Quote:The "undrafted guy supposed to be a gem" is Phillips... he's the guy who played the weakside DE spot opposite his teams stronside DE, better known as Smoot. At 242 lbs, Phillips strictly projects to the "weakside DE" aka RDE aka LEO spot. Smoot does seem a tad small for a strong DE, but that is his natural position out of college.


Woodard might fit more as a SLB than a strong DE, although I agree he's a strong DE.


Dimmick is definitely a strongside DE having put up 38 reps on the bench. He's the same size as Smoot and was a bit of a sack master in College, but his best moves are his bull rush and his chop. The knock of Dimmick is that he's "stiff as a board."



Here's how I basically see the DL numbers...


RDE (weakside DE) - 1. Ngakoue 2. Fowler 3. <strong>McCray
</strong> (ST mostly)
4.
Phillips
RDT (3-tech DT) - 1. Jackson 2. Day 3. Bennett 4. Lupeamanu

LDT (NT) - 1. Jones 2. Charles 3. Nix

LDE (strongside DE) - 1. Campbell 2. Smoot 3. Woodard 4. Dimmick 5. Goodman