02-23-2023, 05:16 PM
Gonna apologize for being late on this. Just posting to bump. Will do analysis first this time.
FWIW, all 10 DL on the roster last year are signed this. While we could always use more pass rush, and were poor in terms of sacks, we rated well on pressures. Ossai & Carter really played better later on. Perhaps upgrading Gunter as the 5th DE could happen. Or a stud NT to develop behind Reader, though Tupou is an adequate backup.
With Hendrickson/Hubbard/Ossai I think DE is just fine. Sample as a DE/DT hybrid was fine in my view. Gunter (despite the FG block) would be the only real upgrade possibility. Via draft or a vet FA signing.
On the interior. Reader/Hill are locked in starters. DJ is a stud. Hill is adequate and at $10 mil, a low key candidate to get replaced when the price crunch hits. But we are not there yet. Carter was awful early but was better late. I don't think we give up on him yet. We like to play 3 DTs sometimes, so we usually carry 3 NT/DT types. Which means only room for Carter & Hill as DTs if we carry 5 NT/DT types. For that reason, I think a NT type is much more likely than a DT type like Kancey. Though we could carry 11 if we trimmed elsewhere (LB/TE). Or we think the DT can hold up for some snaps 8nside in short yardage.
FWIW, all 10 DL on the roster last year are signed this. While we could always use more pass rush, and were poor in terms of sacks, we rated well on pressures. Ossai & Carter really played better later on. Perhaps upgrading Gunter as the 5th DE could happen. Or a stud NT to develop behind Reader, though Tupou is an adequate backup.
With Hendrickson/Hubbard/Ossai I think DE is just fine. Sample as a DE/DT hybrid was fine in my view. Gunter (despite the FG block) would be the only real upgrade possibility. Via draft or a vet FA signing.
On the interior. Reader/Hill are locked in starters. DJ is a stud. Hill is adequate and at $10 mil, a low key candidate to get replaced when the price crunch hits. But we are not there yet. Carter was awful early but was better late. I don't think we give up on him yet. We like to play 3 DTs sometimes, so we usually carry 3 NT/DT types. Which means only room for Carter & Hill as DTs if we carry 5 NT/DT types. For that reason, I think a NT type is much more likely than a DT type like Kancey. Though we could carry 11 if we trimmed elsewhere (LB/TE). Or we think the DT can hold up for some snaps 8nside in short yardage.
