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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.So he might be available in the 2nd thenDidn't smith tear up his knee in the game today?
You can never have enough good pass rushers or corner backs.
I found this stat interesting but there was no logical place to put it, hence the new thread.
First round or bust by the look of it. FWIW, Sheard is #21 on the list and was a second round pick, albeit an early one at 37th overall.
Heck we don't need Dunlap; we got Cunningham a few picks before hime.
As far as pass rushers, we already have a really good one in Jones. Don't list to the idiots on the radio; Jone is way more valuable than they say (and even more so than Hightower). If BB has to pick between Hightower and Jones, it would be Jones every time.
What the hell are you talking about ? Hightower might very well be the best overall defensive player on our team. Jones has once again racked up numbers early in the season and mostly in irrelevant situations and then faded into obscurity towards the last third of the season.
Hell Jones wasn't even our best pass rusher throughout the year. That would be Sheard..
Out of Hightower, Collins, Sheard and Chandler Jones it is pretty obvious who we can afford to let go.
WHERE TO DRAFT A PASS-RUSHER
I would think that the answer is early and often; well, one in the 2nd and another in the 3rd.
Who do we have for the future other than the untested kids Flowers and Grissom? Grissom has played some, but primarily inside. Unless we've had an extension recently, Ninkovich and Sheard are UFA's at the end of the year, as is Chris Long.
The more I review tape, the more I've zeroed in on Calhoun. I'm worried he'll go in the 40s or 50s, though, and I'd be all for a trade up at that point to secure his services. If he can add some weight, I think he could end up better than Jones.
Heck we don't need Dunlap; we got Cunningham a few picks before hime.
As far as pass rushers, we already have a really good one in Jones. Don't list to the idiots on the radio; Jone is way more valuable than they say (and even more so than Hightower). If BB has to pick between Hightower and Jones, it would be Jones every time.
Good call!
As for this draft? Nowhere. I'm not high on any pass rushers this year. Next year might be the one to look at taking a pass rushing DE early.