Still unproven.. we need competition at the position.
Any rookie we would have drafted would have been unproven too. He's more proven than them.
He definitely looked like a player when he got out there.
..which is why we need competition at the position. We dont' currently have a guy proven that he can handle the bulk of the snaps at the position.
Last time I checked Jay Ratliff does that
Last time i checked.. Jay Ratliff got swallowed up alot last year and our run defense was horrible. He's a DE in a 34, not a NT. We need more beef inside to take on the double teams, get a little bit of push, and allow our good group of LB's to operate with more room.
That's right, Garrett and Ryan are infallible. Let's leave it up to them.
Face it, our D is probably gonna stink once again.
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Frankly I'd be very surprised if it wasnt at least average. There's enough good players there to be better than what we saw last yr, and Rob Ryan is a very good coach. If he can get what he did out of that Cleveland defense last yr, he should be able to do pretty well here.
There were plenty of solid NT's available outside of the first and second rounds lol. Kenrick Ellis for one. Chris Neild. Anthony Gray. Ian Williams. Hopefully we pick someone else up in FA at the position because i can't see a bigger need on this team right now.
We're better off letting Ryan and Garrett decide what position he's best at. The fact is he's been really good there in the past.
He wasnt the only problem last yr, other than Ware they all underachieved. And alot of it was due to coaching, game plans and scheme.
Yea, he was good there when we played a scheme that utilized him as a penetrating type NT. However, a scheme like this is not going to be good against the run, and if you want to run a traditional 34 D, you need beef up front. In any kind of a normal 34, Rat isn't going to cut it at NT. Period. Look at all the 34 teams across the league, especially the ones that are consistently successful. Any of their NT's near as small as Rat? Nope..
Dont you think Ryan might be figuring stuff like that out? Or do you think he is going to be "surprised"
And Josh Brent is pretty big.