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TheO-LineMatters · 04-27-2021, 10:06 AM

(04-27-2021, 09:50 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:
(04-27-2021, 09:23 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: 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.
You are probably the biggest needs drafter on this board. I'm good with getting a 3-4 OLB as well if he is a better player than Barmore. I just don't think there will be a better defensive player on the board if Barmore is there at 25

No matter what you believe, needs have to count for something or you will continue to have the same issues year after year. Just look at the Colts. They ignored the O-Line year after year and it forced their franchise QB to retire early. A new GM comes in, sees the need and builds their biggest weakness into one of the best units in the NFL. Unfortunately for him, the previous GM ignored the need for so long, that Luck had a myriad of injuries due to his lack of protection by the previous administration and the damage was already done. You have to address needs when you are a 1-15 team. You just have to. When you get to a point of being a playoff or Superbowl team, then you can truly draft BAP regardless of need. Until then, you draft BAP at a position of need or else you will never get better.

Reaching for a player like Barmore at #25 is not smart.

You have Barmore way overrated. There are tons of players on offense and defense that are better than him.