Nobody with an expiring contract or a low enough cap number on the defense should be back. When you are dead last in the league in most categories, you aren't going to lose anything by going with the young players. Inconsistent or injury prone edge rushers aren't worth the investment today.
We saw on Sunday, you need push from your line in today's NFL, you need to generate push up the middle to stop passing offenses today that distribute the ball quickly. You need more guys back to defend against the single back and extra WR sets teams are playing. You need LBs to cover RBs and cover the flat. Blitzing OLBs are fading in the league, you need inside rushers.
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