I think secondary needing to be addressed more important than one pass rusher

i agree

i was out and about last night so i didn't see things live but people melting over the FS were idiots

now picking an athletic, injury-prone WLB over pass rusher project is the debate

our first 3 picks were A+++ stuff

our next few picks have a lot of question marks

A good pass rusher will cover up shortcomings in the secondary. For years our CBs are put on on island for too long and fail.

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A good pass rusher will cover up shortcomings in the secondary. For years our CBs are put on on island for too long and fail.

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more and more you see QB's getting rid of the ball quicker in the NFL. Not saying it happens all the time but there are a handful of plays where even a good pass rush isn't going to be the answer.

I really hope Rankins is everything we hope he'd be. Like the OP said above.. we have capable interior guys (Fairley/Rankins) who can hopefully push the pocket from up the middle.

they combined for 9.5 sacks last year and that's with Rankins missing 6 games with the hurt leg too.

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good pass rusher will cover up shortcomings in the secondary. For years our CBs are put on on island for too long and fail.

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Considering we face some of the more mobile passers in the nfl in our division, your point becomes even more salient. We need to be able to contain and disrupt at the los or else our db's are doomed. I don't care who you put back there. Ryan and Newton will pick us apart if they can move around freely looking for one of their 6'5" recievers.

We wouldn't have gotten Lattimore and I doubt we get Williams if we don't pick them where we did.

i said this in another thread but i think Okafor will be much more serviceable than people are thinking

not like 10+ sacks but probably 6-8 and a bunch of pressures

Cam gets a ton of pressures without sacks and with an improved secondary, push from the middle, and a LITTLE more help on the right side, i think we're a lot closer than people realize

Well, I've said a few times that's about the only questionable pick I have in the whole draft. Its clear we wanted both Foster and Riley but they literally go one pick in front of us both times.

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pressures

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This is something I've thought about ton about too.

With guys like cam and Winston in the division, and other guys like teddy and tyrod on the schedule this season, do you resign yourself to the idea that sack totals just won't be that high? Are pressures what we are really after?

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With guys like cam and Winston in the division, and other guys like teddy and tyrod on the schedule this season, do you resign yourself to the idea that sack totals just won't be that high?

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i was literally going to make that argument to the post above

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Are pressures what we are really after?

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consistent pressure is what you want. sacks typically come with consistent pressure. pressure disrupts the QB and forces him to go to different reads, throw the ball away, or force balls. i think a major reason why Cam has gotten so many pressure without sacks the past couple years is b/c our secondary has been GAR-BAGE. give the DL an extra second and we'll see more sacks

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A good pass rusher will cover up shortcomings in the secondary. For years our CBs are put on on island for too long and fail.

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EXACTLY... but let's ignore this fact since we didn't draft anything of worth as a pass rusher, but we did draft a CB and S, so let's all pretend that's more important... it's easier than admitting we are fricking treading water year to year because we don't know how to actually build a defense...