Da Swami

So now we need to scrap the whole line because the unit had an off year stuffing the run and lacked a pass rush?

You crack me up.

Richardson is a good fit in the base defense as a DE but yeah, we need more depth. Letting Clemons go wasnt a bad move since it freed up cap space. We had no depth last year and couldnt rotate fresh bodies.

Do I need to remind you that the draft isnt even here yet?

Expect Al to move a back and a db to get some picks back. I do not think we will be drafting at #4 this year.

We signed former Lions DE Kalimba Edwards this morning too. Hes an interesting prospect. He has upside and is a tremendous athlete. How that pans out remains to be seen.

Much is made of these guys on draft day and they are all one man wrecking crews coming out of college. At least they are hyped that way but in the pros, they have a learning curve and an adjustment period. Just like Gerard Warren, maybe he never lived up to the hype he got but hes still a damn good player. He wasnt a good fit in a 3-4 as a DE or a NT which is why hes been moved around. Both

If these guys can do a servicable job, this unit is going to be much better this year. Most of our problems stemmed from a lack of pass rush off the WSDE spot, so we moved Kelly outside and got no gap penetration with Sapp playing the undertackle penetrating DT spot.

Moving Kelly back inside will make a huge difference and now we just need to add depth at DE and maybe DT and were good to go. Winning the battle up front means winning matchiups upfront with 7 bodies and forcing the offense to use 8 since one DT absorbs two blockers.

If you can win the battle upfront without dropping any back seven defenders in the box, youre going to be much better.

In 2006, we won the battles up front because T Kelly absorbed two men playing DT.

Moving Kelly back inside makes this defense much better and thats why he got the big bucks.

Now had Kelly gotten away?

But Clemons?

Lets not exaggerate our defensive line troubles chicken little.