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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
We really needed another piece on this DL from this draft, IMO. We've constructed the line in a way that will make it less than the sum of its parts.
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I believe what Veach said when he told everyone that they liked the secondary class a lot more than the edge class. He could have easily leaped up to take Drake Jackson or just taken Sam Williams over Skyy Moore but he didn’t.
I think that’s Spags philosophy. He’s gonna blitz and use a competent secondary full of versatile athletes to mix and match different coverages to confuse QB’s. Stop the run to make teams one dimensional and get them in 3rd and long to set up your blitzes.
I also think they know Ingram is coming back and they know he’s our best edge rusher. However I wouldn’t be surprised if they traded for a developmental player. They tried getting Omenihu and thought about Key but they think Karlaftis can fit that role, which he should.
Every year it seems like Veach tears down a part of the team to rebuild it. Last year was the OL and this year it was the secondary. That’s not at all surprising considering Matheiu and Sorenson both lost a step and struggled badly, Thornhill was getting lost on deep coverage making mistakes and Hughes just sucked.
With our division loading up I think they want to play the coverage game. Kinda crazy they brought in 3 veteran DB’s and drafted another 5.