[Goldenfleece]

Letting Little go is a scary proposition. As you say, he is not very good against the run, but we have no depth there at all right now. If we were to let him walk in the off-season, we would virtually ensure another year of defensive struggles. Could we really afford to go into the off-season with Victor Adeyanju and Brandon Green as our only defensive ends? Maybe it would pay off in the long run, but the clock is ticking on some of our offensive stars. Likewise, if we don't hold on to Kennedy, it's not like we've been priming someone to take his place. So maybe we try to switch to a 3-4 because of our lack of depth at defensive line? Move Glover back to NT, draft another big run defender at end? How do the 'backers line up then?

It is a bit of a conundrum, but I don't think dumping players without having adequate replacements on the roster is the answer. Seattle has got a pretty good pair of defensive ends now because of similar reasoning on our part that those players weren't worth what they were going to be paid. You're right, though, that we have to consider that tough choices may have to be made to get this D back on track. I'm afraid I don't know it is going to take at this point.