Richard Camembert
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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OK I see DL, specifically DE, as a much more pressing concern than OL.
1. DE in BB's system requires certain uncommon measureables, making these players harder to obtain. The strength of this D must start with at least two monsters up front. Although OL have certain required measureables these aren't as rare as those for DE, making these players easier to obtain later in the draft.
2. It's possible that due to injury neither Warren nor Wright can return to their previous high levels of performance. There's no reason to think that anyone other than Kaczur and Mankins will have substantially decreased performance.
3. The second tier of DL (Brace, Prior, Deaderick, Richard, Weston) have failed to show anything other than flashes. Meanwhile Dante Academy has produced a series of plugin players.
4. The OL has produced consistently high results, at least during the regular season, for several years. Since the departure of Seymour the DL has not. DL failure was a huge reason for the often horrid performance of the D this past year. This unit needs more horses, or grizzlies if we must maintain the conceit.
Not saying we shouldn't go OL with one of our top four. I am saying that right now DL is a huge area of concern, and it will remain so at least until more is heard about the recoveries of Warren, Wright, and Brace, and the possible one-year signing of Warren. I thnk we need to draft a DE early if one of the 5-techs is available.
1. DE in BB's system requires certain uncommon measureables, making these players harder to obtain. The strength of this D must start with at least two monsters up front. Although OL have certain required measureables these aren't as rare as those for DE, making these players easier to obtain later in the draft.
2. It's possible that due to injury neither Warren nor Wright can return to their previous high levels of performance. There's no reason to think that anyone other than Kaczur and Mankins will have substantially decreased performance.
3. The second tier of DL (Brace, Prior, Deaderick, Richard, Weston) have failed to show anything other than flashes. Meanwhile Dante Academy has produced a series of plugin players.
4. The OL has produced consistently high results, at least during the regular season, for several years. Since the departure of Seymour the DL has not. DL failure was a huge reason for the often horrid performance of the D this past year. This unit needs more horses, or grizzlies if we must maintain the conceit.
Not saying we shouldn't go OL with one of our top four. I am saying that right now DL is a huge area of concern, and it will remain so at least until more is heard about the recoveries of Warren, Wright, and Brace, and the possible one-year signing of Warren. I thnk we need to draft a DE early if one of the 5-techs is available.