01-18-2016, 05:40 PM
(01-17-2016, 08:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The problem is not the "type". I have no problem with a monster like Dunlap at DE, and Moch was a smaller, athletic, speed-rusher type.
The problem is that we have been misjudging which players of this type to draft. We have used a lot of good draft picks (2nd-4th round) on D-linemen recently with very little success.
Name me these types who have come into the league in the last few years....there are very few or none.
The league has largely moved away from them in 4-3 defenses.
There just aren't many quality players who are in that 6-6 280+ range who play 4-3 DE that are good pass rushers.
We have been failing on DL in general since 2011.
We have been trying to recreate magic at DE that never really existed outside of pure dumb luck.
