re: Kiper's Big Board Updated

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I'm not suggesting DE was not a need but we've been sliced and diced in the secondary for years. 

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In that same timeframe, the team has been at the bottom of the league in QB pressures.

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Never seen a team go for two at the end of a game and if they don't make it lose the game. 

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You can very well make the argument that teams have done this because they don't fear the pass rush & have faith their QB will have ample time to find an open receiver.

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I think if ML was not there the pick was DE, even if it was going to be a reach.

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The term reach only applies when one player is graded higher by a team than another player. Again, it wouldn't have been a reach if the current regime had a solid history of drafting defensive players. Who is to say that the team's rating system was correct to begin with? Have they not made numerous mistakes in the past? The most glaring one so far has been Stephone Anthony over Eric Kendricks in the 2015 draft.