Our D-Line is not that far away from being really Good.

kiheikiwi

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Bare with me here, I just read the NFL.com article on up and coming young groups in the NFL. Jets D-line, Cowboys O-line type stuff.
And I looked at our D-line roster - we are not that far away from a dominating front row on defense ! If (big if) we can somehow get Hardy DE to agree to sign a 3-4 year deal, I would give my first born .... and he's only 27. T.Crawford DT - just signed his big money deal - 25. R.Gregory DE - 22. D.Lawrence DE - 23. R.Russel DE - 23. D. Irving DE - 22. All young and up and comers. (Well, we will see about Russel and Irving). Now we have Mincy DE - 31. And Hayden DT - 29. As the old men of the group, but a pretty good nucleus there.

We need a young stud DT ! How many times must we say it ! Put a talented young DT next to Crawford and man, We are off and running. Now I know, not gonna be a 1st rounder, that's just not gonna happen. But if we could somehow, someway get someone like the DT from Baylor - Billings ? In the second, I would give up my other first born ... (No kids in reality). What a dominant line we could have on both sides.
Notice on the Cowboys.com roster we only have 2 DT's Crawford and Hayden. And DE's masquerading as DT's. For the forth year in a row, I'm banging my hand on the table for a 2nd-3rd round, talented DT !!! Whose with me !
(Plus that leaves our top pick - or two for skill position players).
For the love of God, it just makes too much sense !!!
 

KingintheNorth

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The team needs to stop this we don't value the 1Tech nonsense. The 1 or "shade" is essential in stopping the run and usually has the thankless job of occupying two blockers on most plays. We need to upgrade from Hayden.

Besides, the 1T would basically be a co-starter with Randy Gregory, with Gregory playing on obvious passing downs.
 
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RandyOh

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I hear you. I would love a top run stuffing monster but my hope of getting that was put to rest this last draft when we passed on Malcom Brown out of Texas. Heres to hoping that maybe a Compensatory pick is used on a DT in the 4th.
 
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