03-14-2016, 04:22 PM
(03-14-2016, 03:49 PM)Crowe Wrote: Don't look at his sack numbers because they are misleading. He was playing next to an all-pro DT and pro-bowl DE, he is not good and most of them sacks came on break downs by the oline.
For years I pointed out that Peko was always among the league leaders in tackles by interior linemen and all i heard was that he didn't get enough sacks. Then when he gets sacks they don't count because of Dunlap and Atkins.
Your logic is circular. You can't say that it is important to pend resources to upgrade at DT and then say we will get great production from the position even if the guy there stinks.
Peko used to be an upper tier DT, and now, even though he has declined, he is still a solid DT playing 50% of the snaps. But he is near the end and we need to get a replacement plan this year.
It works out perfect that if we used a first round pick on a DT we would have him on a cheap rookie deal for 4 years and both Geno and Carlos just happen to be signed for 4 more years. So if we do draft a big star we don't have to pay him until one or both of those contracts drop off the books.
