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Originally Posted by CRAZYHORNS
Defensive Ends get the glory and it's very easy to fall short and seek out these guys but if you really want to make an impact in the running game you better start on the line in the middle.......
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So who do you sign then? As I said earlier to RamFan_Til_I_Die, having viewed some of the names scheduled to hit the market at the defensive tackle position, I don't see the player that's going to consistently shore up the inside of our line at the level we need. So instead of signing one decent DT and one decent end, why not sign one really good end and then try to address DT elsewhere?
Many of us, myself included, thought the Rams were making an intelligent move by signing Claiborne and Coakley to address two positions instead of spending bigger bucks on someone like Pierce or Hartwell to only address one. In that instance, the two-player strategy didn't work out, and I suspect if we do the same thing here by signing a decent DT and DE rather than a very good DE, we'll similarly get burned simply because we need a stud talent to anchor the middle of that D-line. Unless we magically find some kind of great rotation between Kennedy and another moderate player, we're going to fall short.