Quote:I looked at it in a way how much we improved on the D Line last year. They get pressure and they get sacks but why were we ranked bottom 5 in defense? Well we are missing a FS that would eventually cut down all those extra yards allowed. Adding McCourty would easily put us from bottom 5 to 16-20 ranked defense. RT, we can find a cheap veteran that has experience like Doug Free, would be in the range of 4-5 million a year. Don't get me wrong Bortles needs to be protected but that will come from improvement from LT,LG,C, and RG. RT will be a leader like Beadles with experience. I just don't want to overpay for a RT. 

Now I'm not advocating over paying a RT. I personally would prefer to sign Free and drat a RT in the 2nd or 3rd round to take over in 2 or 3 years. With that said RT is still the number one priority no matter how easily it may be to fix the situation. The thing with McCourty is he is good just not great. I would love to have him on the team and think he will make us better but the issue is still both the pas defense and pass rush. Sacks are very misleading. We may have been top 3 in sacks but we are not getting consistent pressure. 

 

JJ Watt comes to mind. When you watch him play he makes things happen and affects the game in a way that there is just no quantifiable way to show it in a stat sheet. This is why I such a huge advocate for acquiring Suh. He is that level of player. He does things that just will not show up on the stat sheet. 

 

Back to McCourty, I do feel he should be top priority for us from a schematic stand point but RT has way more importance to how successful this team will be over the course of a season. I would be fine with getting a better pass rush in exchange for not signing McCourty and think we can have a top 10 defense still. If we don't acquire a RT we will be 3-13 again period. 

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