Adibi

Xavier Adibi, Virginia Tech, 6-2, 232: Adibi is more athletic and agile than he is productive.

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Zac Diles, returning from a fractured tibia, will compete with second-year man Xavier Adibi on the weak side.

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"Yes, overall, the economy's improving," says Esmael Adibi , an economist at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.

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•Positional battle: Zac Diles (third season) is competing with Xavier Adibi (second season) for the starting spot at weak-side linebacker.

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On the weak side, rookie Xavier Adibi might unseat Morlon Greenwood.

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Adibi played in 47 games, collected 291 tackles, 11 sacks, 30 tackles for losses and caused five fumbles.

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Adibi doesn't show the first reactions that come from great instinct, but his speed and agility usually compensate for that lack of initial recognition.

Draft analysis: Sizing up the available linebackers 2008

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Among the first to predict the potential for a real estate bubble back in 2005, these days Adibi is more upbeat, pointing to rising sales of single-family homes, particularly at the lower end of the market.

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Stimulus funds won't do much good either, Adibi notes, since "the state is grabbing all of the federal stimulus money" to keep itself afloat.

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