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Originally Posted by Direckshun
I'm not automatically opposed to that but they have to fix the DL and that's going to require heavy early round investments the next couple of years.
Our four rotational DEs have less than 10 sacks on the year so far. (Dunlap 4, Clark 3, Danna 2, Karlaftis 0.5.) Jones/Saunders have racked up 11.5 combined and Spags' blitzes have added an additional 10.
I think we all believe Karlaftis will develop into a solid sack guy, but they need to make multiple investments at DE and probably another one or two at DT.
At some point, they need to have a deeper-than-league-average, lethal passrush with their four down lineman. Because teams are passing it on us more than almost any other team in the league.
That's really the one place I look at this roster and I see a weak depth chart heading into next year. Veach has really let this position wither on the vine a little while stacking up everywhere else.
And we've let the trade deadline go, and Burns/Allen/Chubb got away from us.
It's time to course correct and they have to do it in the draft.
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Oh I definitely think you have to do what you gotta do and go heavy on the DL.
But they are kind of at the point where they can't just ignore any spot and go heavy on one only.
They need to just continue to add talent across the board. You just never know where a spot will pop up and you need to save some money or save a spot etc.
For instance, if there's a guy you really like that plays T is there in the 2nd or so, go ahead and draft the guy. Or hell, I wouldn't be opposed to taking a DE or DT in back to back picks if that's the way it shakes out.