04-18-2025, 12:09 AM
(04-17-2025, 09:52 PM)samhain Wrote: I actually agree. I think DE is a much larger issue than DT. After the tenuous Trey situation, we have a lot of unproven guys. I feel like they're putting a lot of faith in Murphy and Ossai, moreso Ossai.
At DT, there isn't a ton of proven quality, either, but the 4 guys in the rotation have the potential to be adequate if the 2nd year guys develop. That's not a huge ask IMO. Slaton is the NT they didn't have. He's no Reader to be sure, but he's better than what we had in 2024, which was nothing.
I honestly think they need more than one DE. They need a twitchy edge guy and another big, typical Bengal DE.
I pretty much echo the same take. Ideally, being bad enough to get pick 17 should earn you a starting DE that isn't one dimensional..provides they're among the BPA.
They need to look to trade down with the similar talent between mid-1st thru 2nd but it takes too. Trading down to just get the best DE (rusher, balanced or run heavy) and then another DL later of any kind is a win. I don't care that the 2nd unit is filled with young "potential" they aren't proven enough to skip DL especially DE.
