2026 Draft: EDGE

[manxman2601]

 

[manxman2601]

Good comp.

Better comp

 

[Clonamery]

It wasn't Malachi that had the 35" arms, it was his team mate all along.

Does it translate to production?

 

[manxman2601]

Does it translate to production?

Not really, only 26 pressures and 3 sacks with a slightly better than average run defense grade.

 

[manxman2601]

 

[manxman2601]

It doesn't get much more 'Planet Theory' than this.

 

[hornetfb85]

In my mind the Edge rushers are in 3 groups:
Pipe Dream:
Bain, Reese, Bailey, Faulk

Could be there at 31/bit of trade up:
Howell, Mesidor, Parker

Trade down a bit:
Thomas, Young, Jacas, Josephs

I’ll re-evaluate this list tonight and tomorrow

 

[DaBruinz]

It doesn't get much more 'Planet Theory' than this.

I'm curious how many 3 DL sets the Pats ran last year outside of Goal-line situations.. I don't think it was very many..

 

[manxman2601]

I'm curious how many 3 DL sets the Pats ran last year outside of Goal-line situations.. I don't think it was very many..

I don't think he'll be here for us, but when you've got such an outlier like that, sometimes you just need to go BPA and work it our later. I actually like the idea of us going 3-4 1-gap.

 

[DaBruinz]

I don't think he'll be here for us, but when you've got such an outlier like that, sometimes you just need to go BPA and work it our later. I actually like the idea of us going 3-4 1-gap.

My point was that the Pats ran more 2 DT / 2 Edge / 2 LB sets than they did traditional 3-4 or 4-3..

And I do understand about adding someone like Banks.. The bigger question is would Vrabel change their base to accommodate it or just continue to run just 2 DL out there most of the time.. I mean, being able to run Williams or Barmore out as one of the "Edge" guys would certainly make things harder for opposing teams. I just don't know if Vrabel would do that.

 

[manxman2601]

My point was that the Pats ran more 2 DT / 2 Edge / 2 LB sets than they did traditional 3-4 or 4-3..

And I do understand about adding someone like Banks.. The bigger question is would Vrabel change their base to accommodate it or just continue to run just 2 DL out there most of the time.. I mean, being able to run Williams or Barmore out as one of the "Edge" guys would certainly make things harder for opposing teams. I just don't know if Vrabel would do that.

He definitely ran some 3 DL looks and it would certainly help with rotations. Imagine your second line being Banks-Durden.

 

[DaBruinz]

He definitely ran some 3 DL looks and it would certainly help with rotations. Imagine your second line being Banks-Durden.

Whether it's Banks- Durden or Banks-Farmer, or another combination, it definitely improves things.

I'm not sure they can afford to do that with the other issues on defense and with the O-line.

 

[manxman2601]

Whether it's Banks- Durden or Banks-Farmer, or another combination, it definitely improves things.

I'm not sure they can afford to do that with the other issues on defense and with the O-line.

I don't think it will be an issue however. He'll go too high I suspect.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Hmm.... Hopefully Vrabel doesn't make a similar mistake that haunted BB when it came to Florida Edge rushers..

Reference to the Cunningham over Dunlap debacle?

Dunlap was the better prospect, BB outsmarted himself.

 

[manxman2601]

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

I've been mocking him to us for weeks.
I said a couple weeks ago he probably ends up in the 2nd rd which looks likely.

 

[manxman2601]

Early RAS not including shuttle and 3-cone. I'll only include over 9.00 for now.

 

[manxman2601]

Crawford didn't test so he's included, presumably, for his on-field drills which looked terrific.

 

[dliverey44]

Very Ponder like. Just saying

 

[manxman2601]