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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy
I guess you're right to a degree. It just makes my skin crawl, but it also makes me appreciate guys who actually know the draft, and the value of Glenn Dorsey to this team.
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If, by value, you mean a lack of production, I feel you.
Four sacks and one forced fumble in three years. That's three years of starting 46 out of 47 games.
Awesome.
By comparison, Darnell Dockett, playing the same spot in the same alignment at about the same size, has 16 sacks and four forced fumbles over the same time period.
Now, Dorsey was substantially more active this past season and did log a career high 69 tackles (51 solo, 18 assists), but he wasn't very effective in penetrating or holding up the point of attack. A lot of his tackles were back-end pursuit types that he picked up as teams ran to his side inside the pass rush of Hali.
At this point, he hasn't lived up to the status of being the fifth overall selection in the 2008 draft. However, that particular draft is littered with bustos and it did look like a good selection at the time, particularly as we were running a 4-3 at that point.
I think he'd also do a lot better with a more active, run plugging NT beside him, and I hope that the team addresses that position in the draft. (Jerrell Powe or Chris Nield would be completely acceptable.)