Maine-iac

Sounds like we have a whole bunch of box/shell coverage safeties and this is finally the guy who can play coverage and possibly safety. I'm getting overly optimistic but I like the pick. We need guys who can stop passes from being thrown.

Bassa might be a decent fit.

If it comes to a late late pick Prather can catch and Lambert Smith can run fast in a straight line

The eagles also drafted 4 DB's in the last two drafts because it's not all just pass rush. Mahommes had no where to throw and the pressure got there. If he has the ball out in 2 seconds pass rush is a lot less effective. Mitchell and DeJean had as much to do with it as the D Line.

It's almost as if the only problem we had on defense was pass rush. We've done little to go after stopping the run or coverage with the obvious exclusion of Hairston. Granted a nice side effect of all the young DT's is hopefully some of them end up being good run fits but it's not why they were drafted.

Zeek Biggers here we come .... JK we don't draft 1 techs.

Can we just find a way to get Horton?

Walker is going to be Suggs like.

Which is too bad a couple years ago before he got hurt he was on fire. Looked like a plus 1 tech and was very disruptive beside Oliver. Hopefully these young guys come in and look like someone lit their hair on fire.

How are we even going to carry this many DT's into the regular season? How many DL players do we have now?

Copied and pasted Correlation means there is a statistical association between variables. Causation means that a change in one variable causes a change in another variable.

I think in this case correlation dose equal causation. You give up a bunch of rushing yards you lose more. There is a statistical association between the variables and a change in one variable (rushing yards given up) makes a change in the other (losses).

I've said it before I'll say it again ......... he's a 1 tech like Jordan Phillips (who played for us) is a 1 tech.

I don't hate the pick. Especially at this stage of the draft. I hope he's not supposed to be our run stopper though. He's big I'll give them that.

The correlation between rushing yards given up and losses would be my guess. Higher the rushing yards given up the more frequent the losses. Look at the January games on that list. I count 4 January games we've given up over 120 yards rushing and have 1 win in those games.

Would love to see us end the day with Horton and Maritnez. I wanted Harris to work out here as a change of pace guy. I think Martinez would be a nice down hill runner. Think I dropped some food on my keyboard. Some letters aren't working right

We've spent how many picks on DE's and DT's? I can think of one time a player drafted by Beane led the team in sacks. They draft DE's for their run stopping ability and DT's for their pass rushing ability. We end up with DE's who get 7 or 8 sacks and DT's who get 5 sacks and we hold our breath against teams that run the ball well. It's the system we run. Oliver is a great 3 tech. Sanders looks like he'll be a good 3 tech. Same with the other DT's. Problem is habitually our "plan" for stopping the run is perfect execution on every play and keeping Zion Logue on the practice squad and calling him up a few times a year. If Sanders turns out to be a great pass rusher it will be a win over Carter and if he can sure up the run that will be a bonus.

While I don't disagree if you can't stop the run you never get there because you end up cheating up your secondary. The easy answer is to have guys that do both. We forsake one for the other and hope that execution is 100 percent on every play. Then in big games we are so worried about the run we get caught looking for the run even though everyone on the field is out there to stop the pass.

Imagine your pass rush not having to stop on the way to the QB because your DT's are getting thrown out of the club. Eagles took a 24 to nothing lead at the half and the Chiefs only ran 17 plays so if Jordan Davis only played 14 plays I'm not surprised. Chiefs RB's only had 7 carries all game. Wonder why they don't run the ball vs the Eagles but have 35 carries (24 by RB's) vs us?

I actually think Biggers isn't a bad late late round pick but my guess is they'll just keep Logue on the practice squad and call him up now and then. We'll continue have anxiety about stopping the run on a week to week basis. That said we should be a nightmare on passing downs.

Deone Walker is a 1tech like Jordan Phillips (who played for us) is a 1tech.

Watched the Beane press conference and he made a lot of sense. An interior pass rusher is something you spend draft capital on over a big 1 tech. Having a nights sleep and watching Sanders some more I"m pretty happy with the pick. After some rest I came to the conclusion I was initially mad we don't have a run stopper not that we traded around picks and took Sanders. Sanders looks like he'll be a beast and great with Oliver and in the rotation over all. Beane says you can get a 1tech to stop the run anywhere. I hope he proves it.

I've found out several things this draft cycle. One is that I shouldn't stay up past 9 or 10 o'clock. I generally get up at 3 in the morning for work but since I'm on vacation i've been staying up late watching the draft and my brain isn't working right that late at night. Second is that Brandon Beane is smooth and confidence (for the most part) inspiring. Watched his press conferences this morning feeling pretty good about life.

So did Jason White.

Hell Tim Tebow was a first round pick