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Originally Posted by BlackBob
The d-line was better yesterday than it was with Kelly Gregg. I thought the d-line looked better than ever yesterday. Tyson Jackson looked nasty for the first time.
Also, NT is far and away the most important position in the 3-4 defense and we have never really had one until this year.
Look at the Giants. They were built around the d-line. The pats d-lines were great when they won Superbowls. The steelers had good d-lines. The colts had a great d-line. Having a good d-line is a piece to the puzzle.
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What you fail to address is that all of those teams were built around ONE first-round guy (if that).
The Giants got their guys in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. The Pats had Seymour but Wilfork was taken at the back of the first. The Steelers have a couple of guys from the late 1st but nobody in the top 10. And their top passrusher was an undrafted FA. Outside of Freeny at #11 overall, the Colts didn't invest top draft picks in linemen.
What do most of those teams have in common? When they had a top 10 (or even top 5) pick, they took a QUARTERBACK.
We've spent so many top draft picks on linemen that we're woefully thin on top-tier talent elsewhere.