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Staubacher said:
He's been a rare bright spot this season. He and B. Jones are defensive pieces to build around. Hopefully Gregory will make a 2nd year jump like Tank did this year.

We have some dead weight to shed in the offseason, notably in the secondary.
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Def agree - with DLaw improving, Gregory (hopefully) making a 2nd year jump, and Crawford we have some pieces to work with.

Our front 7 as a whole has some young talent that will develop. Yet outside of Oscan and Jones, the secondary needs to be addressed bigtime. I am very down with Ramsey or Hargreaves at our 1st round pick if they grade out as the early boards have them. Claiborne pick set back this defense's build-up almost singlehandedly. Could have been Keuchly, Poe, or Fletcher Cox for a cheaper price. Yikes.
 
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I think this defense has some fantastic young talent in Byron Jones (who has looked fantastic this season as a rookie), Gregory, and Lawrence. Lee and Scandrick are obviously excellent players, and I think Hitchens has developed into solid, if unspectacular, player. I really think that if we can add some DT talent, maybe a FA and a top 3-round pick, and a safety (preferably 2 depending what they do with B Jones), this defense could be very good next year or the year after. We could also use another CB, but I think the order of importance goes DT, Safety, then CB.
 
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movaughn88 said:
Def agree - with DLaw improving, Gregory (hopefully) making a 2nd year jump, and Crawford we have some pieces to work with.
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I can't believe has disappointing Crawford has been this season. He seemed to come on strong near the end of last year, and has been almost invisible this year.

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Could have been Keuchly, Poe, or Fletcher Cox for a cheaper price. Yikes.
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Jeez, that hurts to read. Imagine Keuchly and Lee on the field at the same time.
 
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All the IE'ers had him addressed to bustville a month ago.

This was his first training camp and preseason. I'd say so far, so good.
 
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Could there be more proof of how fickle fans can be? Just a week or two ago there were threads blasting Lawrence. Now people are actually defending him. Welcome to the party, I hope your seats didn't get cold. All the beer is gone. I drank it while watching a bunch of clueless idiots talk out of their sphincters.
 
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He's awnsered the questions as to whether he can be a good pass rusher in the NFL. Now he moves up to the next question.

Can he be a dominant pass rusher in the NFL?
 
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darthseinfeld said:
He's awnsered the questions as to whether he can be a good pass rusher in the NFL. Now he moves up to the next question.

Can he be a dominant pass rusher in the NFL?
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and he needs to hold up better when teams run at him. Overall very solid year 2 player. Needs to keep grinding and improving.
 
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Anybody wonder if he'd have more sacks if he still played RDE?
 
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