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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Look, I'm not stating that the guy in any sucks or is undeserving of a role on the team. But let's look at facts: The Chiefs were gashed in the run game by the Raiders and even the Broncos. They lost several games by 20 points or more and the interior of the defense could certainly use an upgrade. And quite honestly, I do not see a single NT that is going to magically transform the middle of the defense. Help? Sure. But as far as anyone knows, there are no Raji's or Ngata's available this year in the draft or free agency.
Hopefully, Belcher can continue to improve and there's no doubt that he made a leap from year one to year two. But the position needs an upgrade and whether it's him that makes the leap or a free agent, I don't really care.
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Do you think Ray Lewis as our TLB solves those problems? After watching what happened to the guy when Shields and Waters got to roam free, I don't.
Failings in the running game in a 3-4 defense rest heavily with your down lineman, VERY heavily.
Unless you see a MLB out there that would be good enough to overcome the failings of our DTs, why make a move just for the sake of making a move? Even if it's a marginal upgrade, is that worth the cost? Or is it worth losing out on the opporunity to see what Belcher could do?
If we had a good interior line last season and we didn't see Belcher playing with the leverage and attitude to make himself a very good run-stopper, perhaps I'd be on board. But we saw plenty of reasons that the rush defense could've been poor that have nothing to do with Belcher and we saw plenty of things from Belcher to suggest he could be a very good run stopper.