Santos-Knox

blue_gold_84 · February 10, 2026, 05:39:09 PM

Picture this: a defense made up entirely of linebackers.

Pigskin · February 10, 2026, 05:43:10 PM

I am a little surprised at this signing. Don't really think we need him.

JockitchwithRich · February 10, 2026, 05:56:44 PM

Was unhappy when he did not re-up with our Blue and became a very good player elsewhere.
Great season last year so hoping he shows well at TC and becomes
a solid contributor for this season

kkc60 · February 10, 2026, 06:12:09 PM

Santos-Knox is a tremendous blitzer but... why bring back Wilson?

GOLDMEMBER · February 10, 2026, 06:12:50 PM

Love the serious competition.

blue_or_die · February 10, 2026, 06:30:23 PM

To me this signals a shake up to our D approach. We're beefing up the front 7 and giving ourselves as many tools as possible to show a lot of different looks. You need the tools do that and most of that comes from LBs who can do run stop and pass coverage mostly equally effectively. Gives lots of ability to keep fresh legs out there too.

These are the kinds of signings we should have been making last year when we hosted...

theaardvark · February 10, 2026, 06:33:44 PM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on February 10, 2026, 05:29:46 PMAlways liked Santos-Knox but this signing makes no sense, he's a couple of years past his prime and not much younger than Kyrie, this is not what progress is supposed to look like.

Literally coming off his best year ever, playing all 18 games.

His last year here, he had 6 sacks.

I am sure JY/Hall/MOS all were involved in this acquisition, and he will have the opportunity to make an impact in camp, and continue on to the AR is he is still at that elite level.

Literally no downside to this. If he is "past his prime" and can't make the cut, noting lost.

peg_city · February 10, 2026, 06:41:55 PM

Quote from: blue_gold_84 on February 10, 2026, 05:39:09 PMPicture this: a defense made up entirely of linebackers.

Rich Stubler's dream

blue_or_die · February 10, 2026, 06:48:45 PM

Quote from: peg_city on February 10, 2026, 06:41:55 PMRich Stubler's dream

Mike O'Shea's reality since he got here.

Only thing surprising about this is it's a vet LB signing and not a Canadian ST lifer

Pete · February 10, 2026, 07:30:55 PM

One benefit to this signing is that Knox is better suited to back up MLB should Jones get hurt. It does make Wilson redundant though

Tecno · February 10, 2026, 08:23:12 PM

Quote from: kkc60 on February 10, 2026, 06:12:09 PMSantos-Knox is a tremendous blitzer but... why bring back Wilson?

Because we didn't know JSK was going to be available? We could have eyed JSK the whole time but thought OTT would re-up him (late) or another team would out-bid us in FA.

We got our lucky wish that JSK made it to FA and probably had no/few other offers so we could right-price him.

Tecno · February 10, 2026, 08:25:54 PM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on February 10, 2026, 05:29:46 PMAlways liked Santos-Knox but this signing makes no sense, he's a couple of years past his prime and not much younger than Kyrie, this is not what progress is supposed to look like.

JSK is one of the few who left and continued to play at a high level. Like C.Sayles (well, and the other Sayles too). I've really never seen JSK suck even when stuck on dumpster fire teams. That speaks to his character.

Yes, this means one of Ayers or Wilson will have to be cut. Since Ayers hasn't proven much of anything yet, my money is on him.

Yes, I think we all would rather have heard news we signed a very capable DE, but c'est la vie.

blue_or_die · February 10, 2026, 08:46:18 PM

Quote from: Pete on February 10, 2026, 07:30:55 PMOne benefit to this signing is that Knox is better suited to back up MLB should Jones get hurt. It does make Wilson redundant though

He's only redundant if he stays healthy, doesn't perform as well as he did last year, or is not used on the field whether as a conventional WIL or in a 3-4 D.

I'm tellin' y'all, this is about having options!!

VictorRomano · February 10, 2026, 08:51:53 PM

Quote from: blue_gold_84 on February 10, 2026, 05:39:09 PMPicture this: a defense made up entirely of linebackers.

What about an entire offensive backfield made up of linebackers....RB/FB/SB/WR.....hell, maybe an LB TE for gadget plays.

Sounds like an OSH dream team.

Throw Long Bannatyne · February 10, 2026, 09:13:21 PM

Quote from: Tecno on February 10, 2026, 08:25:54 PMJSK is one of the few who left and continued to play at a high level. Like C.Sayles (well, and the other Sayles too). I've really never seen JSK suck even when stuck on dumpster fire teams. That speaks to his character.

Yes, this means one of Ayers or Wilson will have to be cut. Since Ayers hasn't proven much of anything yet, my money is on him.

Yes, I think we all would rather have heard news we signed a very capable DE, but c'est la vie.

Quote from: Tecno on February 10, 2026, 08:23:12 PMBecause we didn't know JSK was going to be available? We could have eyed JSK the whole time but thought OTT would re-up him (late) or another team would out-bid us in FA.

We got our lucky wish that JSK made it to FA and probably had no/few other offers so we could right-price him.

Not like they couldn't have brought him back anytime as he has been a frequent FA over his career, he's gone from Wpg. to Edm. to Hammie to Ottawa back to Wpg. He had his best year playing beside Biggie when he racked up 6 sacks in 2018, they've fallen off to a couple a season since then.

I suspect we're going to see a lot more 3-4 this season which should please O'Shea and Mike Miller as it gives them a solid ST core to work with.