Even when he was a back up, he was a “starting” nickel LB, so your assessment there doesn’t seem to be supported by the facts.
3) Akeem came out of nowhere to make this squad, push for time, won a job and is now developing into a solid play-maker.
When Trott was here last, teams would just pass on us if he was in the game and then run on us when he wasn’t. It became laughable that we had only situational LBs and is the very thing that precipitated over-hauling our LB core. It was a major blow to our depth and leadership and overall size when Bradley went out, but this group can and will get it done. I loved Trotter in his first stint here and was sad to see him go; glad when they brought him back and healed the rift. But if we are bringing him in, perhaps it is just to motivate an LB crew that knows there is no one behind them pushing for a starting role (Although Foukou could be before the end of the year), otherwise just bring him in as a cheerleader/mentor/motivator, ‘cause dude can’t run.

we’re overreacting about our LB’s. It’s only the second week. Calm down.

As for Trotter coming back, hey, bring him back. He’s an animal and can help us out, either as a situational LB or a special teams pro. Whatever.

Chis Gocong or Omar Gaither can’t play the run, and Akeem Jordan is very inconsistent. In two games, Chirs Gocong- 5 tackles, 5 solo, 0.0 sacks, and 1 PDef. Sad. Omar Gaither- 9 tackles, 7 solo, 7 assists, 0.5 sacks, 0PDef. Akeem Jordan- 14 tackles, 12 solo, 2 assists, 1.0 sacks, 2 INT.

Omar and Gocong look like they can stop the run. I just think your being a bit to mellowdramatic about it. Gocong is prolly our best run player, Gaither is doing ok, and Akeem is doing very very well, they are the weak point on our Defense but not as big of one as your making it out to be.

and as much as I like trotter I dont think he has anything left in the tank and I will gladly eat my words if im wrong… meaning he comes here and has a monster year.