I'd say LT is important if you have a crappy QB. Good LT masks how awful a non elite QB really is and an elite QB can get away with having an average LT. So pending your QB...
I'd also say having a good MLBer is up there. Ray Lewis, Patrick Willis, Lawrence Timmons, Jerrod Mayo etc, guys who can be the QB of the defense. I'd argue that Derrick Johnson is the reason we even won 7 games last year.
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