Drafting a defensive end we didn't need

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(09-19-2023, 12:00 PM)Sled21 Wrote: The thread title is more than a little disingenuous. While Murphy hasn't made any noise in his first two games, there is no denying we needed a Defensive End. So we needed a DE... the OP just doesn't like the one we got. It's small issue though, Ossai will be back soon.

I won't speak for the OP, but I personally was scratching my head why a DE was taken before some other positions of need.
It was known that whatever pass rusher that got drafted was not going to get opportunity to get a majority of defensive snaps.
So was it necessary to take a pass rusher that early given that situation?
Or could they have taken a pass rusher in Rd 3-4 to groom and taken a position with better opportunity to see the field in Rd 1?

I think that might be some people's gripe.

They just wanted someone who could get more opportunity right away.
But that opportunity really would have just been TE, maybe CB based on Awuzie's recovery.