Ideas on how to find a pass rush

[CPcavedweller]

11 hours ago, BlazeCarolina said:

Prince and Scourton both had years where they had 10+ sacks.  Let them continue to learn.  We don't really know what we have yet.

I'd like to see the info on their snap counts.  For some reason we seem to like to play the wrong guys sometimes.

Princely will figure it out by Week 10 I think. Once he starts playing fast and trusting his eyes, it’s game over man, game over. 

[ImfromClayton]

I'm not sure how much I'm changing mid year, especially when we are seeing some success. 

 

Most Pass Rushers are physically gifted. Scheme and personnel help, but you gotta have the Jimmys and Joes, especially at that position. 

 

We will likely lose games when the other team can throw for 400 yards, and has multiple high level receivers, but I think at this point in the development of our franchise, we have to be ok with that. You can't address every single issue at once. Really looks like we have plugged some holes on offense, and definitely in run defense. In the next draft, if we hit on a CB, an ILB and a Pass rusher, we will be pretty dangerous.

[Icege]

Gotta let Nic + Princely develop. They're both showing promise. Maybe take a high upside guy in the draft if they present the best value to get a young three-man rotation going.

[Mr. Scot]

12 hours ago, Tbe said:

Let the young guys continue to learn.

My take...

It's still too early in the season to know for certain how our young guys are gonna be.

I will say that even despite recent events, I haven't come around to being an Evero fan just yet.

[SOJA]

draft arvell reese in april 

[SCO96]

10 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Our pass rush is so slow the QB’s got time to write his memoirs

If a casual fan didn't know any  better, we could probably convince them that our defense has been instructed to simulate a pass rush but to not actually try to put the QB on the ground. 

It's been  our biggest weakness for the past 2 seasons. It's the main reason I had reservations about letting Burns go. I knew we had no one on the roster to replace him and I had no faith in the front office to replace him via the draft or FA. My fears were justified.

Does anyone on this board really think we'd be significantly better at this time if we had traded Burns for two # 1 picks in consecutive years and let Fitterer make both selections? 

 

[SOJA]

Scourton is the perfect edge two in this league and princely is a perfect edge 3. We need a true dominant pass rusher. 

If we get that, some help at LB and a FS this defense will be locked and loaded 

[jb2288]

It is what it is this year. Rookies will get better and we will hopefully draft an elite guy in the 1st this year. Unless there’s a generational corner or LB I think the pick is edge 

[rebelrouser]

It's too early to dedicate our first pick in the draft to an edge rusher when we have so many holes to fill but there are some good ones.  That first pick might have to be a qb.  

[Proudiddy]

14 hours ago, Tbe said:

Let the young guys continue to learn. Pick one in the 1st or 2nd next year.

This.  But fwiw, I did see Chubb may be available via trade from Miami.  I havent kept up with him since he got there, but i know he had a major injury nad a huge contract.  Idk what he's looked like since he came back from said injury.  Regardless, he's a NC guy, so there's that.

[kungfoodude]

18 hours ago, Tbe said:

Let the young guys continue to learn. Pick one in the 1st or 2nd next year.

This and find a good NFL DC in 2026.

[cranky]

It's hard to both focus on stopping the run and be aggresive with the pas rush. As long as they continue to stop the run like they did against Dallas and the Dolphins, I won't worry too much about it. Especially given the promise the two rookies have shown.