(04-16-2020, 09:50 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I think our number one offseason priority needs to be stopping the run.  When we lost 5 games in a row last year, the main thing that happened was, we could not stop the run at all.   If we can't stop the run, that puts enormous pressure on the offense to make up for it.  

So the first question has to be, have we done enough yet to stop the run.

They did half of the "run D fix" work with the Schobert signing. 
They added some rotational DTs which may be helpful, but they still need a stud nose tackle to gum up the middle so Schobert has time to read and react to the ball carrier. 

It's not a stretch to say you can safely prioritize taking an OT ahead of a NT due to positional value. 


Regardless of how they end up falling and who Caldwell and company choose, my ideal scenario involves an OT, a CB and a NT/DT happening within the first 4 picks. You can prioritize them however you like really, but CB and OT get tougher to land quality the longer you wait. 
NT can often be hit on in mid rounds comparatively.

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