I like my group of pass rushers with him in the mix. Sweat joins Takk McKinley, Vic Beasley, Kerry Hyder and Bruce Irvin as choices to rotate on the edge with Grady Jarrett and Jack Crawford coming from the interior.
Falcons need better depth or rotation. Or they need some better conditioning. It's been an issue for years.
Funny thing is I've been addressing it in these mocks for years. And it seems like every year my top priority is once again the defensive line.
Which explains why last year AND the year before I traded draft picks in this mock to get help for my coaching staff. Still might do it again. Anyone got a good DL coach available for later draft pick?
His production doesn't match his athleticism. It screams scholarship to me. Gets drafted high, cashing in that contract, does as much as he needs to do to get a uniform and get on the bus but never amounts to much. To some extent I think I am taking some past misses where I expected an athlete to have better production in the pros out on Gary. But I watch him and I don't understand how he is in the top 10 conversation. Maybe he is the guy that makes me believe again. But right now I feel like I will never believe in an interior pass rusher who is an athlete and not a sack producer.
Side note -- My nightmare is that the Giants take Rashan Gary and 6 and Daniel Jones at 17. I honestly will just stare at the TV and feel dirty for like 3 hours if it happens. I am genuinely afraid Gettleman will do it too.
Well, he was the #1 recruit in the nation coming out of high school, and he was a beast at Michigan. So i guess I don't get that take at all....
The coaching changes didn't help. Back with Mike Smith as head coach, Mike Nolan replaced Brian VanGorder as defensive coordinator. The team turned over nearly the entire defensive roster to fit the system Nolan said he wanted to run, and in just 3 seasons he took the team from the NFL's 11th best defense to 32nd. Then Quinn comes in with another new system and they turn over nearly the entire defensive roster yet again. They spent years just churning the roster, drafting new guys for the new coach staff to replace the guys who had just been drafted specifically for the previous coach. Last year was the really big one for injuries. Losing two Pro Bowl defenders to IR in the season opener and another defensive starter in week 3 would hurt any team. I still think their approach to preseason last year (not playing the starters enough) was a huge factor. The entire defense looked gassed in the second half of the opener. We'll see if they do it again this preseason, and if they do whether it gets the players hurt again.
hate... is a poison that corrodes... sudden flashback to the early 1970s there, for anyone else who remembers that creepy as hell ad.
