Geoff Hobson

[Jpoore]

(03-22-2024, 04:55 PM)Whatever Wrote: Rankins played nearly 60% of the defensive snaps last year, far from simply a pass rush specialist.  And I highly doubt Hill is going to see 71% of the snaps again due to having another quality 3 tech to rotate with.  You don't usually want to dress 3 3 techs on gamedays because an edge rusher can take up a lot of the obvious pass rush snaps, if needed.  Particularly true if you have an edge/3 tech tweener like Sample that can do both.  

But even arguing that Rankins will experience a big fall off in the 2nd year of his deal and Newton will overtake him and start as a sophomore, there's another problem.  An OT plays 100% of the snaps, when healthy.  A WR plays 70-90% depending on if they are a 1, 2, or 3.  A 3 tech, even having to slide to NT on passing downs, is still only playing like 70%, at best, as evidenced by Hill. And with Rankins still on the roster, they won't sniff that kind of snap share.

60%,, which means there’s a 60-40 split with someone… I don’t expect a rt to start year 1. So we’re arguing whose more valuable in year 2? It’s DT. A good-great DT is a game wrecker. When you have burrow, he can make rt look better. But 70% of a great DT is better than 100% of a rt. Makes more of an impact.

(03-22-2024, 10:39 PM)Whatever Wrote: There's no guarantee that any player you get in the 1st is better than one you get in the 2nd.  No guarantee that Fiske, Jenkins, Smith, etc won't be better than Murphy and/or Newton.

A 3 tech might make impact, but it's a minimal one, on paper.  Murphy only played 28% of the snaps last year subbing at two spots.  Murphy/Newton are going to play more than that behind both Rankins and Hill?

Beyond that, our starting RT and top 2 backup OT's are UFA and our starting 3 tech will still be under contract.  Not to mention we don't have a starting caliber WR3 and our WR2 will be an UFA.  Trying to figure out why 3 tech should be a draft priority, especially without a starting quality NT on the roster.

A great 3 tech makes a masssive impact. Bj hill will be Gone after this year, and tee Higgins will likely be tagged next year too… I believe we’re gonna switch to more of no nt defense(of course we’ll have a NT but it’s not gonna be the same as it was with reader in terms of defensive philosophy.) a great 3-tech makes more of an impact than a great rt. Newton should see a 35-40% snap share as a rookie, and 60%+ in year 2.