Cody Ford - A top 'under the radar' signing

[SunsetBengal]

(04-04-2023, 03:29 PM)Joelist Wrote: The sacks falloff has been more about lack of interior pass rush than anytthing else. We're stopping the inside run but not consistently pressuring on the inside.

Here's the thing, interior DL that can both stop the run and rush the passer are hard to find, and become super expensive once those abilities have went on display.  When you have a team with an expensive franchise QB and a pair of top contract WRs, it cuts into the budget of what you can do at other positions.  You can have a mixed stable of moderately priced interior DL, but eventually rotating in the pass rush specialists in likely situations will become a tip to the offense that it's time to pull the surprise gut check.