Mini-Camp Around the Corner

Mini-camp is around the corner and there are a lot of position battles that are going to take place in order to improve on both sides of the ball. With Odell Thurman back in the mix, Ahmad Brooks returning from injury and Keith Rivers the 'professional' rookie our linebacking corps looks to have improved dramatically on paper, but will it actually improve our terrible run defense. I think with our new D-Coordinator Mike Zimmer, he will give our defense the attitude and drive to succeed. He will use the base 4-3 defense but will also mix in the 3-4 in order to keep our opponents guessing. In the past we have have been one dimensional on but in order to improve this year our defense will need to learn how to fill all run gaps and learn to penetrate while keeping their lanes in order to keep runners from bouncing outside or cutting back! Another position to look at is our receiving corps. With you know who threatening to sit out and Henry out as a Bengal, the rookies will need to spend extra time watching film in order to make a much needed impact in their first years... It will be an interesting mini-camp and training camp to say the least.