re: Is DL coach Ryan Nielsen the difference?

And Hendrickson went later iirc because he came from a smaller school and was seen as a pass rush specialist/project, and Onyemata because he played in Canada and not many people went to go scout him (seemingly only us and Green Bay really saw him).

So all of these guys are really talented.

But that's not to knock Nielsen. He's getting them to play up to their full potential. Bill Johnson seemed to only get average to above average ability out of similarly talented guys, and they were a lot more inconsistent.