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Originally Posted by Direckshun

Priority #2 is to further beef up that passrush. Offenses are figuring out how to block Hali/Houston/Poe, so we need to add another weapon in there to punish them. Jackson and DeVito are not the answer there, obviously. And Bailey is streaky at best, though he is a good player -- and nobody can bank on Catapano just yet.

This team needs to make a serious investment at DE and give offensive lines migraines trying to figure out how you're going to block so many elite passrushing talents. Tuitt is a gamechanger in that regard. Although if this team was able to track down Antonio Smith out of Houston, I'd be cool with that, too.

Now, I'm a DL homer, always have been -- I almost always go DL in the first round when I'm not going QB. But my point stands.

That's bullshit.

Poe, Hali and Houston are supposedly destroyers of worlds, Pro Bowl level guys. These are your guys who should be giving "offensive lines migraines trying to figure out how you're going to block so many elite passrushing talents."

Teams don't figure out how to block them, especially all three of them at one time. They should be kicking complete and utter ass. All game, every game.

And you most certainly don't draft high on top of them, if they are of that talent level, especially Houston and Poe, who are very young in their careers.

You want to maximize the DE spot? Then shift Poe over there on first downs and have Powe play NT, a la Ngata. That's how you maximize a 6'4", 350 lbs. guy who is bull strong and runs a 4.8 40.

DeVito is totally solid. So is Jackson. Between Poe, Hali and Houston, they should be blowing shit up like Dresden in WWII. You don't need to spend another first rounder on a guy like Tuitt, who you hope can rush the passer from the five tech spot when you've already got Bailey and Catapano who are already doing that in subpackages anyway and have Hali and Houston.

A backup to OLB is needed. But you don't blow a high draft pick on that guy - as he's going to be a backup/special teams guy.