re: NFL Free Agency: Kirk Cousins to the Falcons. Justin Fields to the Steelers

Ehhh. There may be 2-3 guys in the league at a time that you would remotely consider for that but even then, naw. You can scheme pressure if you have enough B/B+ level pass rushers. Those guys get rotated in and out so much that I wouldn’t do it unless I knew a guy was going to be out there for at least 90% of a defense’s snaps.

Corners are more valuable to me, particularly those who are great in man coverage. They are on the field at least 95% of snaps and they can wipe out or at least make a team’s number one WR ineffective. If you can bottle up a receiver for 3+ seconds each snap then you are basically guaranteeing someone on your D Line will beat their blocker. Plus pass rushing can come from anywhere and is starting to become reliant on those old school big nose tackles who can occupy two blockers again.

If you have one elite pass rusher and mediocre guys upfront around him, you can scheme him into irrelevancy. If you have an elite corner who can wipe out a team’s number one receiver, you change their whole game plan.