03-21-2018, 04:01 PM
(03-21-2018, 03:34 PM)McC Wrote: Seems to me that the better your DLine is, the better your LB's will be at run stopping. If it takes a first round DT to do that, so be it.
Our biggest defensive need, imo, is someone, be it a S or a Nickle backer, who can stop the easy completions in the middle of the field and to backs out of the backfield. I would spend a first round pick on a guy who can do that, be it S or LB. If we ever find such a guy, our defense would immediately be better. And it would be icing on the cake if that guy has a knack for creating turnovers.
The big strength of this team through the playoff run was the DL. Rarely will I have a problem with going DL in the first round, but we never do that. We seem to target DL and LB's in the middle rounds. As for our safeties, we're in a bad spot with Williams and Iloka. They're good enough to hold the starting gigs, but neither are difference makers like Nelson was.
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