re: No one had Nolan Smith falling to 29

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I'm not commenting on the pick but you just use a half sack difference to prove a point over a guy that missed 7 games.

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If you look over the course of their careers

Smith: 38 games; 12.5 sacks, 20 TFL

Bresee: 25 games; 9.0 sacks, 15 TFL

Smith plays a position where the top priority is rushing the passer. Bresee, as an interior DL, isn't necessarily expected to put up huge sack numbers. That said, if you look at the numbers it is likely Bresse would have had more sacks and (possibly) the same amount of TFLs had he played the same amount of games as Smith.