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I didn’t like the interior of the DL going into the season. Autry has a breakout year but it was as a pass rusher and Hunt is always hit or miss. Never been sold in this idea of Lewis as a DT and guys like Ward and Stewart aren’t anything special.

 

DT needs to be hit early in this draft. I now wonder if Wilkins or Lawrence has fallen to our first pick, if we still would have traded back. We need better run defenders.

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50 minutes ago, Defjamz26 said:

 We need better run defenders.

I don't agree, I think we have passable or better players on the line and at the LB spots. I mean sure, it'd be great to have a stud at every single position on the D, but thanks to the salary cap that's dreaming. We need better gap discipline from the current players. I trust it'll come quickly.

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On 9/12/2019 at 7:40 PM, Dogg63 said:

I don't agree, I think we have passable or better players on the line and at the LB spots. I mean sure, it'd be great to have a stud at every single position on the D, but thanks to the salary cap that's dreaming. We need better gap discipline from the current players. I trust it'll come quickly.

Salary cap goes up every year. Soon team will have more than enough money to sign 15+ players to long term deals. I like Autry, but his size and production tells me he’s more of a pass rusher than a run defender. Lewis didn’t play but I’m not eagerly awaiting his return.

 

With our LB core, it makes sense to have lineman that can keep the LBs free so they can come in and make the play. I see now why people say they miss Al Woods. He was a stout run defender. There’s nothing we can do about it this season though. Make the adjustments and move on. But during the off-season we need to make some additions.

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