How bad is the rest of the -dline at pass rushing?

[phil413]

(03-25-2025, 09:55 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I agree. DL needs to be the pick in round one. 

The problem is is that they've gone so heavy on DL the past couple years in the draft. They've spent a first round pick, second, a third, and a sixth the past two years. 

Between that, and the picks at WR (Yoshi, Charlie Jones, Burton) its been a masterclass on how to **** up team building. 

I agree with Synric's point, there isn't enough established talent outside of Trey to preclude a DL pick. They threw Ced O and Fisher at tackle but still needed to fix tackle.  The Lions didn't let their high WR picks block them from Megatron. 

A balanced DE is the ideal sweetspot.  They could always go with their old way of playing a bigger yet rush threat DE at UT on passing downs.  They also have to consider being more versatile with scheme fit to even take a EDGE/OLB type of needed to improve the pass rush yet still fit.  I'm OK with the rookie not getting the payoff of reps if these young backups earn their own reps.  

I get preferring a slightly lesser DE over a DT on paper, but take the talent.  Run a simulator and trade down once in the 1st. Then consider how you feel about BPA being DT knowing you can still go DE, BPA and Guard with any combo of say the next 4 picks.  They have to get this right, and I'm not opposed to DT if they're truly BPA at the pick.