(03-25-2021, 12:32 PM)kalibengal Wrote: So far we have Larry O, Reader, Hubbard, Hendrickson and Kareem as our current D line not counting Topou and Wren.
Normally they keep about 8 and not knowing how Wren has healed up and if Topou is in the mix still makes this position group shaky at best. Need more depth and at least another edge pass rusher.   I havent heard a peep on Kerrigan and options are thinning out. I saw Browns are bringing in Clowney  and another report keeps suggesting we bring in Aldon Smith...thats a classic ML move I dont think ZT would try.

(03-25-2021, 01:35 PM)Joelist Wrote: The starting group is not bad at all. Hendrickson is basically Lawson but he finishes the play more (actually gets the sack instead of the semi-meaningless pressure). Hubbard is solid all around. Reader is an A List DT and Ogunboji gives us back the interior pass rush we have lacked since the prime days of Geno.

Depth? That’s more the issue right now. Even if Tupou is back he took a year off so we have no idea if he is in football shape. Wren is a question mark too. Even if we land Kerrigan we probably still need another DE and DT. If we resign Daniels that would help too.

(03-25-2021, 01:59 PM)Sled21 Wrote: I'd like to see Daniels, Covington and Hunt all re-signed. Daniels is solid, Covington played above his pedigree last year and should be better all around because of it, and Hunt did a lot better at DT than he ever did at DE. Plus, he's hard to pass on when he's in the middle.

(03-25-2021, 01:59 PM)Sled21 Wrote: I'd like to see Daniels, Covington and Hunt all re-signed. Daniels is solid, Covington played above his pedigree last year and should be better all around because of it, and Hunt did a lot better at DT than he ever did at DE. Plus, he's hard to pass on when he's in the middle.

(03-25-2021, 03:16 PM)yang Wrote: How about signing

Dalvin Tomlinson has a distinct profile as an above-average run defender and a below-average pass-rusher. He ranks in the 82nd percentile in PFF run-defense grade since 2017, and he knows how to finish plays - generating one of the best run-stop percentages in the league. As a pass-rusher, Tomlinson has only graded above 62.3 once - 74.7 this past season. He can play all over the defensive interior and represents one of the best run-stopping nose tackles in this class.

Shelby Harris, One of the most underrated players in the league, Harris has been an above-average player since starting to see significant playing time in 2017. The former seventh-rounder wins with good pad level and quickness in the running game and ranks in the top third of the league in run-stop percentage since 2018. Harris has also been one of the league's best pass-rushers since 201,8 with the only reservations being that he has only two seasons with more than 500 snaps (636 in 2019, 516 in 2017).

Jurrell Casey,  Limited to just 156 snaps in 2020, Casey kept his streak alive of never grading below 70.0 overall on the PFF grading scale, highlighting how he’s been consistently good since entering the league in 2011. Casey had five straight years with 50-plus pressures from 2013 to 2019, but his pass-rushing has slowed a bit in recent years. He’s still a plus run defender and he should get a look in a weak free agent class of interior defensive linemen.

Nadamukong Suh certainly isn't the force he once was, but he is still able to maintain an absurd workload for as many snaps as he's logged over his NFL career. The 788 snaps he played this season was the lowest total of his career, yet it was still the 11th-most among all interior defenders. Suh racked up 50 total pressures and 25 defensive stops and can still be a very solid member of a defensive line. At this point, he is a mercenary for hire on a short-term contract. If a team has a problem spot up front, Suh can fix it.

(03-25-2021, 03:20 PM)Fulcher_33 Wrote: Need to stay up to date on FAs. ALL of those Guys except Casey have signed.

Tomlinson signed with the Vikings,  Suh resigned with Bucs, and Shelby resigned with Broncos.

(03-25-2021, 03:32 PM)yang Wrote: Yeah, should have checked and haven't looked at them recently, I just looked at PFF and it's obviously not current.  looks like a bunch of DL signed the last couple days.  CRap, remainder looks pretty rough.   Guess it's the draft.  

(03-25-2021, 05:29 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Last year I assumed that our D-line would be the strength of the team.  But Reader and Atkins only played a combined 378 snaps and Dunlap pulled his disappearing act.  So it ended up being one of the weakest units on the team (and in the league).

Both reader and Ogunjobi are young.  If they can both just produce like they did in 2019 we will have one of the best DT duos in the league.  Look at where they ranked among all DT/NTs that year


................Reader..Ogunjobi
Tackles..........10th (52)...11th (50)
OB Hits........... 5th (13)... 5th (13)
TFL................16th (6)... 3rd (10)
Sacks.............26th (2.5). 8th (5.5)

(03-25-2021, 02:00 PM)yang Wrote: I keep expecting them to sign a DT in free agency and there are some good run stuffers out there we could use and it would not surprise me to see us draft one like Osa Odighizuwa in the 3rd or Marlin Tuipalotu in the 5th.   But signing one or two frees up the draft.

(03-25-2021, 01:59 PM)Sled21 Wrote: I'd like to see Daniels, Covington and Hunt all re-signed. Daniels is solid, Covington played above his pedigree last year and should be better all around because of it, and Hunt did a lot better at DT than he ever did at DE. Plus, he's hard to pass on when he's in the middle.