Poe could be our Newton...

[rippadonn]

MaClain and Fua are 3rd rounders and both are smallish and are barely 300lbs. Anybody above 6'1" and above 297lbs would be an improvement over those guys

[DaCityKats]

i was big on Brockers athletic ability but the combine killed that. his tape doesnt lie, and he will be good. but Poe and Cox are more athletic and thats something that cannot be taught. the best way to rush the passer is by having athletic DL man that can get after the qb.

[L-TownCat]

I dont think that anyone has said that a DT isnt important in the 4-3. If they did, they are idiots.

I think some are implying that DEs are more imortant though, and I would agree.

I like Brokers/Poe too, but only because I think they will be the BPA this year at our pick. If there was a beast DE on the board, I would much rather pick one of them.

A good rush end is nice to have but its more of a luxury than anthing else. We play in a division chocked full of QB talent. Now, say we have bookends that rush quickly up the field but we do not address the interior. The pocket sets up perfectly with the ends pushed too far up the field with no middle pressure. The QB only has to step up into the clean pocket away from the outside rush and deliver a drew brees dagger right into the end zone.

[panthers55]

The dumbest thing I have read in a LONG time on this forum is DT is not that important to a 4-3 defense. I am completely amazed.

I guess they weren't here when Jenkins was a terror in the middle when healthy.

[CRA]

all 4-3s ain't the same. Jim Johnson 4-3 vs a Tony Dungy 4-3. What you want and need in terms of importance changes.

[DaCityKats]

but any defensive scheme places an importance on DL.

[CRA]

but any defensive scheme places an importance on DL.

okay. Drafting a raw DT likely isn't going to improve anything in the near future nor do we even know what we have at DT right now. You don't evaluate 1st, 2nd or 5th rounder after just a rookie season. Takes a few years, we have young bodies.

For all we know, one of our existing DTs could be a Charles Johnson. If there was a Suh or Fairley or something this year, then yeah we would need to pull the trigger...but there isn't. We don't have to go DT...we have other areas of need and some of those don't have unknown youth to be evaluated the next couple seasons.

[Keith Moons Liver]

okay. Drafting a raw DT likely isn't going to improve anything in the near future nor do we even know what we have at DT right now. You don't evaluate 1st, 2nd or 5th rounder after just a rookie season. Takes a few years, we have young bodies.

For all we know, one of our existing DTs could be a Charles Johnson. If there was a Suh or Fairley or something this year, then yeah we would need to pull the trigger...but there isn't. We don't have to go DT...we have other areas of need and some of those don't have unknown youth to be evaluated the next couple seasons.

You don't sit still at positions of weakness because you want to wait and see how some middle of the pack rookies develop. If they don't pan out and you never bothered to add more talent to the position because you were waiting for them to develop, you are screwed. If they do pan out but you still ended up further strengthening that position? You become a deep and talented team at one of the most important positions on the field.