(11-17-2019, 08:57 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(11-17-2019, 07:12 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Kinlaw is 6'6" 310 lbs. and a very good run stuffer. I don't conform to the idea a NT has to be a "wide body". Jay Ratliff was a good NT and he was like 6'4" 290 lbs., besides, Kinlaw is long and could easily add weight to his frame. Just have him follow around Smoot all offseason and I'm sure he can put on 20-25 lbs. As far as Derrick Brown, I'd LOVE to draft him, but will he fall to us? I believe he'll be gone and Kinlaw is the only other DT I really like in this draft. After those two, the DT prospects fall way off. Another way to go could be the free agent route. I really like Jordan Phillips of Buffalo. He's only 27 and at 6'6" and 340 lbs., he's a load. He plays the run very well and can get after the QB too. Either way we go, in order to fix the run defense, we have to address LB as well. I'd love to move Jack to the WLB position and draft a MLB with better instincts, but that probably won't happen. Instead, I believe we address the WLB spot. If that is the case, Isaiah Simmons would be nice. He's rangy, and being a former Safety, he has excellent coverage ability, athleticism and is a good tackler.

Hence why I said a bigger Malik Jackson. Being a good stuffer in college is not = to being a good run stopping 1 tech in the NFL. 

Kinlaw is freakishly athletic and long but he suffers from lots of leverage issues and isn't good at preventing double teams in the run game, which is what we need badly. His best role in the NFL is one gapping and getting up field like Chris Jones/Malik Jackson Vs eating up blocks and 1 v 1 opportunities for others. He's a very good player, just not quite the DT I'd take.