Anybody not named VERNON GHOLSTON. As good as these OLB or DE are supposed to be, you never know if they are a GHOLSTON in disguise. He is our biggest bust, but Ray and Fowler sound good. Do not trade away all our picks for Mariotta, he has potential to be a BUST!
There are two names that keep coming up that make absolutely no sense. And Shane Ray mentioned here is one of them. Why would a team that plays a 3-4 base defense which requires DE's who are big, stout run defenders (usually at least close to 300lbs or more,) draft a player who is only 6-2 and about 245 and a poor run defender? Oh, the 2nd player I see mocked to the Jets: Randy Gregory who at 6-5 235 at the combine is also not a fit as a 3-4 DE. Some have speculated them moving to OLB but again, neither are stout run defenders nor have they demonstrated an ability to function as anything but straight ahead (one trick pony) speed rushers. I just don't see the fit and to those who want to make them situational pass rushers I have to ask them: with the #6 pick in the entire draft? That to me is a luxury a team coming off a 4-12 season with and increasingly impatient fan base can not afford.
Anybody not named VERNON GHOLSTON. As good as these OLB or DE are supposed to be, you never know if they are a GHOLSTON in disguise. He is our biggest bust, but Ray and Fowler sound good. Do not trade away all our picks for Mariotta, he has potential to be a BUST!
There are two names that keep coming up that make absolutely no sense. And Shane Ray mentioned here is one of them. Why would a team that plays a 3-4 base defense which requires DE's who are big, stout run defenders (usually at least close to 300lbs or more,) draft a player who is only 6-2 and about 245 and a poor run defender? Oh, the 2nd player I see mocked to the Jets: Randy Gregory who at 6-5 235 at the combine is also not a fit as a 3-4 DE. Some have speculated them moving to OLB but again, neither are stout run defenders nor have they demonstrated an ability to function as anything but straight ahead (one trick pony) speed rushers. I just don't see the fit and to those who want to make them situational pass rushers I have to ask them: with the #6 pick in the entire draft? That to me is a luxury a team coming off a 4-12 season with and increasingly impatient fan base can not afford.