(04-27-2021, 09:23 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(04-27-2021, 05:19 AM)Bullseye Wrote: 3-4 defenses really aren't designed for the linemen to put up big sack numbers.  Typically, the DL are unselfish, and are tasked with occupying blockers so the LBs can make the plays.

As for you assessment of the players on those teams, I would say Lawrence Guy is very good.  Also, while Cincy is not running a 3-4, they got DJ Reader last year from Houston.  Reader is outstanding.  Furthermore, the Rams managed to keep Michael Brockers.  Brockers is a good 3-4 DL.

Exactly, so why do we need a pass rushing difference maker on the D-Line? I think we are more than capable of being a good defensive team with a D-Line of Hamilton, Brown and Robertson-Harris. I totally believe we need to focus on getting another OLB. Right now, we just have Allen and Chaisson with virtually nothing behind them. Allen is coming off injury and Chaisson was a huge disappointment in 2020. I don't see a pass rushing difference maker on the D-Line in this draft anyway.

To me, Guy's name says it all. He's just a guy. He's never had more than 4.5 sacks in a year. He's not a pass rushing difference maker. Reader was a NT and he has never had over 2.5 sacks. flgatorsandjags was specifically sighting that we needed a pass rusher on the D-Line, so that is what I was focusing on for current NFL 3-4 teams. Brockers was too inconsistent to call him a pass rushing difference maker. He went from 4.5 sacks in 2017 to 1 in 2018 to 3 in 2019 to 5 in 2020. Not to mention that he had the benefit of playing opposite the best defensive player in the NFL, Aaron Darnold.