Would you be willing to give this guy a shot??

[Sub Zero]

1st round bust.. Would probably come a lot cheaper than the other pass rushers on the market... Still young at 24 and the Rams can't afford to pay him.. Still has the skillsets that make him a top 5 draft pick..

 

[Waldo]

There is a lot of room on a 90 man roster. For the right price in the right contract, why not?

[WarPanthers89]

Nope. He is a bust. We need people who perform. If we want a project we can draft one for much cheaper 

[ForJimmy]

For the right price. He was injured a lot for the Jags and is young with lots of talent.

[Sub Zero]

1 hour ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Nope. He is a bust. We need people who perform. If we want a project we can draft one for much cheaper 

Let's get one thing straight.. The pass rush problem won't be fixed just 1 way.. We can't just draft a rookie and think that it's fixed.. We need 2 maybe 3 new options at DE.. We let the position get old to quick and now we need to truly dump a versatile set of resources into the position.. That means not only draft one we need to spend some FA money as well..

If we aren't going to go big after the top line FA (Clark, Clowney, Flowers) Then we need to look at the 2nd and 3rd line FA defensive ends.. I'd rather go after a young guy who might be able to hit his peak with us like a Dante Flowers, than overpay for a older guy looking for 1 more big check..Like Ansah, Graham or Wake . 

[Khyber53]

Answer this for me first: Why was he a bust?

Then, is it fixable?

Then, how cheap can we get him? 

[Carolina Cajun]

I would love to have Fowler, seems like hes had rough luck and I still think he can turn it around and be a dominant NFL player

[tiger7_88]

After 3 years in the league, dude is still only 255.

Some of y'all sure like to see 4-3 DEs that put their hands in the dirt get dominated by OTs.

[LinvilleGorge]

56 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Answer this for me first: Why was he a bust?

Then, is it fixable?

Then, how cheap can we get him? 

This.

Eric Ebron was a bust for the Lions but was second in the league in TD receptions this year for the Colts.

Evan Mathis was a bust for us but went on to be an All-Pro for the Eagles.

Most busts never bounce back, but some do. For a contract with minimal risk I'm always willing to give a talented guy a shot unless there's significant off-field reasons not to. If it doesn't work out, just part ways. All about risk vs. potential reward and right now we're in the situation with our DL that we need to be throwing all the mud at the wall that we can because we have to find something to stick.

[LinvilleGorge]

24 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

After 3 years in the league, dude is still only 255.

Some of y'all sure like to see 4-3 DEs that put their hands in the dirt get dominated by OTs.

We need pass rush help more than anything else right now. If he can only be a situational pass rusher who could help on obvious passing downs that's fine.

[tiger7_88]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We need pass rush help more than anything else right now. If he can only be a situational pass rusher who could help on obvious passing downs that's fine.

Dude is not going to sign with anyone who wants him to play "situationally".

Plus, undersized "situational" 4-3 DEs get dominated as easily as undersized "every down" 4-3 DEs.