gionni was good. not great... but he was the third best LB on the team and he would've been a starter at the beginning of the year. maybe it won't matter in the end but this defense can't afford to lose good players. if this was cornelius or gaines or kacy i might agree that it's nbd.
also consider the injury situation with the LBs last year... denzel, kirby and EJ all got injured. if something like that happens next year and you're looking at, you know, armbrister, gaines and cornelius all in the game at the same time or whatever, we'll probably be wishing for gionni paul.