Important week for Cameron Wake?

As we head into week two of the season, it seems to me that Cam Wake has much to gain or lose this week in that the two players ahead of him, Charlie Anderson and Q Moses have roles that are greatly reduced or they were not effective at in week 1.

For example, Charlie Anderson value to the Phins is that he can play OLB as well as Blocker on Special Teams. In week one the return team was abysmal allowing multiple Falcons to reach the returner unblocked and Anderson's other role as nickel OLB he was invisible at doing.

Q had a great camp but JT has sunk his teeth into the Strong Side OLB role and did not leave the field for any appreciable length of time against the falcons, all things being equal Wake is a much better pass rusher than Q in terms of raw ability.

Cam Wake may or may not be activated for this game, I do suspect if he is not activated this week if Q and Anderson have minor roles or play ineffectively we see Wake next week vs the Chargers.

The other alternative could be Sparano has basically redshirted Cam W and it remains unlikely he will play more than a handful of plays this year barring injuries. Wake in essence would be this year's Shawn Murphy.

 

Same here Dj, this conversion to OLB obscures what he does the best, and to be honest about it Charlie Anderson did nothing even playing next to a standing up JT.

But when Sparano and Co. form an opinion on a player, that is all she wrote, that is the way it's gonna be, if our passrush needs an upgrade we are a activation away from that becomming a reality.