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I'm as sick of the pearl clutching about BBK as anyone, but come on, of course he could have helped us.  I mean, as recently as last year Jordan Perez was starting at ILB for us, and we were trying to switch Joey Alifieri from OLB (where he has been good) to ILB (where he wasn't the answer).  So even if Ben Kirven has made mistakes (and come on, name a player who hasn't gotten caught out of position), the question is not whether he is as good as advertised but whether he would have been better than the starter we actually played.

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[BostonCard]

I'm as sick of the pearl clutching about BBK as anyone, but come on, of course he could have helped us.  I mean, as recently as last year Jordan Perez was starting at ILB for us, and we were trying to switch Joey Alifieri from OLB (where he has been good) to ILB (where he wasn't the answer).  So even if Ben Kirven has made mistakes (and come on, name a player who hasn't gotten caught out of position), the question is not whether he is as good as advertised but whether he would have been better than the starter we actually played.

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