Joe Stafford: Hello Jim, so what type of defense can we expect from Spags? a 4-3, a 3-4, or something in between?

Jim Thomas: I think his background is pretty much 4-3.

elikim353: Hey Jim,
You said that Curry is a WLB, he actually is a SLB, I'm a student at Wake Forest and he always shed blocks with the tight end.

Any ways, is Spoon really going to play on the outside or is he staying in the middle?

Jim Thomas: He may be a strongside in college, but you don't draft a guy No. 2 overall to be a strongside in the NFL. As far as we know the plan still is to play Spoon at weakside.

Lawarence Marmie: How come Ron Rivera hasn't gotten more attention as a head coaching canidate with all the vacancies open this year? The guy is with the Bears and they're Top 5 defense every year. lovie smith decides he doesn't run the Cover 2 enough, fires him, and the Bears defense becomes very pedestrian. He goes to San Diego, replaces the DC there because the defense can't stop anyone, and he almost immediately makes them a defensive powerhouse. I was really hoping the Rams would give him a look this year, but to my knowledge, he didn't even get an interview. Wouldn't the Haslett interview would have been a better use of time had they interviewed Rivera?

Jim Thomas: Rivera issued a statement at the start of the offseason that he didn't want to do any interviews until after the Chargers had been eliminated. I think that limited some of the interest with him. I too think Rivera has head-coach potential.
Hey, that's all for this week, talk to you all next Tuesday after I get back from the Combine.