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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The patron saint of 'good, not great' players - Grant Wistrom.
Okafor and possibly K-Pass are gone next season and Epenesa would provide a pretty significant upgrade on both.
What really surprised me about Okafor was how light he played. He was a lot more agile than I expected him to be but he was also WAY easier to blow off the ball than I'd hoped. He was essentially a finesse player and I think part of our improved run defense came from his absence. He was pretty shitty against the run.
So you take a guy like Epenesa, who should be an outstanding run defender, and give him an 8-10 sack potential w/ variety of power moves that play better on the strong side than Okafor - he's a real nice bookend.
I think I'd be a pretty damn big fan of that pick.
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People talk a lot about Epenesa’s upside, or lack thereof, but if you’re sliding him inside in subs, his pass rush upside is a lot higher than people give him credit for. When he lined up inside at Iowa, he just destroyed guards.