(03-13-2020, 11:30 AM)JagJohn Wrote:

(03-13-2020, 09:35 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: The person that wrote this clearly hasn't witnessed the dynamic we Jags fan painfully endured when Marcell Dareus was lost to injury. 

If you can't stop the run, you're screwed.  You will not consistently stop the run without a quality nose tackle. (especially if your linebackers are sub par or banged up)

Also - I don't think Brown's combine showing is definitive of his upside as a pass rusher. He may not be Aaron Donald in the middle vs the pass, but he can be plenty disruptive.

The argument, at least as I see it, is not about whether we need a good run-stuffing DT. We clearly do. The argument is whether using a top 10 pick to get one is the best use of our resources. I'm not so sure about that.

That wasn't the argument I was addressing at all. I was specifically and directly refuting a statement from the writer at draft network. 

I do think there may be better value available at #9 than just selecting one of the top 2 defensive tackles there. 
Personally, I'd look to sign a mid-tier NT in free agency to further the flexibility of strategy in the draft. You can still draft a nose tackle, you just won't have the same urgency about it.

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