03-14-2024, 02:05 PM
(03-14-2024, 01:26 PM)Joelist Wrote: Rankins is not a swap for Reader - a 3T is a different position than a NT. Rankins is to give us back the inside pass rush / penetration we have desperately lacked since losing Larry Ogunjobi. They will add at least one NT before they are done. Also our run defense issues were not about getting blown off the line they were about mental errors and alignment problems - both Stone and Bell speak directly to fixing the communication issues. Our defense last year got killed by explosive plays all stemming from mental mistakes. That is being addressed.
This x100.
Losing the best run stopping DT/NT in the league does not help the run defense. You don't have to be the sharpest tool in the shed to get that. And stopping the run is priority #1 in our division. Getting Stone & Bell addresses the communication part and are two steps forward. But losing Reader for Tart would be a HUGE step back.
