10 seasons in the league (four teams, both conferences) - Hankins has seen many, many blocking schemes and Olinemen techniques to help Smith get on a fast learning curve for not only his run stuffing role, but also the new assignment of pass rushing that he wasn't required to do in college.
I just wished Hankins had signed a longer deal. Next year, do we resign him or draft his replacement? I didn't want to go DL early again two years in a row.
I would keep him around another year and draft his eventual replacement on day 3. Cant see us going interior DL early again unless a good pass rushing 3tech falls into our lap.
Draft Hankins replacement on day 3,, sure
We just spent our 1st on our starting 1tech..you want to spend another 1st on his backup? Sounds like a great use of resources
If Mazi works out as a player who can play nose and 3-tech, I could see us drafting a backup/rotational nose anywhere from the third round on. However, I'd prefer even if we do that that we re-sign Hankins for another year and see if that player proves good enough to bump him off the roster. We haven't exactly been stellar at drafting later-round NTs (Bohanna, Ridgeway. Ivie, Carroll, Bishop). Lissemore was the last one that was halfway decent in 2010. Of course, most of those came under Marinelli, but Quinn hasn't had much success either with two late-round swings and two misses.
It really depends on what Mazi is. If he's strictly a 1-tech, then we still need to find a high-caliber 3-tech. If he can push the pocket and consistently get pressure, then we need to add a run-down player to play next to him at 1-tech on those early downs.We just spent our 1st on our starting 1tech..you want to spend another 1st on his backup? Sounds like a great use of resources
Just saying that you wont.We just spent our 1st on our starting 1tech..you want to spend another 1st on his backup? Sounds like a great use of resources
