Dunlap traded to Seattle

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Definitely needed to happen. I'm happy to see they are looking at adding the two offensive lineman, with what's happening to the depth there.

In hindsight, they def. should have done this last year--knowing full well they wanted to change schemes next year. We would have received a lot more value. Maybe they didn't want to give the appearance that they were tanking? Who knows; glad it's done though.

Our defense needs pass rushers. I like Lawson and Hubbard--but they obviously aren't enough. Having Reader and a healthy Atkins would give us a good inside rush. But let's be honest, Reader is replacing Atkins.

We seem to have a lot of good run stopping defensive lineman.

If this defense had a premier pass rusher, I think we could be really good. Lawson on one side and someone comparable to Bosa (or even Lawson) on the other--we could be really good. Need a top 4 pick for someone like Bosa though--and I don't know what's available in the draft.

I kind of feel like we're going to start winning some games though. I don't think we'll make the playoffs--but I could see us playing ourselves out of the top 10. At that point we'll have to do a great job in our draft analysis.