Is Sterup finally healthy? I thought I heard Benning mention briefly at some point the last couple weeks that he "hasn't been healthy in over a year." I knew he wasn't last year, but it'd be a shame if an offseason couldn't get him right. If so, that and a combination of Gates just being talented is why he's #2.
Perhaps they view the TEs and RBs as interchangeable, after Newby that is. That'd explain the many -OR-s.
Hopefully we can afford to use LBs that way as well. It'd go a long ways toward maintaining aggressive, attacking D. Giff could give the starters a blow on passing downs, and Newby could add some pass rush, I think.