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Originally Posted by Nick
Chris Long. He's been on top of my board for a while now, and remains there.
Yet teams like Minnesota and Jacksonville appear likely to use high draft picks, possibly first round picks, on defensive ends because their strong inside duos haven't been able to turn the above average players at end into excellent pass rushers.
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touche' Nick,
this is a great argument. Minnesota has the best tandem of DTackles in the NFL in Kevin Williams/Pat Williams yet have still never been able to generate a good pass rush - you cannot run on the Vikings but you can pass on them. Jacksonville DID have(not anymore) John Henderson and Marcus Stroud who clogged the middle but Jags still had trouble getting a lot of pass rush.
Just because you have dominant defensive tackles, does not mean that your defensive ends will be productive. Granted,
Leonard Little WAS a great defensive end but he is nearing the end of his career. You guys have almost nothing now at Defensive End - you need to draft Chris Long or Vernon Gholston.......I would take Chris Long.